NEW BERN
– An exit ramp off a Craven County highway will be closed the next two days so the N.C. Department of Transportation can improve pavement.
The exit ramp at Clarks Road from U.S. 70 East will be closed between 6:30 a.m. July 25 and 7 p.m. July 26. These dates are weather permitting.
During the closure, NCDOT will remove the top 2.5 inches of existing asphalt and replace it with new asphalt.
Motorists on U.S. 70 East wanting to access Clarks Road will continue about a mile to N.C. 43, exit 411. Drivers will cross the bridge over U.S. 70 and turn left on the ramp for U.S. 70 West and continue toward the Clarks Road exit.
This construction is part of the project to bring
U.S. 70 up to interstate standards. Crews are widening shoulders, as well as milling and repaving the highway, which will be renamed Interstate 42. The project in Craven County is 32 miles long and costs $25.5 million.
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