NEW SALEM– Beginning Saturday, Aug. 24, N.C. Department of Transportation contract crews will start building a roundabout at the intersection of N.C. 205 and N.C. 218. The $1.2 million project will take about eight weeks to complete.
Drivers should use the following detours to get around the construction:
- Westbound N.C. 218 traffic will be directed to Pleasant Hill Church Road, N.C. 205, Philadelphia Church Road and N.C. 200. Eastbound traffic will reverse the detour.
- Northbound traffic on N.C. 205 will be detoured along New Hope Church Road, N.C. 200, N.C. 24/27 and N.C 205. Southbound traffic will follow the detour in reverse.
Truck traffic will follow these separate detours:
- Trucks heading west on N.C. 218 will access the detour in Anson County, following Ansonville-Polkton Road to N.C. 742, which becomes N.C. 205 in Oakboro. Staying on N.C. 205, the detour continues to N.C. 24/27 and N.C. 200, back to N.C. 218. Eastbound truck traffic will reverse the route.
- The N.C. 205 detour will take trucks heading northbound to New Hope Church Road, N.C. 200, N.C. 24/27 and N.C. 205. Southbound traffic will follow the detour in reverse.
NCDOT has produced a
video showing how roundabouts work and improve overall safety.