CHARLOTTE – The bridge on Shopton Road over Coffey Creek in southwest Charlotte will close tomorrow morning to be replaced, thanks to a $6.8 million contract the N.C. Department of Transportation awarded in September. Contractor Blythe Development, LLC will replace the 50-year-old, two-lane bridge.
Initial plans were to close the bridge in January 2026. However, NCDOT bridge maintenance staff have had to perform several maintenance repairs to the bridge deck in recent weeks, prompting the decision to accelerate the closure for drivers' safety.
Crews will close the bridge after rush hour tomorrow morning, weather permitting. Shopton Road will be closed during this phase of the project through summer 2027.
Drivers will take an offsite detour along Shopton Road, Steele Creek Road/N.C. 160, Interstate 485, and S. Tryon Street/N.C. 49, returning to Shopton Road.
The new structure will be 135 feet long with three 11-foot-lanes and sidewalk on both sides.
The contract also calls for vegetation establishment to continue into early 2028.
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