HICKORY – An N.C. Department of Transportation contractor will close a Burke County road to continue widening operations.
Neil Grading & Construction Company Inc., of Hickory, will close Ninth Avenue Drive Northwest between Goat Farm Street and Hickory Regional Airport beginning Monday, April 27, while crews improve existing pavement conditions and drainage structures. The road will reopen in late May.
Ninth Avenue Drive Northwest will remain open to local traffic only from Airport Rhodhiss Road to Goat Farm Street and from Clement Boulevard Northwest to the airport. Other traffic will be detoured along Hickory Airport Road, Second Avenue Northwest, Eighth Avenue Northwest and 21st Street Northwest.
This work is part of an ongoing project to widen Ninth Avenue Drive Northwest. Construction began in spring 2024 with completion anticipated late this fall.