Project Overview
The N.C. Department of Transportation added four travel lanes (two in each direction) to an 8-mile stretch of Interstate-85 in Cabarrus and Rowan counties. This will improve traffic flow in the area.
The project consisted of two different sections:
- Work on the first section (I-3802A) extends from north of N.C. 73 (Exit 55) to north of Lane Street (Exit 63) in Cabarrus County and ends just north of Moose Road in Rowan County.
- The second section (I-3802B) begins just north of Moose Road and ends north of the Old U.S. 29/U.S. 601/I-85 Connector in Rowan County. It included interchange improvements to N.C. 152/I-85 (Exit 68) and to the N.C. 152/U.S. 29/U.S. 601 Connector in Rowan County. Work also included building a new interchange at mile post 65 for Old Beatty Ford Road.
This work completed the expansion of I-85 through Cabarrus and Rowan counties. Without these improvements, traffic volumes were predicted to increase each year and exceed capacity by 2035.
Project Timeline
North of N.C. 73 in Cabarrus County to North of Moose Road in Rowan County
Project Timeline Table
| Project funding approved | Jan. 6, 2006 |
| Environmental document approved | Dec. 30, 2013 |
| Right of way acquisition begins | April 8, 2014 |
| Design-build contract awarded | April 8, 2014 |
| Construction begins | Spring 2015 |
North of Moose Road to Old U.S. 29/U.S. 601/I-85 Connector in Rowan County
Project Timeline Table
| Project funding approved | Jan. 6, 2006 |
| Environmental document approved | Dec. 30, 2013 |
| Design-build contract awarded | March 2, 2016 |
| Right of way acquisition begins | March 2, 2016 |
| Construction starts | Fall 2016 |
| Reconstruction completed on Daugherty Road Bridge | August 2017 |
| Reconstruction completed on Lentz Road Bridge | September 2017 |
| Reconstruction completed on Pine Ridge Road Bridge | May 2018 |
| Traffic shifts to median lane for north of Moose Road to Old U.S. 29/U.S. 601/I-85 Connector | December 2018 |
| Construction completed on Old Beatty Ford Road Bridge | May 2019
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| Interchange opens at Old Beatty Ford Road | December 2019 |
| Lanes open from north of Moose Road to Old U.S. 29/U.S. 601/I-85 Connector | December 2019 |
| Work completed | Summer 2020 |
*Future dates subject to change