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Contractor closing a lane of I-26 at Peter Guice bridge starting Sunday night

By Lightning Reports, Published: May 9, 2025

A contractor for the N.C. Department of Transportation will close a short stretch of I-26 near the Green River bridge on Sunday night through Thursday night and repeat the closure again next week.

Crews from Flatiron-Dragados Construction will close the outside lane of I-26 East starting 7 p.m. Sunday night in order to safely build shoulder berm gutter, install new guardrail and pave a section near the Green River bridge. The lane is scheduled to open by 7 a.m. on Friday morning to allow free-flowing traffic over the weekend. No daytime closures are permitted on Fridays or weekends. The operation will repeat starting Sunday, May 18.

This work is part of a $27 million project to widen and rehabilitate the Green River bridge. Engineers anticipate completing all operations by late fall.