Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Thu February 16, 2023
NCDOT Works to Widen, Improve 55 Miles of I-95 to Meet Future Demands
Interstate 95 stretches 182 mi. across North Carolina, some of it built nearly 70-odd years ago and as can be expected, now significantly outdated. But not for long. The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has awarded six contracts for 55 mi....
Asheville Citizen Times & NCDOT - Tue February 07, 2023
NCDOT's $681M Road Project to Include Land Bridge for Appalachian Trail
Those folks hiking the Appalachian Trail (AT) in western North Carolina, the 2,190-mi. footpath that stretches from Georgia to Maine, will see some delays and detours near Robbinsville in Graham County this spring as major construction on N.C....
Asheville Citizen Times - Wed January 25, 2023
Work to Start in 2023 to Build Ecusta Trail Along Old Rail Bed in Western North Carolina
The first part of western North Carolina's Ecusta Trail, planned to link the towns of Hendersonville and Brevard by converting an old railroad into a walking and biking path, is set to begin construction this summer as the trail nears its design completion....
Raleigh News & Observer & NCDOT - Mon January 23, 2023
Tarheel State Receives $110M Federal Grant to Replace Link to Outer Banks
North Carolina received a federal grant in early January that will help it replace the 60-year-old Lindsay C. Warren Bridge that carries U.S. Highway 64 over the Alligator River to the Outer Banks. The state's Department of Transportation (NCDOT) will use the $110 million grant to build a new 3.2-mi....
NCDOT & CEG - Mon December 19, 2022
NCDOT Accelerates Timeline for Building Coastal Region's Hampstead Bypass
After a series of delays to the overall project, the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has announced that construction of the second part of the Hampstead Bypass on U.S. Highway 17 near the southeast coast will now begin sooner than originally planned....
Asheville Citizen Times - Tue November 29, 2022
First Half of Blue Ridge Parkway Bridge Over I-26 Being Built Near Asheville, N.C.
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) announced Nov. 21 that construction on the first half of the new Blue Ridge Parkway bridge crossing over Interstate 26 near Asheville got under way with the first pier of the span erected in late October....
Smoky Mountain News & NCDOT - Tue November 01, 2022
Major I-40 Bridge Project Starts Near Great Smoky Mountains of Western North Carolina
A contractor working for the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) launched a two-year project to completely replace two bridges on Interstate 40 in the rugged mountains of Haywood County on Oct....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu July 07, 2022
S.T. Wooten Makes Progress On I-95 Project
A map of the United States reveals that I-95 snakes its way from northern Maine all the way to southern Florida. This interstate is the major link between most of the cities on the eastern seaboard. With a length of nearly 2,000 mi., I-95 is the longest north-south interstate in the country....
Port City News - Tue June 14, 2022
NCDOT's 10-Year Plan Could Fund Hundreds of Projects in Wilmington Area
The construction of a bike lane in Carolina Beach, an extension of Wilmington's Independence Boulevard, a new taxiway at the city's international airport, the widening of Gordon Road — these projects are just a few of the 116 building efforts, with an estimated value of $1.5 billion, slated for the southeastern coastal area over the next decade, according to the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT)....
North Carolina Department of Transportation - Tue May 31, 2022
VIDEO: NCDOT Equips State Roads With Cutting-Edge Flood-Warning System
When the next hurricane strikes North Carolina, the state will be armed with an advanced flood-warning system that relies on a network of 400 river and stream gauges. In making the announcement May 23, the state's Department of Transportation (NCDOT) said on its website that the new system will allow the agency for the first time to analyze, map and communicate in real-time any flood risks to roads, bridges and culverts....
