October 08, 2018
As work continues on the Interstate 85 widening project in Cabarrus County, N.C. Department of Transportation contract crews are scheduling lane closures at the new Norfolk Southern overpass near the U.S. 29/U.S. 601 interchange to paint steel bridge girders.
Starting today at 9 p.m., crews will close one lane on I-85 South from mile marker 58 to 55. All southbound lanes will close at midnight, requiring a detour from exit 58 to U.S. 29 South and N.C. 73 West, returning back to I-85 South.
As part of the painting operation, the entrance ramp from U.S. 29/601 to I-85 South will also close tonight, starting at midnight and reopen by 6 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9. Weather permitting, the work will continue from 9 p.m. Tuesday to 6 a.m. Wednesday.