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NCDOT has awarded a contract to widen and make other improvements to NC-211 between NC-87 in Southport and NC-906. Work will begin early next year with completion expected in fall 2026.
Thanks for posting this. It links to a map showing where the Hampstead Bypass is actually going. In four years or so, we might actually get a way to bypass the traffic that blocks up at the Topsail Middle and High Schools on school-day mornrings.
NCDOT has awarded a contract to widen US-17 in Beaufort & Martin counties, from just north of NC-171 to the existing 4-lane section just south of Williamston. Work is expected to begin this summer with completion set for summer 2026.
NCDOT has awarded a contract to widen US-17 in Beaufort & Martin counties, from just north of NC-171 to the existing 4-lane section just south of Williamston. Work is expected to begin this summer with completion set for summer 2026.
With regards to the future I-685 corridor between Greensboro and Dunn, the Wilmington Urban Area MPO will vote during it's next meeting on June 29 on a resolution to ask NCDOT to extend I-685 east and south of Dunn along US-421 to Wilmington.
I'm sorry, but that would be a complete waste of money, IMO, especially with I-40 right next door near Wilmington. It would be much cheaper and easier to extend I-685 east of Dunn along the general NC-55 corridor, and tie into I-40 near Newton Grove, and call it a day.
I would be shocked if NCDOT went along with this crap.
With regards to the future I-685 corridor between Greensboro and Dunn, the Wilmington Urban Area MPO will vote during it's next meeting on June 29 on a resolution to ask NCDOT to extend I-685 east and south of Dunn along US-421 to Wilmington.
I'm sorry, but that would be a complete waste of money, IMO, especially with I-40 right next door near Wilmington. It would be much cheaper and easier to extend I-685 east of Dunn along the general NC-55 corridor, and tie into I-40 near Newton Grove, and call it a day.
I would be shocked if NCDOT went along with this crap.
They should connect I-685 to I-795 near Faison, this way you could go north on I-40, take that interchange west toward Greensboro or east toward Goldsboro to the North or straight toward Raleigh. Then if traffic increased enough on I-40 it would cost a lot less to widen I-40 south to Wilmington. This would also make the rest area in Warsaw functional for all traffic going north and south, eliminating the need for another rest area.
A contract for building the Drysdale Drive Extension in Wilmington has been awarded. The extension is the first phase of a new Eastwood Road/Military Cutoff Road interchange. Work can begin in August and is expected to be complete in 2 years.
A contract to upgrade another section of US-74/76 in Columbus County to interstate standards has been awarded. Work can begin next month, and is expected to be complete by summer 2025.
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