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Bridges Closed in only One Direction
fillup420:
--- Quote from: Dirt Roads on June 06, 2023, 08:55:49 AM ---[Cross-posted from the North Carolina thread]
After a fiery truck accident back in September 2022, the I-85 Hampton Pointe overpass (Hillsborough/Chapel Hill, Exit 165) was again closed last Wednesday (May 31) at the beginning of a follow-up inspection. After further inspection, the portion of the structure beneath the southbound lane was found to be safe and reopened the next day. The posted detour uses I-85 [eastbound]; much of the traffic uses Old Number 10 and Lawrence Road as a bypass route. NC-86 is still posted as "Alternate I-40" construction route from the New Hope Church Road exit (Exit 263) and the I-85 Split (Exit 259). This bridge outage doesn't affect [southbound] "Alternate I-40" traffic.
https://www.hillsboroughnc.gov/news/news/2023/6/1/1530/nc-86-bridge-northbound-lane-remains-closed-pending-repairs.html
I don't recall ever seeing an emergency bridge outage that affected only traffic in one direction.
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well, the entire bridge has since been closed until further notice. In my opinion, they should tear it down and rebuild that entire interchange.
Dirt Roads:
--- Quote from: Dirt Roads on June 06, 2023, 08:55:49 AM ---[Cross-posted from the North Carolina thread]
After a fiery truck accident back in September 2022, the I-85 Hampton Pointe overpass (Hillsborough/Chapel Hill, Exit 165) was again closed last Wednesday (May 31) at the beginning of a follow-up inspection. After further inspection, the portion of the structure beneath the southbound lane was found to be safe and reopened the next day. The posted detour uses I-85 [eastbound]; much of the traffic uses Old Number 10 and Lawrence Road as a bypass route. NC-86 is still posted as "Alternate I-40" construction route from the New Hope Church Road exit (Exit 263) and the I-85 Split (Exit 259). This bridge outage doesn't affect [southbound] "Alternate I-40" traffic.
https://www.hillsboroughnc.gov/news/news/2023/6/1/1530/nc-86-bridge-northbound-lane-remains-closed-pending-repairs.html
I don't recall ever seeing an emergency bridge outage that affected only traffic in one direction.
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--- Quote from: fillup420 on June 30, 2023, 06:01:14 PM ---well, the entire bridge has since been closed until further notice. In my opinion, they should tear it down and rebuild that entire interchange.
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Indeed. The bridge was closed to all traffic in anticipation of the nightly closures on I-85 [westbound] starting June 17. That bridge work was expected to continue for several weeks. Unfortunately (as I'm sure you witnessed), it rained all of that first week and it has rained off-and-on since. I have seen evidence of construction activity, but it doesn't look like NCDOT had made much progress (as of Wednesday, June 28). I previously reported that traffic volumes at the Walmart and Home Depot in Hampton Pointe was much lower then. The same was true last week, but today Walmart crowds were back to normal and the parking lot at Home Depot was jam-packed.
Worse, is now NCDOT has posted VMS signage at Hampton Pointe indicating major road closures on NC-86 (presumably due to the development of the relocated Chrysler dealership and the new Aldi beside the Sheetz). Most traffic leaving both Hampton Pointe and Sheetz use Old Number 10 to get back to Hillsborough rather than the posted detour via I-85 to use the double U-turn at Exit 170.
Just in case you didn't see it, here's the original post from Bob Malme:
--- Quote from: bob7374 on June 15, 2023, 11:31:09 AM ---NCDOT press release about upcoming nightly closures of I-85 South at the NC 86 exit starting next week to allow for bridge repairs:
https://www.ncdot.gov/news/press-releases/Pages/2023/2023-06-14-nc-86-bridge-repairs-overnight-closures.aspx
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