Railroad Damage Closes Lenoir County Road

UPDATE - Beginning this afternoon, all lanes of C.F. Harvey Parkway will close near Poole Road. This closure will last through Friday evening.

The original press release below was published on August 2, 2019

Detour in place

KINSTON - A Lenoir County road is closed through the middle of next week due to damage at a railroad crossing.

A section of the eastbound lanes on C.F. Harvey Parkway are closed until 5 p.m. Aug. 9. The closure is north of Kinston, near Poole Road, between mile marker 4.6 and 5.9. 

The railroad crossing panels are damaged and loose. Crews will repair and replace them.

Motorists will be detoured onto U.S. 258 North, Dobbs Farm Road and Rouse Road Extension.

Drivers should anticipate needing extra time for their commute and use caution and slow down when approaching the work zone.

Improvements Continue Next Week to Upgrade U.S. 70 to Interstate Standards

An entrance and an exit ramp will be closed next week during construction

COVE CITY – An entrance and an exit ramp will be closed for a couple days next week while the N.C. Department of Transportation continues to upgrade U.S. 70 to interstate standards.

The exit ramp from U.S. 70 West to N.C. 41 will be closed from 6:30 a.m. – 7 p.m. Aug. 5. The entrance ramp from N.C. 41 to U.S. 70 West will be closed from 6:30 a.m. – 7 p.m. Aug. 6. These dates are weather permitting.

During each closure, NCDOT will remove the top 2.5 inches of existing asphalt and replace it with 2.5 inches of new asphalt.

U.S. 70 Westbound traffic wanting to access N.C. 41 will go past the exit and continue west for 10 miles. Drivers will make a U-turn at the cross over on U.S. 70 West, Dover Road intersection. Drivers will head east on U.S. 70 until exiting at N.C. 41.

Motorists on N.C. 41 that wish to access U.S. 70 will use the U.S. 70 East entrance ramp, drive six miles east and exit at Tuscarora Road. At the stop sign, turn left and continue across the bridge until making another left onto U.S. 70 West. Traffic will continue for six miles west on the highway and exit at N.C. 41.

This construction is part of the project to bring U.S. 70 up to interstate standards. Crews are widening shoulders, as well as milling and repaving the highway, which will be renamed Interstate 42. The project is 32 miles long and costs $25.5 million.

Havelock Bypass Project Awarded to North Carolina Contractor

Bypass will connect with the future Interstate 42

HAVELOCK – Construction can begin soon on the Havelock Bypass in Carteret and Craven counties.

The N.C. Department of Transportation awarded this week a $167.2 million contract to Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Inc. of Wilmington to construct the bypass, which will be a four-lane, median-divided highway. The new bypass will provide a safer and faster alternative to using U.S. 70 through Havelock, which is hampered with congestion at numerous traffic signals.

The bypass will consist of 15 bridges, use about 5.8 million cubic yards of borrow material and require about 288,000 tons of asphalt. 

The new highway also will help improve traffic and freight movement along the U.S. 70 Corridor, a major connection from the Morehead City Port to Raleigh, and assist economic development in eastern North Carolina’s rural areas.

The contractor may begin in late August and has until spring of 2024 to complete the work. 

For real-time travel information, visit DriveNC.gov or follow NCDOT on social media.