UPDATE: The bridge reopened after repairs were completed Sunday evening
BLADEN COUNTY — A bridge in Elizabethtown is closed due to emergency repairs from erosion.
N.C. Department of Transportation shuttered the U.S. 701 bridge over the Cape Fear River Saturday night. According to a release from the NCDOT, recent rains led to a rising, fast-moving river that eroded the concrete wing wall on the south end, as noted by an employee.
The department will build a coffer dam around the wing wall and then pour in the concrete. The bridge repairs are expected to be complete by Tuesday.
A 30-mile detour will send drivers to N.C. 53 into White Oak, Tarheel Ferry Road, River Road and N.C. 87.
A new, four-lane U.S. 701 bridge over the Cape Fear River is under construction alongside the current one. The rising waters have not impacted the new bridge, scheduled for completion by May 2024.
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