CASTLE HAYNE — Traffic may be congested near Exit 414 as a North Carolina Department of Transportation contractor begins repair work on a bridge at the Pender and New Hanover County line.
To improve the bridge’s safety, a lane on Interstate 40 will close — weather permitting — beginning 7 a.m., Saturday. The affected lane will be westbound on i-40 over the Northeast Cape Fear River near Castle Hayne.
After crews repair work in that lane, they will move to the other westbound lane and continue on to finish eastbound lanes. A bridge deck will be milled to help traffic during construction.
The job is part of a larger $2.9 million project to improve both eastbound and westbound bridges, to be completed by late fall.
NCDOT asks drivers to remain alert and proceed with caution through the work zone.
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