Davidson County drivers, your commute is about to get a little more complicated. Starting this Wednesday night, traffic on U.S. 29/U.S. 70 is scheduled for a significant shift near the Old Thomasville Road interchange, as reported by the North Carolina Department of Transportation. The maneuver is part of a larger initiative to demolish and reconstruct the southbound bridge, this effort necessitates rerouting southbound traffic onto the adjacent northbound bridge which now spans over Norfolk Southern Railroad tracks.
The transition, set to unfold overnight to mitigate congestion, will momentarily reduce traffic to a crawl – drivers in the area are advised to remain vigilant of the slowed traffic and the presence of on-site crew; once the shift is executed by tomorrow morning, motorists can anticipate a single lane accommodating both directions until the project reaches its completion next summer, the North Carolina Department of Transportation elaborates.
Local residents are not shielded from the impacts of these adjustments, specifically those hailing from the vicinities of Albertson Road and Hasty School Road, who now must seek out alternative routes. During the interim, a detour will funnel this traffic via N.C. 68 to Pleasant Grove Church Road up until the reopening of the southbound lanes slated for next summer.
