ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Six months after crews broke ground on Asheville’s long-awaited I-26 Connector, the first signs of new bridges are beginning to rise from the construction zone.
And according to the N.C. Department of Transportation, the project remains on schedule for completion in late 2031.
Since the April groundbreaking, crews have shifted traffic to make room for construction, started building retaining walls and begun work on the foundations that will support the new interstate bridges…