ASHEVILLE, N.C. (FOX Carolina) – The North Carolina Department of Transportation is sharing an update on the improvements being made to the I-26 Connector in Asheville.
Officials said that since the project’s April groundbreaking, the contractor, Archer-Wright Joint Venture, has shifted traffic to open multiple work areas, started construction of retaining walls and advanced foundation work for the new bridges that will carry I-26 traffic. Crews have completed roughly 15% of the initial drilled piers. Bridge columns and additional work along the French Broad River causeway will become more visible as construction continues this winter.
Crews will continue focusing on bridge construction as the project advances toward moving I-26 traffic onto the new bridges and off Patton Avenue and the Bowen Bridges…