A rural Chapel Hill road is set to have a section above Interstate 40 closed for consecutive days starting next week.
The North Carolina Department of Transportation shared an alert for upcoming bridge rehabilitation work on the part of New Hope Church Road that runs over I-40. Crews will shut down the stretch between the on- and off-ramps at Exit 263 starting Monday, May 11 at 5 a.m. Weather permitting, the maintenance is set to be finished before Thursday, May. 20 and the road is anticipated to reopen by 5 a.m.
With the closure, NCDOT is recommending southbound traffic detour New Hope Church Road by turning left onto N.C. Highway 86, turning right on Eubanks and turning right onto Hillsborough Road. Northbound traffic, meanwhile, should follow that detour in reverse: turn left onto Eubanks Road from Hillsborough Road and then left onto N.C. 86…