The North Carolina Department of Transportation has provided an update on the roads that are closed due to flooding in Alexander County. According to Jason Willis, Staff Maintenance Engineer for Division 12, work is underway on some sites, other sites are in the final stages of being under contract for full replacement, and work continues to get the remaining sites ready for contract for full replacement as soon as possible.
Below is the latest update as of December 1, 2020, on the status of roads that are closed in Alexander County:
• Alexander Bridge #3 on Cheatham Ford Road (washed out at bridge end bent) – bridge will be replaced through an emergency design-build bridge replacement contract
• 7858 Cheatham Ford Road (closed at bridge pipe location) – bids open for contract next week for pipe replacement
• Millersville Road @ NC Hwy. 16 South (total roadway washout at bridge pipe location) – repair currently underway via state forces and contractor
• Nester Road @ Millersville Road (total roadway washout at bridge location) – repair currently underway via state forces and contractor
• 2535 Rocky Springs Road (total roadway washout at bridge pipe location) – will be let to contract in the near future for replacement
• Macedonia Church Road @ Glade Creek (total roadway washout at bridge pipe location) – environmental surveys underway for contract pipe replacement
• 958 Sulphur Springs Road (total roadway washout at bridge pipe location) – currently under contract for pipe replacement
• Rocky Face Church Road at Pressley Court (total roadway washout at bridge pipe location) – will be let to contract in the near future for replacement
• 1949 Berea Church Quincy Road (total roadway washout at bridge pipe location) – contract pre-bid tentatively scheduled for next week for pipe replacement
• 591 Berea Church Quincy Road (total roadway washout at 48” maintenance pipe location) – contract pre-bid tentatively scheduled for next week for pipe replacement
• Old Wilkesboro Road @ Jaycee Park Loop (total roadway washout at bridge pipe location) – utility conflict being addressed with utility contractor in order to proceed with contract pipe replacement
• Hopewell Church Road at Mill Creek (washout at bridge pipe location) – bids open for contract next week for pipe replacement
• 1069 Lackey Mountain Road (roadway washout at 48” maintenance pipe location) – will be let to contract in the near future for replacement
• Smith Grove Church Road (total washout of 48” maintenance pipe) – will be let to contract in the future for replacement
• Jud Smith Road @ Marlowe Road (48” maintenance pipe is undermined making the road unsafe to pass; road closed and detoured) – will be let to contract in the future for replacement
• Sloan Road (washout of 30” maintenance pipe and roadway is undermined and unsafe to pass; road closed and detoured) – will be let to contract in the future for replacement
View a map of the closed roads at https://drivenc.gov/?type=event&id=160. Type in “Alexander County” at the top of the webpage to see local results.
In addition, work continues on the Liledoun Road project with completion expected by the end of 2020 or in early 2021.