North Carolina has received a grant of $23 million to replace dozens of bridges in 17 of the state’s most economically distressed counties.
The U.S. Department of Transportation BUILD grant will be used to help complete a project to replace 77 bridges in Alexander, Allegheny, Beaufort, Duplin, Edgecombe, Halifax, Hyde, Iredell, Nash, Northhampton, Pitt, Sampson, Surry, Wayne, Wilkes, Wilson and Yadkin counties.
Most of the bridges are more than 50 years old, including a 97-year-old bridge in Alexander County and a 98-year-old bridge in Wilson County.
The bridge to be replaced in Alexander County is the Duck Creek Bridge on State Road 1348 (Old Highway 90) in the Ellendale Community. The estimated cost of the project is $954,000. No contract has been awarded for the construction.