The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has provided an update on the roads closed due to flooding which occurred on November 12, 2020, as a result of Tropical Storm Eta.
· Millersville Rd at NC Hwy. 16 South (total roadway washout at bridge pipe location) – complete, road is open
· Nester Rd at Millersville Rd (total roadway washout at bridge location) – complete, road is open
· Smith Grove Church Rd (total washout of 48” maintenance pipe) – complete, road is open
· Macedonia Church Rd at Glade Creek (total roadway washout at bridge pipe location) – bid opened 12-22-2020, contract availability date 1-5-2021, preconstruction meeting completed 1-5-2021
· 958 Sulphur Springs Rd (total roadway washout at bridge pipe location) – currently under contract for pipe replacement, pumping water around operations and damaged culvert removal has begun
· Rocky Face Church Rd at Pressley Ct (total roadway washout at bridge pipe location) – currently under contract for pipe replacement, completion by April 15
· 1069 Lackey Mountain Rd (roadway washout at 48” maintenance pipe location) – currently under contract for pipe replacement
· Jud Smith Rd at Marlowe Rd (48” maintenance pipe is undermined making the road unsafe to pass; road closed and detoured) – currently under contract for pipe replacement
· 2535 Rocky Springs Rd (total roadway washout at bridge pipe location) – bid opened 12-22-2020, contract availability date 1-5-2021
· Alexander Bridge #3 on Cheatham Ford Road (washed out at bridge end bent) – currently under contract for replacement
· 1949 Berea Church Quincy Rd (total roadway washout at bridge pipe location) – currently under contract for pipe replacement
· 7858 Cheatham Ford Rd (closed at bridge pipe location) – currently under contract for pipe replacement
· Hopewell Church Rd at Mill Creek (washout at bridge pipe location) – currently under contract for pipe replacement
· 591 Berea Church Quincy Rd (total roadway washout at 48” maintenance pipe location) – currently under contract for pipe replacement
· Sloan Rd (washout of 30” maintenance pipe, roadway is undermined and unsafe to pass; road closed and detoured) – currently under contract for pipe replacement
· Old Wilkesboro Rd at 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
View a map of the closed roads with detour information at www.drivenc.gov. Be sure to search for “Alexander County” at the top of the screen and select “secondary roads” as a map pin.