EMERALD ISLE – A state highway contractor is to begin Sunday instituting daytime lane closures on weekdays on the two-lane Emerald Isle bridge on N.C. 58 for the ongoing bridge preservation project.
The North Carolina Department of Transportation announced Tuesday that the contractor is to follow the following schedule for lane closures on the B. Cameron Langston Bridge until March 31, when the project is scheduled to be completed:
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- Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.
- Saturday and Sunday, potentially all day and night.
The contractor may elect to work either Saturday or Sunday, or both days, on the weekends, officials said. The contractor in September resumed the rehabilitation work under nighttime lane closures.
Drivers should proceed cautiously over the bridge and expect possible delays.
As with most highway contracts, there will be no lane closures on the bridge during the holiday periods of Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s. The exact dates when there will be no closures over the upcoming holidays are listed at this DriveNC.gov webpage.
When a lane is closed, flagging operations will be used to allow traffic from each direction to take turns crossing the bridge, so drivers should expect delays and proceed cautiously in the work zone.
