Construction is almost finished on the final leg of the N.C. 98 bypass around the south side of Wake Forest, and state Department of Transportation engineers hope to open it to traffic by the end of next week.
It's the 1.6-mile section from U.S. 1 to N.C. 98 on the west side of town. Work started on the four-lane, $11.5 million project in March 2008.
"We had hoped to have it all open this week, but these afternoon thunderstorms got us off track," said Boyd Tharrington, a DOT engineer overseeing the project.
