NCDOT seeks feedback on plans to replace a bridge over US 70 in Garner
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- NCDOT will present designs June 9, from 5 to 7 p.m., and gather feedback through June 30.
- The 64-year-old Vandora Springs Road bridge will be replaced with a four-lane bridge.
- Construction is expected to begin spring 2029; project is estimated to cost $19 million.
The state plans to replace the 64-year-old bridge that carries Vandora Springs Road over U.S. 70 in Garner.
The N.C. Department of Transportation will present its designs for the new bridge and interchange at a public meeting Tuesday, June 9, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Garner Town Hall. NCDOT will gather feedback there and online, by email and voicemail through June 30.
The two-lane bridge will be replaced with a four-lane one with a sidewalk on one side and a wider multi-use path on the other, where neither exist today. The bridge also will have more room underneath to allow NCDOT to widen U.S. 70 from four travel lanes to six at some point in the future.
The plan also involves realigning the off-ramp from eastbound U.S. 70 to Vandora Springs, so that it lines up with the eastbound on-ramp. To do that, NCDOT is proposing to close the intersection of Vandora Springs and Fifth Avenue.
The new bridge is still a ways off. NCDOT doesn’t plan to begin acquiring the right-of-way it needs for the wider bridge until the spring of 2028. Based on current designs, the state expects to buy out a business on the north side of the interchange.
Construction is expected to begin in the spring of 2029 and take two to three years to finish. The project is expected to cost $19 million.
The new bridge will be built where the existing one stands today. Contractors plan to erect a temporary bridge on the east side to keep traffic moving while they build the new one.
To learn more or to comment, go to ncdot.publicinput.com/n16883.
