New I-85 South bridge opening Friday night

  • Thursday, March 7th, 2013
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N.C. Transportation Secretary Tony Tata holds a news conference on on the new Interstate 85 South bridge over the Yadkin River on Thursday morning. Tata announced that the South bound bridge will be open to traffic for the weekend. Crews will start shifting traffic Friday night, Tata said at a news conference on the southbound span linking Rowan and Davidson counties. The state opened the new northbound bridge last May and later shifted southbound traffic to two of its four lanes while contractors completed the second span. The new bridges replace the 57-year-old Yadkin River Bridge, which AAA Carolinas consistently named one of the stateþÄôs worst in recent years. They are part of a $201.5 million project to realign and widen 7 miles of the interstate in Rowan and Davidson counties and replace a number of bridges along the route. Photo by Jon C. Lakey, Salisbury Post.

N.C. Transportation Secretary Tony Tata holds a news conference on on the new Interstate 85 South bridge over the Yadkin River on Thursday morning. Tata announced that the South bound bridge will be open to traffic for the weekend. Crews will start shifting traffic Friday night, Tata said at a news conference on the southbound span linking Rowan and Davidson counties. The state opened the new northbound bridge last May and later shifted southbound traffic to two of its four lanes while contractors completed the second span. The new bridges replace the 57-year-old Yadkin River Bridge, which AAA Carolinas consistently named one of the stateþÄôs worst in recent years. They are part of a $201.5 million project to realign and widen 7 miles of the interstate in Rowan and Davidson counties and replace a number of bridges along the route. Photo by Jon C. Lakey, Salisbury Post.