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Highway 321 to shut down between Caldwell and Catawba counties for 3 weekends

CALDWELL COUNTY, N.C. — The North Carolina Department of Transportation has announced that it plans to shut down the Highway 321 southbound bridge between Caldwell and Catawba counties.

Each day, tens of thousands of drivers cross that bridge, but the NCDOT says it will reroute southbound traffic onto the northbound bridge with traffic flowing in both directions but only in one lane.

Starting Sept. 16, the bridge will be closed from Friday at 7 p.m. until Monday at 7 a.m. It will be closed for three weekends, through Oct. 3.

>> In the video above, reporter Dave Faherty talks to drivers about how the closures will impact them and shares a message from NCDOT as construction commences.

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