KANNAPOLIS, N.C. — A portion of Interstate 85 near Kannapolis will be closed in successive weeks to allow for the demolition of a bridge.
The North Carolina Department of Transportation said a 5-mile stretch of I-85 in Rowan and Cabarrus counties between Lane Street and N.C. 152 will be closed in the northbound lane beginning Thursday and lasting through Saturday.
The same 5-mile stretch in the southbound lanes will be closed from Sept. 19 through Sept. 22.
The entire project is scheduled for completion in November 2019.
The work is part of the I-85 Corridor project, which involves replacing and rebuilding several bridges over the interstate. It's also adding four travel lanes, two in each direction, to an 8-mile stretch of the interstate in the two counties to improve traffic flow.
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