Part of busy west Charlotte road closed for railroad maintenance through Tuesday night

CHARLOTTE — A portion of a busy west Charlotte road will be closed throughout Tuesday for CSX railroad repairs.

Brookshire Boulevard between Lawton Road and Carothers Street will be closed until 7 p.m. tonight for scheduled maintenance on the railroad.

ALERT: CSX railroad crossing repairs will close Brookshire Blvd. between Lawton Rd. & Carothers St. from 7PM tonight until 7PM tomorrow night. Use Rozzelles Ferry Rd. as the alt. #clt #cltraffic #clttraffic pic.twitter.com/v2bH9W4CxD
— Traffic Team 9 (@TrafficTeam9) December 12, 2022

A Channel 9 crew saw crews performing the maintenance early this morning. The road gets congested throughout the morning commute, but there is a detour.

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Southbound drivers will be detoured from N.C. 16 to Lawton, Rozzelles Ferry and North Hoskins roads, according to officials. Returning to N.C. 16, northbound drivers will follow the detour in reverse.

Southbound drivers will be detoured from N.C. 16 to Lawton, Rozzelles Ferry and North Hoskins roads, returning to N.C. 16. Northbound drivers will follow the detour in reverse.

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