Wrightsville Beach Businesses Seek Answers Ahead of $105M Bridge Replacement Project

Wrightsville Beach Businesses Seek Answers Ahead of $105M Bridge Replacement Project

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NC (WWAY) — Wrightsville Beach business owners are looking for more details as a major bridge replacement project moves closer to construction. The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) is planning to replace three aging bridges that connect the island — two West Salisbury Street bridges over Lees Cut and Banks Channel, and the South Banks Channel Bridge on Causeway Drive. The project is designed to replace agin…

Nightly bridge lane closures begin in Wrightsville Beach

Testing as part of the Wrightsville Beach bridge replacement project will close lanes on the Causeway Drive bridge over Banks Channel nightly. NCDOT Eastbound lanes on the Causeway Drive bridge over Banks Channel in Wrightsville Beach will be closed nightly beginning Monday. Contract crews will close both eastbound lanes of Causeway Drive from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday-Friday while they drill through the bridge deck for testing. Drilling operation…