Railroad improvement will close part of River Road near Southport for 2 weeks

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — A portion of River Road in Brunswick County will be closed for two weeks.

River Road/NC 133, north of the intersection with George II Highway/NC 87, will be closed to traffic beginning next Tuesday. That’s between Southport and Boiling Spring Lakes.

The NCDOT says the closure is needed so a contractor for the Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point can make improvements to a railroad crossing.

The road closure will start at 9 a.m. Tuesday and last until 5 p.m. on Monday, October 9.

Traffic will be detoured using NC 87, US 17 and US 17/74/76.