NCDOT officials urge Brunswick County drivers to take alternative route ahead of detour

SOUTHPORT, NC (WWAY) – Transportation officials are asking drivers to start taking an alternative route ahead of a detour that is set to be installed after rush hour Wednesday morning.

With N.C. 211 closed just north Southport, heavy traffic volumes have been using N.C. 87 North (River Road) toward Boiling Spring Lakes to leave the area. To adjust for this concentration of traffic, N.C. Department of Transportation crews have installed message boards along N.C. 211 to alert drivers who are trying to reach U.S. 17 or the Boiling Spring Lakes area to do so by way of N.C. 906 rather than N.C. 133 to N.C. 87.

As part of this traffic remedy, the left turn from N.C. 133 North onto N.C. 87 North is set to close after peak hours Wednesday morning. The detour will have drivers follow N.C. 211 North, N.C. 906 North, U.S. 17 Business North and U.S. 17 North back to N.C. 87.

Drivers should factor the alternative route into their trips and be mindful of crews working in the area.

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