NCDOT: Two Columbus County bridges to be replaced

COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — The first of two bridges being replaced in eastern Columbus County will close Monday, October 9, as its replacement gets underway.

The bridges are 62 years old and about two miles apart on Byrdville-Freeman Road, near Lena Dale Road in the Delco community.

Contract crews will close the bridge over Dan’s Creek next week. When they are finished by February 20, 2018, they’ll move onto replacing the span over Mills Creek.

While it has remained safe, the Dan’s Creek bridge is structurally deficient, which increases maintenance costs, and it was built to standards no longer used today.

The N.C. Department of Transportation awarded the Civil Works Contracting LLC of Wilmington a $904,565 contract for the work.

When the bridges are closed, drivers will detour onto Byrdville-Freeman, Livingston Chapel and Old Union roads.