Overnight paving set for Glenwood Avenue, Five Points closures ahead
Night paving on Glenwood Avenue starts June 28, and Five Points will close for three nights in mid-July. The detour adds about a mile and keeps local access open.
Drivers on Glenwood Avenue will face overnight paving between Woman’s Club Drive and Wade Avenue starting Sunday night, June 28, with the Five Points intersection set to close for three nights in mid-July. NCDOT says the work will run from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m., allowing the corridor to stay partly open during the day while milling, paving and striping move forward.
The most disruptive stretch is scheduled for July 12 through July 14, when Five Points will close nightly, weather and the construction schedule permitting. Through traffic will be sent onto a signed detour using Oberlin Road and Wade Avenue, which will add about a mile to the trip. Local traffic will still be allowed through the detour area so homes and businesses remain reachable, and construction staff will be on-site to help guide drivers as needed.
NCDOT says the project is intended to improve safety and speed construction, especially at Five Points. The road will close each night at 8 p.m. and reopen by 6 a.m. the following morning. The work also comes with a broader cost and scope than a quick resurfacing patch: Blythe Construction Inc. won the Wake County contract in November 2025, and NCDOT put the price at nearly $3.8 million for almost 7 miles of roadway.
That contract includes Glenwood Avenue from Wade Avenue to near Interstate 440, plus about 4 miles of Lead Mine Road from Century Drive to Old Lead Mine Road and an upgrade to the Wade Avenue-to-Glenwood Avenue ramp. NCDOT said the contractor could begin as early as December 2025, with completion planned for summer 2027.
For Raleigh, the timing matters because Glenwood is one of the region’s busiest links, carrying commuters, restaurant traffic and nighttime travel between downtown Raleigh, Five Points and western neighborhoods. Raleigh’s 2026 Annual Street Resurfacing program covers 13.38 centerline miles across 54 street sections, and the city’s Five Points Streetscape and Safety Study says the intersection’s unusual geometry and turning volumes create safety challenges. The Wake Transit Plan also designated Glenwood Avenue as a recommended frequent transit corridor, making the overnight closures a disruption for drivers, transit users and nearby businesses that depend on steady evening access.
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