CDOT begins US-6 resurfacing and bridge improvements between Sterling, Atwood March 2

The City of Sterling posted a notice saying, "CDOT will begin a resurfacing, bridge replacement and roadway improvement project on U.S. Highway 6 between Sterling and Atwood beginning the week of March 2, 2026." The notice identifies the Colorado Department of Transportation as the agency responsible and pins the work zone to US-6 between Sterling and Atwood, but the city item did not include total cost, contractor names, or a projected completion date.

The city notice gives Sterling and Atwood motorists firm advance warning of a start week, but it does not list traffic controls, detour routes, lane-closure schedules or work hours. At present there is no milepost or precise location information in the excerpt of the city item, and the notice does not include a contact name or public meeting dates for project questions or traveler advisories.

A separate technical document from the North Carolina Department of Transportation uses the name "STERLING Project" for a bridge program in the vicinity of the Alligator River and references nearby projects at Mann’s Harbor, Albemarle Sound and Pirate’s Cove. That NCDOT excerpt states, "The bridge is now classified as structurally deficient," and notes in its 2020 inspection report the structure had a sufficiency rating of "31.71 out of 100." The NCDOT text also records that the agency "initiated a feasibility study to replace the project bridge" in 1999.

NCDOT documentation further records a prior intervention: "In November of 2019, a $17,000,000 major rehabilitation project allowed for the continued use of the bridge for an estimated seven-year duration before the next major rehabilitation." That excerpt lists rehabilitation work items such as "pile jacketing," "deck resurfacing and machinery repair" and references "Figure 5: Rehabilitation of Bridge Included Pile Jacketing." The NCDOT text records previously incurred planning costs of "approximately $1,832,730" for "preliminary engineering and environmental analyses."

The North Carolina document also details design and construction specifics that include alignment transition distances and marine construction methods. It says the new alignment "will transition from the existing roadway approximately 3,000 feet from the beginning of the old bridge to approximately 3,500 feet from the end of the old bridge" and lists centerline offsets of "approximately 750 feet at the west bank; approximately 1,025 feet at the swing span; and 1350 feet at the east end bent." On construction technique the NCDOT excerpt states, "Work from the barge outfitted with cranes will primarily include pile driving of 30-inch precast piles, placement of waterline [...]" with the sentence truncated in the excerpt provided.

The available materials do not explicitly connect the City of Sterling/CDOT US-6 project to the NCDOT "STERLING Project" beyond the shared name "Sterling." The city notice identifies Colorado Department of Transportation as the executing agency for the US-6 work and gives the start week as the week of March 2, 2026, while the NCDOT excerpt refers to an Alligator River-area project in North Carolina with separate inspection dates, costs and construction methods. The City of Sterling notice did not supply contractor names, funding sources, traffic management plans or a full project schedule, and those details remain to be provided by CDOT or the city.