NCDOT Plans Overnight Beam Setting, Lane Closures at Exit 152 for Buc-ee's

The N.C. Department of Transportation has scheduled overnight lane closures at the I-40/I-85 interchange at Exit 152 in Mebane next week, March 2–6, so contractors can set bridge beams and widen the Trollingwood-Hawfields Road overpass, The Alamance News reports. The work is tied to road improvements serving the planned Buc-ee’s travel center at the southwest corner of that intersection.

The Alamance News says contractors with NCDOT will be on the bridge overpass to “set beams for the new bridge on Trollingwood Hawfields Road over I-40/I-85.” The widening is explicitly described as part of the road improvements associated with the forthcoming Buc-ee’s at the southwest corner of Exit 152.

NCDOT’s nightly closure plan, as reported by The Alamance News, begins each evening with one lane closed at 8:00 p.m., expands to two lanes at 10:00 p.m., and moves to a full closure at 12:00 a.m. The Alamance News quoted the schedule: “The schedule for closure begins at 8:00 p.m., when one lane will be closed; at 10:00 p.m., that expands to two lanes. And at midnight, the closure will be all lanes, with a detour in place.”

When all lanes are closed at midnight, The Alamance News reports the detour will direct drivers to exit in either direction, proceed straight across Trollingwood-Hawfields Road, and then return to the intersection. According to NCDOT, as cited by The Alamance News, all lanes will reopen by 6:00 a.m. each morning.

NCDOT is advising drivers to allow extra time and to use caution while traveling through the work zone, The Alamance News reports. For real-time updates, the agency points motorists to its travel-information webpage and to NCDOT social media channels for nightly status changes and potential variations in timing or detour routing.

The overnight beam setting and overpass widening are directly connected to traffic access for the planned Buc-ee’s travel center at Exit 152; The Alamance News identifies the project site as the southwest corner of the I-40/I-85-Trollingwood-Hawfields Road intersection. Local drivers who use I-40/I-85 through Mebane should expect late-night delays and to follow the detour described above during the March 2–6 work window.

This schedule and the quoted details were provided by The Alamance News. The Alamance News is located at 114 West Elm Street, Graham, NC 27253; phone 336.228.7851.