The original item was published from 9/26/2024 11:30:00 AM to 9/26/2024 5:03:35 PM.

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Posted on: September 24, 2024 | Last Modified on: September 26, 2024

[ARCHIVED] NCDOT: Officials Urge Drivers to Take Alternative Route Ahead of Detour

*This is a North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) notice. Brunswick County is not responsible for the accuracy of this information. For the most up-to-date information, visit the NCDOT website or contact NCDOT directly.

Posted Sept. 26, 2024 | Read Original Release on NCDOT Website

UPDATE – The N.C. Department of Transportation in coordination with its partners at the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office will remove the closure and allow the left turn from N.C. 133 North onto N.C. 87 each evening until further notice.

The left turn onto N.C. 87 will be closed each day 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.. Then, between 7 p.m. and 10 a.m., the same left turn lane will be open to drivers.

Below is the original release.

Posted Sept. 24, 2024 | Read Original Release on NCDOT Website

SOUTHPORT, N.C. – 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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