Press Release
WINSTON-SALEM — The N.C. Department of Transportation has awarded a $10.2 million contract to improve safety by relocating a 2.39 mile section of Old Beatty Ford Road between Bostian Road and Lentz Road at I-85 in Rowan County.
Work will include a new bridge over I-85, widening, rumble strips, paving, drainage and grading. This safety project comes following a number of serious accidents and as traffic volume is projected to increase in the area.
Work can begin as early as this month and final completion including landscaping is anticipated for December 2017.
Contractor Smith-Rowe, LLC of Mount Airy can begin as early as October 26, with the new roadway scheduled to be open by June 15, 2017. Additional landscaping work should wrap up by December 2017.
This is one of six road and bridge projects recently awarded by the Department of Transportation. The contracts were awarded to the lowest qualified bidder, as required by state law. They are worth $102.4 million, which is $3.3 million below NCDOT engineers’ estimated cost.
