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Vehicles on a refurbished stretch of Interstate 40 stretch through Raleigh have been averaging 70 mph, risking fines, according to the DOT.
Brian Shrader
The I-40 East ramp to Lake Wheeler Road in south Raleigh will be closed much of next week as Fortify crews continue work on the newly rebuilt outside lanes.
Construction crews have been working up and down a stretch of Interstate 40 for nearly four years to rebuild the road, but the end is in sight.
The end is in sight for the Fortify project. Later this year, construction crews will finish up the massive, multi-year project to tear up and rebuild Interstate 40 in south Raleigh.
The exit from Interstate 40 West to Lake Wheeler Road (Exit 297) will be closed for an entire week beginning Sunday night so crews can rebuild the exit ramp.
After about three and a half years of work, the Fortify project, repairing and rebuilding travel lanes across 11.5 miles of major highway just sound of downtown Raleigh, is nearing an end.
For the second time in two weeks, drivers in the Fortify construction zone will notice a ramp closure at Gorman Street beginning Thursday night and lasting through the weekend.
North Carolina Department of Transportation officials are urging drivers to slow down in the Fortify work zone in south Raleigh as multiple lane shifts are continuing to take place along 8.5 miles of Interstate 40.
Construction crews closed the Gorman Street (Exit 295) ramp at 6 p.m. Thursday and it will remain closed through the early morning hours on Monday so workers can fully reconstruct the ramp, state Department of Transportation officials said.
Construction crews plan this weekend to shift traffic onto new travel lanes in a section of the Fortify zone on Interstate 40 West.
More lane shifts were completed Tuesday morning in the Fortify work zone in southeast Raleigh, allowing drivers to use newly paved lanes near the Interstate 40/Interstate 440 split.
Drivers who commute through the Fortify work zone on Interstate 40 were enjoying new travel lanes Monday morning after a traffic shift took place overnight.
Drivers were using newly paved lanes Tuesday morning on Interstate 40 East in part of the Fortify work zone, a sign of progress in the massive interstate rebuild project.
Drivers who frequent the Fortify work zone on Interstate 40 in south Raleigh will notice changes in the coming weeks as crews shift the focus of their project from the inside lanes to the outside lanes of the highway.
The North Carolina Department of Transportation is working to fix some rough patches in the Fortify zone in Raleigh.
The Department of Transportation takes the holiday weekend off from construction projects across the state, including the Fortify project in south Raleigh. The work to rebuild Interstate 40 is now in its third year, and drivers are starting to see some progress.
The delays the North Carolina Department of Transportation predicted would add 30 minutes to a cross-town trip have not materialized in south Raleigh, in part, because drivers are taking alternate routes to avoid construction on Interstate 40.
Twelve days of measurable rain won't make a measurable difference in the deadline for the Interstate 40 repaving project known as Fortify, according to Steve Abbott, spokesman for the North Carolina Department of Transportation.
Additional lane shifts are expected Friday night on Interstate 40 East in the Fortify work zone in south Raleigh.
Although lane reductions on Interstate 40 in the Fortify zone haven't resulted in massive delays, the construction area hasn't been free of problems.
New traffic patterns in the Fortify work zone in south Raleigh will get their first big test next week as traditional-calendar schools begin the 2015-16 school year.
A pedestrian died early Friday after being hit by a car on Interstate 40 West near South Saunders Street in Raleigh, police said.
Crews working on the Fortify project in south Raleigh completed long-awaited lane reductions early Friday morning on a section of Interstate 40 West.
With nice weather in the forecast for the next several days, crews working on Raleigh's Fortify project will begin introducing more lane reductions on Interstate 40 West late Thursday night.
Crews working on Raleigh's Fortify project could introduce more significant lane reductions on Interstate 40 West next week, North Carolina State Department of Transportation officials said Friday.
