DOT replaces Durham road still underwater from Hurricane Matthew with bridge

Eighteen months after Hurricane Matthew left a Durham road underwater, the Department of Transportation is replacing it with a bridge/
Posted 4/13/2018, 12:08:00 AM Updated 9/23/2025, 7:52:50 PM

THE NEW NAMES WILL APPEAR IN

2023.

HURRICANE MATTHEW HAS ALSO BEEN

RETIRED.

THERE ARE PEOPLE STILL TRYING

TO RECOVER FROM THAT STORM.

BRIAN SCHRADER TELLS US WHAT IS

BEING PLANNED FOR A ROAD THAT

REMAINS UNDERWATER 18 MONTHS

LATER.

>>> HEAVY RAIN WASHED OUT A

CULVERT ON REDWOOD ROAD.

HERE IS WHY IT HAS BEEN SO

TOUGH TO REPAIR.

THAT SECTION OF REDWOOD IS ON A

LITTLE SLIVER OF LAND ACROSS

FALLS LAKE.

THE CULVERT WAS UNDERWATER AND

REPAIRING IT WOULD HAVE BEEN

COMPLICATED.

THE ROAD IS GONE AND THE GRASS

IS GROWING ON THE BANKS.

STEVE ABBOTT SAYS A DIVE TEAM

INSPECTED THE DAMAGE AND THEY

DECIDED IT WOULD BE BETTER TO

REPLACE THAT ROAD WITH A

BRIDGE.>> WE THOUGHT IT WOULD

BE A BETTER USE OF TAXPAYER

MONEY TO BUILD A BRIDGE.

WE APPRECIATE THEIR PATIENCE

BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN QUITE A

WHILE.

SOON WE WILL HAVE A NEW BRIDGE

TO REPLACE IT.

>> THE D.O.T.

PLANS TO THAT OUT THAT CONTRACT

NEXT MONTH AND IT SHOULD BE

BUILT AND OPENED BY THE END OF

THIS YEAR.

A FEW ROADS ARE STILL UNDER

REPAIR.

MOST PLACES HAVE RECOVERED

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