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“The Nation’s Best Read Construction Newspaper… Founded in 1957.”
Your Carolina States Connection • Richard McKeon, Charlotte, NC 1-800-288-4234
Traffic Relief on the Way for Lake Norman Visitors By Eric Olson
CEG CORRESPONDENT
Rea Construction is in the process of paving this section of Brawley School Road near McKendree Road, looking northeast.
Dozers from English Construction Company are building the on-ramp from Brawley School Road onto northbound I-77. Beyond the on-ramp is the new lane of I-77 that will extend north to the next exit at N.C. 150 (in the far background).
Utility work is ongoing along Brawley School Road in a few places.
Motorists traveling through the Mooresville area of North Carolina to and from Lake Norman have had to deal with a lot of traffic congestion in the last few years as local development activity has dramatically increased. That is particularly true in an area just west of town around the intersection of Interstate 77 and N.C. Highway 150. A new road project is under way now, though, that should ease some of that congestion. The State of North Carolina is overseeing two sections of a planned three-phase construction project, totaling about $48 million, along Brawley School Road, located just southsouthwest of the I-77/N.C. 150 interchange. When both sections currently under way are finished, it is hoped that traffic concerns are lessened in an area of southern Iredell County that has witnessed a lot of commercial and residential development in recent years. The project is located only about 25 mi. north of downtown Charlotte in an area that has become a dynamic place to live, work and play. The Mooresville area has become a popular place to live for people who work in and around Charlotte because of its proximity to Lake Norman. Additionally, local traffic is high in the summer months as vacationers come through on the way to the lake. With that in mind, crews are currently working to widen Brawley School Road from two lanes to a four-lane, divided boulevard; while another crew is building a new interchange at Brawley School Road and I-77. The A section of the project, which crews began working on in November 2008, starts near Lake Norman in a largely residential area of greater Mooresville and runs for 3.8 mi. (6 km) north-northeast along Brawley School Road before entering a commercial district near the intersection with Williamson Road. Charlotte-based Rea Contracting, a division of Lane Construction Corp., is the primary contractor on that part of the project and is doing most of the work itself, including the paving. see I-77 page 2