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Design Build Project Breaks Records in Thompson-Arthur APAC Atlantic teams up with three other companies to construct the 14-mile U.S. 64 expressway, marking their largest project to date
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our years is not a lot of time when you're tasked with constructing 14.4 miles of roadway. Add in six interchanges, seven grade crossings and 24 bridges, and you're really asking for a miracle. And that's exactly what Asheboro Bypass Constructors pulled off in North Carolina. This project actually started back in 2011 when the team at ThompsonArthur APAC Atlantic, a CRH
Company, teamed up with the Wright Brothers. They knew the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) was planning to improve U.S. 64 in the Asheboro area. The proposed project was a new 14.4-mile freeway bypassing Asheboro to the south. The project also featured a highlyanticipated 1.8 mile Zoo Connector, which would give visitors to the massively popular North Carolina Zoo
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