The project requires closing Butler Bridge Road to remove the existing bridge and build a new structure in the same location. Transportation officials have established a detour using U.S 25, Rugby Drive and North Rugby Road.
To accelerate the removal of the bridge, transportation officials will detour one direction of traffic off I-26 to an Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) system on Tuesday night through Friday night. This system provides longer green lights and uses the ICM route that transportation officials utilized in 2020, when it proved effective in handling night traffic during overnight operations in Buncombe and Henderson counties.
Crews working on the Buncombe County side of the project will take advantage of this opportunity and piggy-back on the closures to replace several concrete slabs in the existing eastbound interstate lanes and in select locations in the westbound direction.