NCDOT awards $1.3 Million to replace bridges in Flat Rock

From the Times-News:

The N.C. Department of Transportation has awarded a $1.3 million contract to Devere Construction Co. of Alpena, Mich. to replace the bridges on Little River Road over Mud Creek near Flat Rock.

The bridges were built in the 1960s and need to be replaced due to their age and condition, the NCDOT said in a news release.

One of the bridges is considered structurally deficient and functionally obsolete. That means it is still safe, but has been in deteriorating condition and was built to bridge-design standards that are no longer used, the release says.

Work can start as early as March 15 and is scheduled for completion by Oct. 1....

Read it all. And if you want to keep up with the project as it goes forward, you can check the NCDOT Project Details page (although I'm not sure how often they update this since it doesn't yet show that the project has been awarded).