A biannual inspection of the Heide Trask Drawbridge to Wrightsville Beach is scheduled for Tuesday, July 12. The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) will intermittently close one lane in each direction to complete the inspection.
A June 22 press release stated the Federal Highway Administration requires all bridges to be inspected every two years. The inspection was originally scheduled for the week before July Fourth, but town residents and officials urged the NCDOT to reschedule to a less busy time.
In an email to local leaders, NCDOT division engineer Karen Collette stated that she had spoken to an official with the Raleigh Bridge Inspections, who had agreed to schedule future routine inspections between October and March.
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