Wednesday, Mar. 17, 2010

Work begins on U.S. 401 widening

The state broke ground last week on an $8.6 million project to widen 2.3 miles of U.S. 401 two miles south of Rolesville. The N.C. Department of Transportation, with federal stimulus money, is adding two lanes to the busy highway, which many Rolesville and northeastern Wake residents use to commute to Raleigh and beyond. The widened section will stretch from Ligon Mill Road to Louisbury Road, and is scheduled to be complete early next year. It will include a median, traffic lights and a noise wall. After U.S. 401 is widened, construction will begin on the Rolesville bypass, which will begin where the current project ends at Louisbury Road and will loop around Rolesville to the southeast, reconnecting with U.S. 401 south of N.C. 96.