July 26, 2011 

Contact: Communications Office, (919) 733-2522 

RALEIGH — Both lanes of Apex-Barbeque Road, between Kelly Road and Scott’s Ridge Trail in Apex, will be shifted onto a temporary roadway starting tomorrow, Wednesday, July 27. The traffic switch will take place between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m., with the new traffic pattern expected to be in place until the spring of 2012. 

This shift will allow the contractor for the N.C. Turnpike Authority’s Triangle Expressway project to safely build a new permanent bridge over the Western Wake Freeway segment of the Expressway. NCDOT reminds motorists to watch signs for construction information, stay alert and obey the posted speed limit. 

For more information about the Western Wake Freeway project, construction schedules, and detour information — please visit www.westernwakeinfo.com or follow the project on Twitter. 

For real-time travel information at any time, call 511, visit the NCDOT website or follow NCDOT on Twitter. Another option is NCDOT Mobile, a phone-friendly version of the NCDOT website. To access it, type “m.ncdot.gov” into the browser of your smartphone. Then, bookmark it to save for future reference. NCDOT Mobile is compatible with the iPhone, Android and some newer Blackberry phones. 

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