After finalizing an agreement for $10 million in Recovery Act funds with the North Carolina Department of Transportation, the U.S. Department of Transportation gave the go-ahead to begin construction on the I-85/Yadkin River Crossing project located between Greensboro and Charlotte, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced.
The TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) grant, part of the Recovery Act, will be used to widen 3.3 miles of I-85 and replace the narrow, deteriorating I-85 and U.S. 29/70 bridges over the Yadkin River.