CHARLOTTE (News Release) — Drivers in Gaston County will soon see improvements to a 1.3 – mile section of N.C. 273 (South Main Street) between Tuckaseege Road at Beatty Drive and Highland Street at A & E Drive in Mount Holly, thanks to a $15.3 million contract awarded by the N.C. Department of Transportation.
The contract went to Blythe Construction Inc. of Charlotte for widening N.C. 273 to a four-lane, median-divided roadway, with some intersection improvements within the project corridor that will increase capacity and improve efficiency for local and regional traffic.
Work can start as early as July 31, and should be completed by Dec. 28, 2020.
