CHARLOTTE – June 1, 2015 – (RealEstateRama) — The N.C. Department of Transportation has started construction on the Monroe Expressway, a roughly 20-mile toll freeway that will provide an alternative for high-speed regional travel along the U.S. 74 corridor.
The new freeway will extend from U.S. 74 near I-485 in Mecklenburg County to U.S. 74 between the towns of Wingate and Marshville in Union County. The approximately $840 million project is expected to open to traffic in late 2018. The Monroe Expressway will use electronic tolling similar to the Triangle Expressway, which opened to traffic in December 2011.
Crews are now installing silt fencing, survey markers, right-of-way fencing and performing limited clearing and grubbing necessary for construction within the right-of-way. These activities are starting from the eastern limits of the project and working west.This work isn’t expected to have major impacts on the traveling public.
NCDOT is currently working to finalize design plans for the Expressway and continuing to acquire right-of-way.
