The state Department of Transportation has awarded an $8.8 million contract to build new exit ramps and reroute Airport Road traffic to create what is called a “diverging diamond” interchange, the Asheville Citizen-Times reported Thursday.
Once it is completed, drivers approaching the interchange on Airport Road will veer to the left near one end of the bridge over I-26, cross above I-26 on the left side of the bridge and then either turn onto a ramp to get on I-26 or move back to the right to continue on Airport Road. Motorists making left turns at the interchange will not have to cross in front of oncoming traffic to do so.
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