Southeast’s Top Projects - 14

NCDOT U.S. Route 19

Project Cost: $107.8 million

Taylor & Murphy Construction, Asheville, N.C., and Young & McQueen Grading, Burnsville, N.C., began widening limited-access road U.S. Route 19 in North Carolina’s Madison and Yancey counties from two lanes to four lanes in September. The 13.5-mi-long project includes work on six bridges and adding turn lanes at crossroads. U.S. 19 has been identified as a strategic highway corridor by NCDOT for the role it plays in regional and statewide mobility.

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Key Facts:

Location: Madison and Yancey counties, N.C.
Owner: North Carolina Department of Transportation
Contractor: Taylor & Murphy Construction, Asheville, N.C., and Young & McQueen Grading, Burnsville, N.C.
Start Date: September 2008
Completion Date: October 2012