Hillsborough Street in both directions at I-440 near the North Carolina State Fair closed Tuesday (Oct. 22) due to a gas leak.

Starting Saturday, March 4, the Department of Transportation will close the intersection of Hillsborough Street at Blue Ridge Road for construction, with an estimated completion date of Fall 2024. As reported by WRAL, crews will work to run Blue Ridge underneath Hillsborough Street, the railroad tracks, and Beryl Road.

Drivers on Hillsborough Street are still flummoxed by a twin-ring roundabout that replaced the stoplight at Pullen Road more than a year ago. And they’re still crashing their mopeds, bikes and cars there. Eighty accidents have been reported since traffic began rolling around the two-lane circle in July 2010. Wait, make that 84. Let’s add […]