Several drainage pipes will be replaced on Stevens Mill Road ahead of a resurfacing project.

Maintenance workers for the state Transportation Department will replace the aging pipes between Blackjack Church Road and N.C. 581. The work is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. on Mar. 4, and will take up to three weeks to complete, if the weather cooperates.

This stretch of Stevens Mill Road will be closed to through traffic while crews dig up and replace one pipe at a time. The road is scheduled to be resurfaced later this year.

The detour will consist of U.S. 117 and Old Grantham Road. Motorists should be alert near the barricades and mindful of the longer route when traveling.

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