The chill of autumn air came rushing down the mountains on Sunday, lingering into the beginning of this week. Temperatures struggled to make it out of the 40's today, but clear skies gave ample opportunity for a big day of work. A new telephone pole was installed near Hardee's with a steel cage placed around the base to protect it from the ongoing work. Nearby, the deep ground drillers were hard at work digging holes for road expansion beams. Some of the beams on site are now larger, a necessary switch as the elevation gradually rises as the highway heads toward the New Market Drive intersection.
The biggest development at the construction site was the return of paving. Fresh asphalt was being laid for the first time since the most recent traffic pattern shift commenced in August. A strip about one lane wide and roughly 50 yards in length in front of Modern Toyota was receiving its first layer of asphalt at lunchtime today. A front end loader and pavement roller were smoothing the new pavement as backhoes and hydraulic excavators were digging and filling various holes surrounding the paving area. With the heavy amount of work being done from the highway's intersection with New Market Drive to its intersection with the Highway 105 Extension, it appears that crews will try to have that stretch of road open sooner than the other sections under construction. While much work is yet to be done, new pavement certainly means solid progress is being made.
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