Portion of Smith County Road 220 reopens

CHAPEL HILL — A portion of Smith County Road 220, just east of New Chapel Hill, is back open to drivers after being closed for months while a bridge could be constructed. Road and bridge crews began working in April to repair a box culvert and the roadway. Once work began, it was determined that the damage was too great and that the entire structure had been undermined, so the culvert would need to be replaced with a bridge, County Engineer Frank Davis said. The road closure affected through traffic on CR 220 between CR 289 and CR 2298.