Lee County Hwy. Dept. closing part of main Smiths Station road this week
The Lee County Highway Department will be closing a portion of Lee Road 240 approximately 0.5 miles east of the junction with Lee Road 236 due to bridge maintenance.
The road will be closed for approximately four (4) days beginning Monday, March 11, 2024, at 9:00 A.M. Eastern Standard Time.
Local traffic will not be allowed to use the road within 100 feet of the bridge.
Vehicles traveling east on Lee Road 240 will detoured as follows: at the junction of Lee Road 240 and Lee Road 230 turn left onto Lee Road 230 and travel north approximately 1.4 miles to the junction of Lee Road 230 and Lee Road 246; thence, turn right onto Lee Road 246 and travel east approximately 1.3 miles to the junction of Lee Road 246 and Lee Road 222 (Carden Road); thence, turn right onto Lee Road 222 (Carden Road) and travel south approximately 1.0 miles to the junction of Lee Road 222 (Carden Road) and Lee Road 240. Vehicles traveling west on Lee Road 240 will travel the route in the opposite direction.
Detour signs are being placed for public convenience.
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