NC Department of Transportation will close a section of New Hope Church Road between Cedar Pass and Old State Highway 10 in Chapel Hill while workers replace the bridge over Stoney Creek.

Work is scheduled to begin 8:00 a.m. May 31 and will reopen to traffic by October 15.

Local traffic will continue to be able to access homes and businesses at either end of New Hope Church Road but will not be able to pass beyond the closure points on either side of the bridge.

Motorists will use Old State Highway 10 and N.C. 86 as the signed detour.