SHELBY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- Stretches of Interstate 40 and 85 will have lane closures west of Charlotte beginning Saturday night.

An N.C. Department of Transportation contractor will replace pavement markings along I-40 in Catawba County and I-85 in Gaston County. Crews from TRP Construction Group will replace approximately 24 miles of pavement markings over the next several weeks.

NCDOT officials say the new hot-spray thermoplastic pavement markings will be more reflective and durable than typical paint used to line roads.

Crews will begin on I-40 between the bridge over County Home Road in Conover and the Burke County line on Saturday. Single-lane closures will be installed each night from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. until the work is finished. Crews will use a slow-moving operation to ins

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