WALLACE, N.C. (WITN) – Happening Monday, a road here in the east is closing to traffic for two weeks as crews begin construction.

Today through September 2nd, the North Carolina Department of Transportation will be repairing the railroad crossing on Main Street in downtown Wallace.

Rail crews will remove old tracks and install new ones, while the Department of Transportation will conduct pavement removal and replacement as part of the project.

Traffic will be rerouted from Highway 117 to Highway 11 in Willard near the I-40 exchange, and then redirected back onto Wallace Airport Road.

Local traffic will still be able to access downtown via Boney Street, Raleigh Road, and other side streets.