Mile Marker 40 – Wright Archer III on Road Design, Urban Loops, and Safer Highways
We sit down with Wright Archer III, division engineer with the North Carolina Department of Transportation, to unpack what really goes into the roads we drive every day. Born and raised in Greensboro with more than 35 years at NCDOT, Wright has worked across design, construction, bridge maintenance, and now leads Division 7, responsible for thousands of road miles and hundreds of employees.
In this episode, Wright explains how a geology degree and early work in a testing lab led him into civil engineering, large airport projects, and eventually a career spent shaping highways, beltways, and…
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