The N.C. Department of Transportation is putting up another sign commemorating UNC-Chapel Hill's 2017 national basketball championship, this time in a spot it hopes rival N.C. State University fans find a more respectful distance from their home arena.
Workers were digging the holes Wednesday morning for wooden posts that will support the sign along eastbound Interstate 40 at the Aviation Parkway interchange. They hoped to have the sign up before day's end.
Aviation Parkway is six miles from PNC Arena, home of the NCSU Wolfpack. It's also twice as far from the arena as the first UNC championship sign that NCDOT put up along I-40 at the North Harrison Avenue interchange in February.