NORTH CAROLINA -- The State Highway Patrol is joining forces with other state and local law enforcement agencies from across the country to participate in the I-40 challenge.      

The campaign will focus special attention to the I-40 corridor and other heavily traveled interstates during the holiday weekend.

The purpose is to combat fatal collisions in hopes of obtaining a desired goal of zero deaths within the campaign’s allotted time frame.

The campaign will take place from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Wednesday and from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sunday.

Meanwhile, it should be a relatively easy trip for most North Carolina motorists during the holiday.

A news release from the N.C. Department of Transportation says road and lane closure suspensions began Tuesday morning and continues through 8 p.m. on Nov. 27.

The only exceptions are where work has made it unsafe to open all lanes, such as where a bridge is being replaced or travel lanes are being constructed or rebuilt.

Among the closures, the eastbound U.S. 158 Wright Memorial Bridge is closed for deck rehabilitation.

In Vance and Warren counties, Interstate 85 will be in a single-lane pattern in each direction on the northbound side for about 15 miles between U.S. 1 and the Virginia state line.