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Other times, as in NC 295, the number is a place holder for when the highway is eventually upgraded to an Interstate route when it meets certain standards. Finally, as in NC 73 , sometimes the state, for whatever reason, does not remove a former state route designation when the Interstate is signed.
When originally established in the 1920s, the state highway system was highly organized: two-digit routes ending in "0" were major cross-state routes, other two digit routes were numbered as spurs off of the main route (that is, Highway 54 would have been a spur off of Highway 50) and lesser important routes were given three digit numbers by appending an extra "ones" digit to the two digit ...
The estimated cost increased to $1.2 billion in 2023. The final record of decision was approved in Spring 2023 and right-of-way acquisition for all of Section A began at that time. In Fall 2023, construction of Sections AA and AB began and contracts for Sections B and D were rewarded. Construction for Section AC will begin in early 2024.
There are 22 Interstate Highways—9 primary and 13 auxiliary—that exist entirely or partially in the U.S. state of North Carolina.As of January 2020, the state had a total of 1,410 miles (2,270 km) of Interstates and 70 miles (110 km) of Interstate business routes, all maintained by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT).
The Clayton Bypass is a four-lane freeway that is 9.8 miles (15.8 km) in length south of Clayton. Starting west of Clayton at a turbine interchange with I-40 and NC 540 on the Wake–Johnston county line, it continues southeast and connects with NC 42 and Ranch Road, before reaching an interchange with US 70/US 70 Bus., where US 70 merges into the through traffic.
The highway is four lanes between Sylva and Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, and two lanes beyond. Between WCU and Cashiers (about 18 miles (29 km)), the highway is a winding mountain road, and continues in this manner all the way to the South Carolina state border. The area of NC 107 in Sylva is lined with businesses.
The Western Rockingham Bypass, from the US 74/US 74 Bus. interchange to US 220, near Ellerbe, has all right-of-way purchases completed along the proposed route. Construction on a 3.724-mile (5.993 km) section, along US 220 (south of Ellerbe), began in March 2014; with a contracted amount of $49.8 million (equivalent to $63.1 million in 2023 ...
The right-of-way of the Urban Loop and its interchanges between South Elm-Eugene Street and Huffine Mill Road was annexed by the city of Greensboro in 2005. The final segment to be built, 3.7 miles (6.0 km) between North Elm Street and I-785/ US 29 , opened to traffic on January 23, 2023.