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Construction of the I-40/US 70/NC 540 interchange in January 2023. The next 17.09 mi (27.50 km) segment, known as the Southern Wake Expressway, connects I-40/I-42 near Garner with NC 55 in Apex. [42] Planning for the route began in the 1990s, when it was identified as the Orange Route by NCDOT.
Apex (/ ˈ eɪ. p ɛ k s /) is a town in Wake County, North Carolina, United States.At its southern border, Apex encompasses the community of Friendship.In 1994, the downtown area was designated a historic district, and the Apex train depot, built in 1867, is designated a Wake County landmark.
The six-lane Triangle Parkway extends Interstate 885 (I-885) 3.5 miles (5.6 km) via North Carolina Highway 885 (NC 885) in Durham County to meet North Carolina Highway 540 (NC 540) in Morrisville in Wake County. The Western Wake Expressway extends 12.4 miles (20.0 km) long, extending NC 540 to meet NC 55 in Apex.
The new routes — Route 11, which will go to N.C. State; Route 12, which will go to downtown Apex; and the Downtown Circulator — were created based on public input. And more people are riding ...
NC 55 was first routed from NC 50 and US 1 (current US 1A) in Franklinton to Durham. In 1930 maps showed that NC 91 had replaced NC 55 route from Franklinton to Durham and instead NC 55 took the place of NC 13 north of Durham to the Virginia state line. In 1932 NC 55 was extended south through Apex and Holly Springs.
Around 1963, US 1 was placed onto new freeway between Apex (via NC 55) to North Boulevard (today an extension of Capital Boulevard), in north Raleigh. The old route to Hillsborough Road became what is today Salem Street, Old Apex Road, and Chatham Street (via Cary), while the routing through Raleigh became US 1 Bus. (1963–1975).
It continues as a non-Interstate route, NC 540, in western Wake County, almost all of which is a toll road. The remaining segments to be constructed will also be designated as NC 540 and will be tolled, with an approximate cost of $2.2 billion. [62] Future I-587; I-885 / NC 885 Toll (originally NC 147 Toll) US 1; US 64; US 64 Bus. US 70; US 70 Bus.
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