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NCDOT later announced on September 4, 2024, a revised official opening date of September 25, 2024, with its official ribbon-cutting to be held on September 24, 2024. [51] The extension opened to traffic at 6 a.m. that day. [52] NCDOT certified NC 540 designation, for the new extension, on October 3, 2024. [42]
The 18 miles of new highway is the first of a two-phase effort to complete the 540 Outer Loop around Raleigh. ... N.C. 540, will open across southern Wake County this summer. The final leg, from ...
The N.C. Turnpike Authority had hoped to open the road before Labor Day weekend, but Tropical Storm Debby forced a delay. New date set for opening NC 540 across southern Wake County. For real this ...
In June 2018, the federal government approved the entire 28.4 mile (45.71 km) extension of NC-540 which would complete the southern loop of NC-540 around Raleigh from the current terminus in Holly Springs to the Interstate 540 terminus in Knightdale; the project was estimated to cost approximately $2.24 billion. [41]
The 18-mile leg of the Triangle Expressway will connect N.C. 55 near Apex and Holly Springs with Interstate 40 near the Johnston County line.
The completed portion in northern Wake County is called the Northern Wake Expressway (I-540). 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]
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The North Carolina Turnpike Authority was established on October 3, 2002, by ratification of House Bill 644 (S.L. 2002-133) and signed by Governor Mike Easley. [1] In its original draft, the authority was independent and only able to establish the first three projects in the following conditions: one project located in whole or in part in a county with a population equal to or greater than ...