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The Research Triangle, or simply The Triangle, are both common nicknames for a metropolitan area in the Piedmont region of the U.S. state of North Carolina.Anchored by the cities of Raleigh and Durham and the town of Chapel Hill, the region is home to three major research universities: North Carolina State University, Duke University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ...
On October 1, 2015, former President and CEO of the Research Triangle Foundation, Bob Geolas, announced RTP's plans for a $50,000,000 redevelopment involving the formation of "Park Center". $20,000,000 will be allocated from Durham County, $10,000,000 from the Durham-Wake Counties Research and Production Service District, and $20,000,000 as a ...
North Carolina Highway 751 (NC 751) is a north–south state road in North Carolina that runs from U.S. Route 64 (US 64) near Jordan Lake State Recreation Area, to US 70 Business near Durham. The road also continues south approximately 4.3 miles (6.9 km) to US 1 as New Hill-Olive Chapel Road (SR 1141).
North Carolina Highway 54 (NC 54) is a 55.0-mile-long (88.5 km) primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina.The highway serves the Research Triangle area, between Burlington and Raleigh, connecting the cities and towns of Chapel Hill, Durham, Morrisville and Cary.
US 64 – Siler City, Raleigh: US 64 exit 383: Orange: Chapel Hill: 97.0: 156.1: NC 54 west (Fordham Boulevard South west) / NC 86 north – Carrboro, UNC Chapel Hill: Interchange; southern end of NC 54 concurrency: 99.0: 159.3: NC 54 (Raleigh Road) – Raleigh, UNC Chapel Hill: Cloverleaf interchange; northern end of NC 54 concurrency: 102.0 ...
The Occaneechi Indians lived in the area of what is now Hillsborough, north of Chapel Hill, prior to European settlement. [6]The area was the home place of early settler William Barbee of Middlesex County, Virginia, whose 1753 grant of 585 acres on the north and south side of "Lick Branch" [7] from John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville was the first of two land grants in what is now the Chapel ...
Raleigh–Durham–Cary: 2,368,947 3 37 Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point: 1,736,099 4 75 Fayetteville–Lumberton–Pinehurst: 693,299 5 89 Asheville–Waynesville–Brevard: 513,720 6 119 Rocky Mount–Wilson–Roanoke Rapids: 288,366 7 137 Greenville–Washington: 219,600 8 145 New Bern–Morehead City: 193,830
Several other professional sports leagues have had former franchises (now defunct) in Raleigh, including the Raleigh IceCaps of the ECHL (1991–1998); Carolina Cobras of the Arena Football League (2000–2004); the Raleigh–Durham Skyhawks of the World League of American Football (1991); the Raleigh Bullfrogs of the Global Basketball ...