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This is a list of structures, sites, districts, and objects on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina: . As of May 1, 2015, there are more than 2,900 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in all 100 North Carolina counties, including 39 National Historic Landmarks, two National Historic Sites, one National Military Park, one National ...
Traffic barrier with a pedestrian guardrail behind it. Traffic barriers (known in North America as guardrails or guard rails, [1] in Britain as crash barriers, [2] and in auto racing as Armco barriers [3]) keep vehicles within their roadway and prevent them from colliding with dangerous obstacles such as boulders, sign supports, trees, bridge abutments, buildings, walls, and large storm drains ...
According to the Division of Parks & Recreation, "the State Parks Act of 1987 lists six types of units included in the NC State Parks System." [1] These are State Parks, State Recreation Areas, State Natural Areas, State Lakes, State Trails, and State Rivers.
Up to that point, 42 states had stopped installation of new ET Plus guardrails pending further testing. [34] [39] Trinity conducted a series of eight crash tests [40] at 27-inch and 31-inch heights to conform to the prevailing standard for guardrails of this type per the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 350. [41]
SC 160 at the South Carolina state line: NC 49 in Charlotte: 1942: current NC 161 — — Virginia state line: NC 16 (now NC 88) in Warrensville: 1930: 1937 First form; renumbered NC 162 NC 161: 10.6: 17.1 SC 161 at the South Carolina state line: NC 274 in Bessemer City: 1937: current Second form NC 162 — — Virginia state line
These NC state parks remain closed. More than 150 staffers have been deployed for cleanup projects at western state parks. “Our priority first and foremost is visitor and staff safety,” Strong ...
The guardrails are off in North Carolina. It’s crisis time. Contributing columnist Gene Nichol is a professor of law at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
In places, such as Arizona, there is indication that the state government agency in charge of highway regulation failed to follow proper installation procedures. [8] Apparently there are internal government documents which show that the Arizona Department of Transportation was aware of cable barrier problems, and they may have also rushed ...