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Started by Mapmikey, February 15, 2015, 01:36:46 PM

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LM117

I wonder what the odds are of NCDOT asking AASHTO to extend I-140 along the remainder of the bypass east of I-40 next spring?
“I don’t know whether to wind my ass or scratch my watch!” - Jim Cornette


RoadPelican

Quote from: LM117 on December 20, 2017, 05:11:20 AM
I wonder what the odds are of NCDOT asking AASHTO to extend I-140 along the remainder of the bypass east of I-40 next spring?

Personally, I think NCDOT should extend the I-140 designation up the Hampstead Bypass when it is complete.  It would be cool for economic development to have an interstate that goes thru the 4 county Jacksonville/Wilmington/Myrtle Beach metro region.  Onslow, Pender, New Hanover and Brunswick.

As of this date though, only the northern half of the Hampstead bypass is scheduled in the 2018-2017 STIP and construction on that portion won't begin until 2020/2021.  The southern half is only funded for design (not construction)  Although, as you may have seen recently with the Fayetteville loop project that could always move up in schedule.

Interstate 69 Fan

Here's a video of the Bypass: https://youtu.be/nyj-pFGCbvo - Around the 3:15 mark, you can see a I-140 sign, confirming my theory the Bypass is signed as I-140.
Apparently I’m a fan of I-69.  Who knew.

Roadsguy

Quote from: Interstate 69 Fan on January 17, 2018, 10:15:28 AM
Here's a video of the Bypass: https://youtu.be/nyj-pFGCbvo - Around the 3:15 mark, you can see a I-140 sign, confirming my theory the Bypass is signed as I-140.

Is NC 140 down to US 17 now also signed as I-140, or no?

And is the future I-140 leg east of I-40 now NC 140?
Mileage-based exit numbering implies the existence of mileage-cringe exit numbering.

bob7374

Quote from: Roadsguy on January 18, 2018, 04:58:18 PM
Quote from: Interstate 69 Fan on January 17, 2018, 10:15:28 AM
Here's a video of the Bypass: https://youtu.be/nyj-pFGCbvo - Around the 3:15 mark, you can see a I-140 sign, confirming my theory the Bypass is signed as I-140.

Is NC 140 down to US 17 now also signed as I-140, or no?

And is the future I-140 leg east of I-40 now NC 140?
Based on a comment on the Facebook SERoads group, I-140 signs have replaced NC 140 west (south) of US 74/76, the NC 140 mile markers though remain. A check the NCDOT traffic camera at the I-40/I-140 interchange showed the overhead signage still the same with the route marked I-140/US 17 heading west, so presumably the ground-mounted US 17 signs to the east have not been changed either.

Alex

Quote from: bob7374 on January 18, 2018, 08:38:17 PM
Quote from: Roadsguy on January 18, 2018, 04:58:18 PM
Quote from: Interstate 69 Fan on January 17, 2018, 10:15:28 AM
Here's a video of the Bypass: https://youtu.be/nyj-pFGCbvo - Around the 3:15 mark, you can see a I-140 sign, confirming my theory the Bypass is signed as I-140.

Is NC 140 down to US 17 now also signed as I-140, or no?

And is the future I-140 leg east of I-40 now NC 140?
Based on a comment on the Facebook SERoads group, I-140 signs have replaced NC 140 west (south) of US 74/76, the NC 140 mile markers though remain. A check the NCDOT traffic camera at the I-40/I-140 interchange showed the overhead signage still the same with the route marked I-140/US 17 heading west, so presumably the ground-mounted US 17 signs to the east have not been changed either.


Can confirm that. Reclinched I-140 on New Year's Eve and the NC 140 section had stand alone shields for I-140.



The rest of the signs at each end remained unchanged. Updated Interstate-Guide with photos from 12-31 already.

bob7374

I have posted photos of 'new' NC 140 signage along US 17 in Scotts Hill and, below, a mile marker approaching I-40 courtesy of J. Austin Carter:


Along with new images from the other end of other end of I-140 at US 17 on my I-140 in NC website:
http://www.malmeroads.net/ncfutints/fut140.html

Verlanka

Apparently, the milepost marker has it signed as NC 140, not I-140.

goobnav

Quote from: Verlanka on June 19, 2019, 05:11:17 AM
Apparently, the milepost marker has it signed as NC 140, not I-140.

East of I-40, it is NC 140.  As to why, it is when NCDOT was told it could be I-140, no good explanation has been made except, maybe the end ramps at US 17.
Life is a highway and I drive it all night long!

tolbs17

It's a nice bypass and it's fun to drive on! I'm surprised why some parts of it is signed NC 140 and not I-140.

bob7374

Been a while, but some news. Lanes of NC 140 will be closed overnight next week as part of the Military Cutoff Road extension project:
https://www.ncdot.gov/news/press-releases/Pages/2021/2021-05-07-new-hanover-county-overnight-closure.aspx

The Ghostbuster

Future Exit 23 on NC 140 (NC 417, Military Cutoff Rd.) now shows up as "under construction" on Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/@34.3001104,-77.8166493,3820m/data=!3m1!1e3. Construction is also shown on the Military Cutoff Rd. extension all the way to Military Cutoff Rd.'s existing northern terminus at US 17/Business 17 (Market St.).

tolbs17


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