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Started by FLRoads, January 20, 2009, 11:55:15 PM

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CanesFan27

In 1964, North Carolina briefly considered an interstate corridor from Fayetteville to Norfolk.  The number for consideration - Interstate 13.

http://surewhynotnow.blogspot.com/2015/02/terry-sanfords-1964-north-carolina.html


NE2

According to the article, the state considered making it an Interstate, but only a single senator gave it the I-13 designation. It's worth noting that this was only a year or two after US 13 had been extended from Goldsboro.
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CanesFan27

I have a whole bunch of old articles that I have kept aside for research on pages/projects I'll never get to so I'd figure I'd share them as I get a chance for possibly someone to use on their site, blog etc.

When Governor Mike Easley pushed to extended I-20 into North Carolina about a decade ago, he was just echoing the thoughts of the Robeson County Commissioners in 1971. 

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=19710506&id=f69OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=twkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4217,1070033


CanesFan27

Link for the December 1980 opening of the Fayetteville Bypass section of I-95: 

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1734&dat=19801216&id=mOMbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UVIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3671,1959307

This completed I-95 within the state.  The completion of I-95 around Fayetteville was dragged on from a 1967 - 1976 legal battle over the routing of I-95.  Business groups wanted 95 to remain along US 301 (today's Business 95).

Some background:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19750808&id=7OJNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aIsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3811,922246
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1665&dat=19751205&id=lmpPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wiQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5139,3494527

roadman65

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Rockingham,+NC/@34.992846,-79.7895278,1583m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x8854c8db0f5a2927:0x5e26fb6d4bfca517

I am guessing that the construction and path through the trees in the center of this here image is that of some more work to extend I-73 and I-74 further south to connect it with US 74 at Rockingham.  If this is to be then US 220 north to Ellerby is going to be upgraded to be freeway instead of a new alignment elsewhere being the way the roads are to come together at the north end of the construction.
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Strider

Yeah, they are constructing I-73/I-74 by using the current US 220 from Elliebe to the proposed US 220 interchange near Rockingham. The proposed trumpet interchange that you just see from the link.. will carry US 220 over I-73/I-74. I guess the construction on Western Rockingham Bypass won't start until after 2018 somehow. I still think NCDOT should go ahead and construct WRB to connect to US 74.

If you moved up north on Google Maps, you will see both frontage roads being constructed as well.

CanesFan27


The Nature Boy

Quote from: CanesFan27 on February 22, 2015, 12:44:14 PM
I have a whole bunch of old articles that I have kept aside for research on pages/projects I'll never get to so I'd figure I'd share them as I get a chance for possibly someone to use on their site, blog etc.

When Governor Mike Easley pushed to extended I-20 into North Carolina about a decade ago, he was just echoing the thoughts of the Robeson County Commissioners in 1971. 

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=19710506&id=f69OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=twkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4217,1070033

So the Robeson County Commissioners wanted an I-40 junction as far south as possible and an I-20 extension to Wilmington?

Also loving the state named interstate shield.

wdcrft63

Work is beginning this week on the Durham East End Connector (possible future I-885). And it only took 60 years to get it going.
https://apps.ncdot.gov/NewsReleases/details.aspx?r=10891

Henry

These old articles are very interesting finds, especially the I-13 one! But in all due respect as to the Raleigh-Norfolk route, I like the I-44 idea better.
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The Nature Boy

The Raleigh-Norfolk idea makes more sense now than it did back then. The Research Triangle has exploded in growth in the last 50 years.

Also, Terry Sanford was from Laurinburg and practiced law in Fayetteville. You think that he might have had a self-interest in his I-13 proposal?

Henry

Quote from: The Nature Boy on March 18, 2015, 08:50:53 PM
Also, Terry Sanford was from Laurinburg and practiced law in Fayetteville. You think that he might have had a self-interest in his I-13 proposal?
I highly suspect that, as part of the corridor was already signed as US 13. I myself would've proposed it as I-97, if they had insisted on a north-south route, freeing up I-99 for a potential route along the coast.
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The Ghostbuster

Does anyone have any idea when the US 52 freeway south of Winston-Salem will become Interstate 285?

WashuOtaku

Quote from: The Ghostbuster on March 25, 2015, 04:50:06 PM
Does anyone have any idea when the US 52 freeway south of Winston-Salem will become Interstate 285?

The quick answer is when roadway improvements are completed.  As to when the construction will be finish, should be soon.

mvak36

Quote from: WashuOtaku on March 25, 2015, 07:04:45 PM
Quote from: The Ghostbuster on March 25, 2015, 04:50:06 PM
Does anyone have any idea when the US 52 freeway south of Winston-Salem will become Interstate 285?

The quick answer is when roadway improvements are completed.  As to when the construction will be finish, should be soon.

Will it only go to Winston-Salem or will it go up to the Winston-Salem Beltway?
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Henry

Quote from: mvak36 on March 25, 2015, 10:33:05 PM
Quote from: WashuOtaku on March 25, 2015, 07:04:45 PM
Quote from: The Ghostbuster on March 25, 2015, 04:50:06 PM
Does anyone have any idea when the US 52 freeway south of Winston-Salem will become Interstate 285?

The quick answer is when roadway improvements are completed.  As to when the construction will be finish, should be soon.

Will it only go to Winston-Salem or will it go up to the Winston-Salem Beltway?
AFAIK, it'll only go to Winston-Salem for now (presumably ending at I-40). If improvements are ever done north of there to the Beltway, then it's possible they may extend it further.
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Strider

Yeah, I-285 will only go from I-85 to I-40 (it will end at I-40 in Winston-Salem, with the extension possible after improvements are done to US 52 that connects to the proposed Beltway.)

Mapmikey

2015-2016 map is now available:

http://www.ncdot.gov/travel/mappubs/statetransportationmap/

Changes I see:

Insets: (some of these changes are also shown on the main map too)
I-495 labeled near Raleigh
I-785 label replaces I-840 label east of Greensboro
Sanford Bypass complete to US 1 (it is actually fully open now) and labeled as NC 87 Byp
NC 148 extension to US 70 shown as finished
They redrew I-540 between Exits 17-20
NC 295 open between NC 87 and NC 210
several Charlotte roads redrawn to what I presume is more accurate alignment

main map:
US 311 leaving I-74 at Randleman is now visible
Exit numbers added to I-73/74
FUTURE I-495 shield added east of Zebulon
NC 186 western extension shown but not labeled


Mapmikey

The Nature Boy

I just drove through NC and it looks like that there is major construction happening on a new interchange at Exit 22 in Lumberton. Majorly needed because the previous one was terrible and just caused congestion. That exit has gotten way more commercialized in the last decade and needed a new interchange to reflect that.

Henry

Quote from: Mapmikey on March 28, 2015, 10:01:03 PM
2015-2016 map is now available:

http://www.ncdot.gov/travel/mappubs/statetransportationmap/

Changes I see:

Insets: (some of these changes are also shown on the main map too)
I-495 labeled near Raleigh
I-785 label replaces I-840 label east of Greensboro
Sanford Bypass complete to US 1 (it is actually fully open now) and labeled as NC 87 Byp
NC 148 extension to US 70 shown as finished
They redrew I-540 between Exits 17-20
NC 295 open between NC 87 and NC 210
several Charlotte roads redrawn to what I presume is more accurate alignment

main map:
US 311 leaving I-74 at Randleman is now visible
Exit numbers added to I-73/74
FUTURE I-495 shield added east of Zebulon
NC 186 western extension shown but not labeled


Mapmikey
I take it that I-485 is shown as an entirely completed loop on this map? BTW, when is the last constructed portion (from east of I-77 back to I-85) scheduled to open, if it hasn't been already?
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Mapmikey

Quote from: Henry on March 30, 2015, 01:00:21 PM

I take it that I-485 is shown as an entirely completed loop on this map? BTW, when is the last constructed portion (from east of I-77 back to I-85) scheduled to open, if it hasn't been already?

Actually it is not shown as complete...

Mapmikey

Mileage Mike

Quote from: Henry on March 30, 2015, 01:00:21 PM
Quote from: Mapmikey on March 28, 2015, 10:01:03 PM
2015-2016 map is now available:

http://www.ncdot.gov/travel/mappubs/statetransportationmap/

Changes I see:

Insets: (some of these changes are also shown on the main map too)
I-495 labeled near Raleigh
I-785 label replaces I-840 label east of Greensboro
Sanford Bypass complete to US 1 (it is actually fully open now) and labeled as NC 87 Byp
NC 148 extension to US 70 shown as finished
They redrew I-540 between Exits 17-20
NC 295 open between NC 87 and NC 210
several Charlotte roads redrawn to what I presume is more accurate alignment

main map:
US 311 leaving I-74 at Randleman is now visible
Exit numbers added to I-73/74
FUTURE I-495 shield added east of Zebulon
NC 186 western extension shown but not labeled


Mapmikey
I take it that I-485 is shown as an entirely completed loop on this map? BTW, when is the last constructed portion (from east of I-77 back to I-85) scheduled to open, if it hasn't been already?

Supposed to open in May

Henry

Quote from: Cemajr on April 14, 2015, 08:20:45 PM
Quote from: Henry on March 30, 2015, 01:00:21 PM
Quote from: Mapmikey on March 28, 2015, 10:01:03 PM
2015-2016 map is now available:

http://www.ncdot.gov/travel/mappubs/statetransportationmap/

Changes I see:

Insets: (some of these changes are also shown on the main map too)
I-495 labeled near Raleigh
I-785 label replaces I-840 label east of Greensboro
Sanford Bypass complete to US 1 (it is actually fully open now) and labeled as NC 87 Byp
NC 148 extension to US 70 shown as finished
They redrew I-540 between Exits 17-20
NC 295 open between NC 87 and NC 210
several Charlotte roads redrawn to what I presume is more accurate alignment

main map:
US 311 leaving I-74 at Randleman is now visible
Exit numbers added to I-73/74
FUTURE I-495 shield added east of Zebulon
NC 186 western extension shown but not labeled


Mapmikey
I take it that I-485 is shown as an entirely completed loop on this map? BTW, when is the last constructed portion (from east of I-77 back to I-85) scheduled to open, if it hasn't been already?

Supposed to open in May
That's what I thought.
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WashuOtaku

North Carolina Congressional Delegation today introduced companion bills that would "high priority corridors"  and "future interstates" for two routes in the state:

  • US 117/I-795 - Between I-40 and US 70
  • US 70 - Between Garner and the state port at Morehead City
Details in the press release:  NCDOT Offers Thanks and Support for Military Corridor Transportation Improvement Act



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