North Carolina

[sprjus4]

Speaking of that, should the Chowan River bridge shoulders be widened to 10 feet so it can meet interstate standards when I-87 is there?

Technically, "long bridges"  are permitted to have a reduced 4 foot right shoulder, which the Chowan River bridge does, and according to preliminary drawings, that is the plan, though I still believe they should widen the structure to accommodate breakdown lanes at some point.   

[tolbs17]

Speaking of that, should the Chowan River bridge shoulders be widened to 10 feet so it can meet interstate standards when I-87 is there?

Technically, "long bridges"  are permitted to have a reduced 4 foot right shoulder, which the Chowan River bridge does, and according to preliminary drawings, that is the plan, though I still believe they should widen the structure to accommodate breakdown lanes at some point.

How about the bridges that I-587 will go on.

[snowc]

When will we get 2020 or 2021 street view in this state? Other states have them and we don't...

That's from Google.

I'm asking about Google Earth imagery too.

I was just talking about this not too long ago.
In Syracuse, we have imagery as late as November 2020.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.0522528,-76.1816411,3a,75y,246.73h,94.17t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sjfERcjTiXDXMRE4vpIzH5w!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DjfERcjTiXDXMRE4vpIzH5w%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D117.92255%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192
Take a gander over at the Boulevard, near downtown.

[Rothman]

When will we get 2020 or 2021 street view in this state? Other states have them and we don't...

That's from Google.

I'm asking about Google Earth imagery too.

I was just talking about this not too long ago.
In Syracuse, we have imagery as late as November 2020.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.0522528,-76.1816411,3a,75y,246.73h,94.17t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sjfERcjTiXDXMRE4vpIzH5w!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DjfERcjTiXDXMRE4vpIzH5w%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D117.92255%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192
Take a gander over at the Boulevard, near downtown.

Heh.  First time since I've lived in the area that someone has referred to Erie Boulevard as just the Boulevard.

[tolbs17]

https://ncdot.maps.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=ac9d834516024a479de8fe6d56dc1335

It's funny how nothing is going on in Pitt County.

[Mapmikey]

https://ncdot.maps.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=ac9d834516024a479de8fe6d56dc1335

It's funny how nothing is going on in Pitt County.

You just had a freeway bypass completed and another freeway upgraded to interstate standards.  What's so funny about being in the same position as about 20 other counties?

Also, Pitt County has stuff in the STIP - https://connect.ncdot.gov/projects/planning/Pages/State-Transportation-Improvement-Program.aspx

[tolbs17]

https://ncdot.maps.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=ac9d834516024a479de8fe6d56dc1335

It's funny how nothing is going on in Pitt County.

You just had a freeway bypass completed and another freeway upgraded to interstate standards.  What's so funny about being in the same position as about 20 other counties?

Also, Pitt County has stuff in the STIP - https://connect.ncdot.gov/projects/planning/Pages/State-Transportation-Improvement-Program.aspx

Just have construction on buildings and businesses I guess? There happens to be some budgeting issues due to COVID-19 as well.

And it has all been pushed back to 2025.

[tolbs17]

They should fix this overhead sign. Since the highway has been widened It may confuse people cause they don't know where they will exit at. That would also require to move the sign back. No offense, but I think the sign should be moved back.

It should look like this Goldsboro Kenly sign with a green and a yellow arrow.

Green says you can keep straight or use this lane to exit.

Yellow means EXIT ONLY.

[snowc]

When will we get 2020 or 2021 street view in this state? Other states have them and we don't...

That's from Google.

I'm asking about Google Earth imagery too.

I was just talking about this not too long ago.
In Syracuse, we have imagery as late as November 2020.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.0522528,-76.1816411,3a,75y,246.73h,94.17t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sjfERcjTiXDXMRE4vpIzH5w!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DjfERcjTiXDXMRE4vpIzH5w%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D117.92255%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192
Take a gander over at the Boulevard, near downtown.

Heh.  First time since I've lived in the area that someone has referred to Erie Boulevard as just the Boulevard.

That's what we call it!

KFMAWI

[Rothman]

When will we get 2020 or 2021 street view in this state? Other states have them and we don't...

That's from Google.

I'm asking about Google Earth imagery too.

I was just talking about this not too long ago.
In Syracuse, we have imagery as late as November 2020.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.0522528,-76.1816411,3a,75y,246.73h,94.17t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sjfERcjTiXDXMRE4vpIzH5w!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DjfERcjTiXDXMRE4vpIzH5w%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D117.92255%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192
Take a gander over at the Boulevard, near downtown.

Heh.  First time since I've lived in the area that someone has referred to Erie Boulevard as just the Boulevard.

That's what we call it!

KFMAWI

Who's "we"?

[cowboy_wilhelm]

Here's a fairly recent and good quality video (not mine) showing the I-26 widening from Hendersonville to Asheville. There's a lot of slope cuts, retaining walls and bridges on these two projects.

[tolbs17]

Is there any reasons why the eastern leg of the CF Harvey parkway speed limit is posted at 60 mph and not 65 or 70? Is it cause the middle part is not a freeway?

[sprjus4]

Is there any reasons why the eastern leg of the CF Harvey parkway speed limit is posted at 60 mph and not 65 or 70? Is it cause the middle part is not a freeway?

What segment are you referring to?

[tolbs17]

Is there any reasons why the eastern leg of the CF Harvey parkway speed limit is posted at 60 mph and not 65 or 70? Is it cause the middle part is not a freeway?

What segment are you referring to?

Eastern leg. The part that just opened.

[sprjus4]

Is there any reasons why the eastern leg of the CF Harvey parkway speed limit is posted at 60 mph and not 65 or 70? Is it cause the middle part is not a freeway?

What segment are you referring to?

Eastern leg. The part that just opened.

Odd they'd post it at 60 mph considering it's a limited access highway and has a design speed of 70 mph. The western portion that opened a few years back is posted at 65 mph.

[tolbs17]

Is there any reasons why the eastern leg of the CF Harvey parkway speed limit is posted at 60 mph and not 65 or 70? Is it cause the middle part is not a freeway?

What segment are you referring to?

Eastern leg. The part that just opened.

Odd they'd post it at 60 mph considering it's a limited access highway and has a design speed of 70 mph. The western portion that opened a few years back is posted at 65 mph.

I think they are waiting to upgrade the middle part in between first.

[sprjus4]

Is there any reasons why the eastern leg of the CF Harvey parkway speed limit is posted at 60 mph and not 65 or 70? Is it cause the middle part is not a freeway?

What segment are you referring to?

Eastern leg. The part that just opened.

Odd they'd post it at 60 mph considering it's a limited access highway and has a design speed of 70 mph. The western portion that opened a few years back is posted at 65 mph.

I think they are waiting to upgrade the middle part in between first.

I can't see that as logical, given there's no plans to upgrade the middle segment, and the fact that the western leg is posted at 65 mph despite not connecting to any freeways on either end.

[sprjus4]

Speed limit on Marc Basnight Bridge will likely increase to 55 mph before the summer

The speed limit on the Marc Basnight Bridge across Oregon Inlet will likely increase from 45 mph to 55 mph before the summer season arrives, per an update from N.C. Department of Transportation (NCDOT) spokesperson Tim Hass.

The speed limit on the bridge has been 45 mph since first opening to the public on February 25, 2019, and before that, the speed limit was reduced on the old Bonner Bridge as construction activities were underway. In both cases, the speed limit was reduced so that NCDOT activities could be conducted in a safer environment.

"We are still performing some minor work on the interior of the bridge, which means there are times that we need to have vehicles and staff on the bridge surface itself,"  stated Hass. "The lower speed limit just means better safety for them."

In addition, there are a few mandatory steps that must be taken in order to raise the speed limit permanently. "It's not just a matter of changing the signage,"  stated Hass. "The 45 mph speed limit actually started back on the old (Bonner) Bridge when construction started on the new (Basnight) Bridge. Once we're ready to go to 55, there's a process that our traffic engineer has to go through to officially change the speed limits back."

Meanwhile, demolition of the former Bonner Bridge has entered its final stages and was 95% complete as of mid-February, 2021.

About 1,000 feet of the old bridge was left intact on the northern end of the project to serve as a public walkway and fishing pier, and the site is estimated to open to the public sometime this summer.

For more information on local traffic, including real-time travel information, visit DriveNC.gov or follow NCDOT on social media.

[sernum]

whatever happened to rea rd. extension?

[ahj2000]

whatever happened to rea rd. extension?

Suspended due to COVID. In the preliminary engineering phase.

[architect77]

They should fix this overhead sign. Since the highway has been widened It may confuse people cause they don't know where they will exit at. That would also require to move the sign back. No offense, but I think the sign should be moved back.

It should look like this Goldsboro Kenly sign with a green and a yellow arrow.

Green says you can keep straight or use this lane to exit.

Yellow means EXIT ONLY.

I've always hated when they use a black border on the yellow EXIT ONLY piece if it's next to green with a white border.

It makes the sign look piecemeal (sp?) or another piece slapped on top of the original sign.

I know that's the official color for the border in the UNiform manual but I see the rule broken about 50% of the time and think that continuing the white border from the green looks much more harmonious and nicer.

I'm curious also as to which states other than NC, NY, and FL spend extra to round the sign corners (cut the metal) to match the border shape. I like it, looks much better than the cheap states.

[tolbs17]

They should fix this overhead sign. Since the highway has been widened It may confuse people cause they don't know where they will exit at. That would also require to move the sign back. No offense, but I think the sign should be moved back.

It should look like this Goldsboro Kenly sign with a green and a yellow arrow.

Green says you can keep straight or use this lane to exit.

Yellow means EXIT ONLY.

I've always hated when they use a black border on the yellow EXIT ONLY piece if it's next to green with a white border.

It makes the sign look piecemeal (sp?) or another piece slapped on top of the original sign.

I know that's the official color for the border in the UNiform manual but I see the rule broken about 50% of the time and think that continuing the white border from the green looks much more harmonious and nicer.

I'm curious also as to which states other than NC, NY, and FL spend extra to round the sign corners (cut the metal) to match the border shape. I like it, looks much better than the cheap states.

Nowadays, new signs WILL have those black borders. You will just have to get used to them.

[cowboy_wilhelm]

How many locations have overhead signs with NO warning that a lane exits? I can think of three off the top of my head:

I-26 EB Exit 67
I-40 WB Exit 27
U.S. 17 NB to N.C. 55

They're all "new" lanes added for the ramp/exit, so maybe they aren't required to be signed that way? The one on I-26 at Exit 67 can be a bit of a surprise due to the hill and curve.

[tolbs17]

How many locations have overhead signs with NO warning that a lane exits? I can think of three off the top of my head:

I-26 EB Exit 67
I-40 WB Exit 27
U.S. 17 NB to N.C. 55

They're all "new" lanes added for the ramp/exit, so maybe they aren't required to be signed that way? The one on I-26 at Exit 67 can be a bit of a surprise due to the hill and curve.

Yes. Contact NCDOT about it.

I'm sure they will fix it. They were imitating the old signage they used from the 70s to the mid 2000s I'm sure.

There are many in New Bern.

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.0969309,-77.0273202,3a,41.6y,255.67h,94.19t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s6zD6Qc3Imuq0dQIjZqWCwg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

I hope this one will get fixed since they started the freeway project.


And surprisingly, this one does not have them?

[sprjus4]

How many locations have overhead signs with NO warning that a lane exits? I can think of three off the top of my head:

I-26 EB Exit 67
I-40 WB Exit 27
U.S. 17 NB to N.C. 55

They're all "new" lanes added for the ramp/exit, so maybe they aren't required to be signed that way? The one on I-26 at Exit 67 can be a bit of a surprise due to the hill and curve.

The one at Exit 67 at least has a "Right Lane Exit Only" sign as the lane is forming. Though agreed, more clear signage should be used especially for truckers who may imply it as a climbing lane.