North Carolina

[tolbs17]

Also short freeway segments tend to have lower speed limits. They will be posted 60 or 65 mph.

[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.

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.

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.

They're aware and that's how much they care lol.

There seems to be a lot of inconsistent practices across the NCDOT divisions. I sent an e-mail a while back to another division to ask a few questions regarding improvements, and the responses were more or less "no one has told me to look into that." Gee, real helpful, thanks. Seems like you have to get ahold of someone higher up in Raleigh to pass down the directives.

[LM117]

There seems to be a lot of inconsistent practices across the NCDOT divisions.

Sounds about right. About two years ago, I emailed NCDOT and asked them if there was any timetable for signing the Goldsboro Bypass as I-42. I got a response from the Division 4 PE at the time, Matt Clarke, who basically said that all of US-70 would need upgraded before I-42 could be signed.

This was after NCDOT's Chief Engineer, Tim Little, told the US-70 Corridor Commission that FHWA had given it's approval to slap I-42 shields on the Goldsboro Bypass. Go figure. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[tolbs17]

Cause of this, the NC-43 widening project may get modified.

https://www.pittcountync.gov/810/NC-43-South-Land-Use-Plan

This has been posted very late, I see they would WANT to have a grade separation over the railroad track. It crosses through 2 of them though. Definitely would be an interesting project cause Rose traffic is backed up. We definitely need more 6-lane arterials in Greenville!

https://www.greenvillenc.gov/home/showdocument?id=17526

[tolbs17]

I hope this inerchange is temporary.

https://www.ncdot.gov/news/public-meetings/Documents/U-5951-public-meeting-map.pdf

[wanderer2575]

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.

It's past the gore point, so the left lane of the exit is definitely defined as an exit-only lane at that point.

If you think it still should be signed as an option lane at the gore, that's a valid opinion.  But that's not what the MUTCD
says.

[snowc]

I-95 South closed in Robeson County; Traffic detoured to U.S. 301 – Interstate 95 is closed at Exit 10 in Robeson County after a void was discovered under a section of roadway spanning Boyce Road. NCDOT crews will be working around the clock to perform emergency repairs. Traffic is being detoured to U.S. Highway 301, and reconnecting to I-95 at Exit 7

Looks like I-95 will be dealing with a MAJOR issue and will cause backups for days! Reopening date is Saturday! 
Source: https://drivenc.gov/?type=incident&id=606561

[tolbs17]

I-95 South closed in Robeson County; Traffic detoured to U.S. 301 – Interstate 95 is closed at Exit 10 in Robeson County after a void was discovered under a section of roadway spanning Boyce Road. NCDOT crews will be working around the clock to perform emergency repairs. Traffic is being detoured to U.S. Highway 301, and reconnecting to I-95 at Exit 7

Looks like I-95 will be dealing with a MAJOR issue and will cause backups for days! Reopening date is Saturday! 
Source: https://drivenc.gov/?type=incident&id=606561

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article250501669.html

This states the reason. Really though?!?!??!?! I think it's time to go ahead and start working on that area now. This is why concrete freeways are so much better than asphalt ones.

Oh god, here too - http://prntscr.com/116v7u

[NJRoadfan]

Great, I get to drive past that mess in the opposite direction (thankfully).

[snowc]

I-95 South closed in Robeson County; Traffic detoured to U.S. 301 – Interstate 95 is closed at Exit 10 in Robeson County after a void was discovered under a section of roadway spanning Boyce Road. NCDOT crews will be working around the clock to perform emergency repairs. Traffic is being detoured to U.S. Highway 301, and reconnecting to I-95 at Exit 7

Looks like I-95 will be dealing with a MAJOR issue and will cause backups for days! Reopening date is Saturday! 
Source: https://drivenc.gov/?type=incident&id=606561

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article250501669.html

This states the reason. Really though?!?!??!?! I think it's time to go ahead and start working on that area now. This is why concrete freeways are so much better than asphalt ones.

Oh god, here too - http://prntscr.com/116v7u

Link ain't working.

[LM117]

The I-40 rest area near the TN state line has been reopened.

https://www.ncdot.gov/news/press-releases/Pages/2021/2021-04-08-i-40-west-haywood-rest-area.aspx

[tolbs17]

I-95 South closed in Robeson County; Traffic detoured to U.S. 301 – Interstate 95 is closed at Exit 10 in Robeson County after a void was discovered under a section of roadway spanning Boyce Road. NCDOT crews will be working around the clock to perform emergency repairs. Traffic is being detoured to U.S. Highway 301, and reconnecting to I-95 at Exit 7

Looks like I-95 will be dealing with a MAJOR issue and will cause backups for days! Reopening date is Saturday! 
Source: https://drivenc.gov/?type=incident&id=606561

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article250501669.html

This states the reason. Really though?!?!??!?! I think it's time to go ahead and start working on that area now. This is why concrete freeways are so much better than asphalt ones.

Oh god, here too - http://prntscr.com/116v7u

Link ain't working.

Paywall?

Try this one - https://abc11.com/traffic/i-95-south-in-robeson-co-closed-for-emergency-repairs-until-saturday/10495514/

[snowc]

I-95 South closed in Robeson County; Traffic detoured to U.S. 301 – Interstate 95 is closed at Exit 10 in Robeson County after a void was discovered under a section of roadway spanning Boyce Road. NCDOT crews will be working around the clock to perform emergency repairs. Traffic is being detoured to U.S. Highway 301, and reconnecting to I-95 at Exit 7

Looks like I-95 will be dealing with a MAJOR issue and will cause backups for days! Reopening date is Saturday! 
Source: https://drivenc.gov/?type=incident&id=606561

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article250501669.html

This states the reason. Really though?!?!??!?! I think it's time to go ahead and start working on that area now. This is why concrete freeways are so much better than asphalt ones.

Oh god, here too - http://prntscr.com/116v7u

Link ain't working.

Paywall?

Try this one - https://abc11.com/traffic/i-95-south-in-robeson-co-closed-for-emergency-repairs-until-saturday/10495514/

No, the print screen shows the image in a .bin format.

[tolbs17]

I-95 South closed in Robeson County; Traffic detoured to U.S. 301 – Interstate 95 is closed at Exit 10 in Robeson County after a void was discovered under a section of roadway spanning Boyce Road. NCDOT crews will be working around the clock to perform emergency repairs. Traffic is being detoured to U.S. Highway 301, and reconnecting to I-95 at Exit 7

Looks like I-95 will be dealing with a MAJOR issue and will cause backups for days! Reopening date is Saturday! 
Source: https://drivenc.gov/?type=incident&id=606561

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article250501669.html

This states the reason. Really though?!?!??!?! I think it's time to go ahead and start working on that area now. This is why concrete freeways are so much better than asphalt ones.

Oh god, here too - http://prntscr.com/116v7u

Link ain't working.

Paywall?

Try this one - https://abc11.com/traffic/i-95-south-in-robeson-co-closed-for-emergency-repairs-until-saturday/10495514/

No, the print screen shows the image in a .bin format.

it was near the I-295/I-95 split, there was heavy traffic in that area.

[wriddle082]

The I-40 rest area near the TN state line has been reopened.

https://www.ncdot.gov/news/press-releases/Pages/2021/2021-04-08-i-40-west-haywood-rest-area.aspx

Hallelujah!  Though I could have used that stop last Monday when I was passing through that area.  The two TN rest areas past there were packed.

[NJRoadfan]

Drove past the I-95 closure this afternoon. Backup was about 4 miles back from Exit 10, highway was eerily empty well into SC. NCDOT has about a dozen plus vehicles at the repair site. Looks like the backfill to one of the overpasses washed out and caved in the roadway right at the bridge abutment. Hopefully its a quick fix as the closure is in a location without any decent detours or alternatives.

[Dirt Roads]

WRAL is now reporting that NCDOT Ferry Division resumed partial operations on the Cedar Island-to-Ocracoke ferry and the Swan Quarter-to-Ocracoke ferry today.  At my last report, shoaling had caused these ferries to be limited to high tide operations, and I'm guessing that either the shoaling has gotten worse or the high-tide schedule wasn't suitable. 

Ferry service on Pamlico Sound resumed on Tuesday as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continued work on shoaling issues in Bigfoot Slough near Ocracoke.

<snipped>

Dredging operations are expected to continue through the week, weather and times permitting. Once the dredging work is complete and water depths and channel widths return to acceptable levels, the Ferry Division will resume its regular, three-boat schedule on both routes, the department said.

[LM117]

The I-40 rest area near the TN state line has been reopened.

https://www.ncdot.gov/news/press-releases/Pages/2021/2021-04-08-i-40-west-haywood-rest-area.aspx

Meanwhile, the Welcome Center and rest area on I-85 near the VA state line closed today for renovations, which are expected to take up to 12 weeks to complete.

https://www.ncdot.gov/news/press-releases/Pages/2021/2021-04-13-i-85-welcome-center-rest-area-closed.aspx

[74/171FAN]

NC 27 does seem to be a route that would have been moved to follow US 74 and I-277 a long time ago. How did you find out about this change before contacting NCDOT?

I recently drove on it, was shocked when I realized the realignment.

In case anyone was questioning the rerouting of NC 27,  roadwaywiz posted a photo on the YouTube Community Tab yesterday showing NC 27 signed with US 74 and I-277.

(https://www.youtube.com/post/UgwIhyvOVKEAbFsPFPx4AaABCQ?ocd=1)

[tolbs17]

@sprjus4

https://connect.ncdot.gov/projects/planning/FeasibilityStudiesDocuments/U-4721_Feasibility-Study_Report_2014.pdf

They proposed this and that's probably why they modified it from a trumpet to a DDI interchange. I still think they could do better though like make it similar to this interchange.

https://xfer.services.ncdot.gov/pdea/MergerMeetings/U-5518/181206_U-5518_packet_CP3%20and%20CP4A_reduced.pdf

[LM117]

Part of the old Bonner Bridge collapsed. 1 death has been reported.

https://www.wnct.com/news/north-carolina/ncdot-1-person-dead-following-construction-accident-at-old-section-of-bonner-bridge/

[tolbs17]

Part of the old Bonner Bridge collapsed. 1 death has been reported.

https://www.wnct.com/news/north-carolina/ncdot-1-person-dead-following-construction-accident-at-old-section-of-bonner-bridge/

Saw that, wonder why they are taking so long to demolish it.

[wdcrft63]

Part of the old Bonner Bridge collapsed. 1 death has been reported.

https://www.wnct.com/news/north-carolina/ncdot-1-person-dead-following-construction-accident-at-old-section-of-bonner-bridge/

Press accounts are a bit confused about what section fell. The southernmost section of the bridge is being preserved as a fishing pier; that's complete and the pier is about to open. The section that fell was one of the longest sections, crossing the navigation channel in the middle of the inlet. I've been looking to see if that will pose a danger to navigation.

[LM117]

As part of the I-440 improvements project, the ramp from I-440 East to Western Blvd is scheduled to be closed all day tomorrow.

https://www.ncdot.gov/news/press-releases/Pages/2021/2021-04-16-i-440-east-ramp-western-blvd-closure.aspx

[tolbs17]

Why is there a quick lane drop on westbound I-540 near the US-1 interchange?