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Complete NC 540 Project
architect77:
--- Quote from: wdcrft63 on December 04, 2022, 06:53:14 PM ---
--- Quote from: sprjus4 on December 04, 2022, 01:08:46 PM ---^ Or Winston-Salem.
At least “540” is a continuous number throughout in Raleigh’s case.
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Here’s the view on this from someone who lives in the Triangle (me). Triangle residents regard the whole loop as a single thing. Everyone calls all of it “540.” NCDOT also sees the whole loop as a single thing, with mileage and exit numbers running continuously all the way around.
Everyone sees that it has two parts, a free part with interstate shields and a toll part with NC highway shields. We wish all of it was free but we’re not confused about anything. It would actually be more confusing if the entire loop had interstate signage, because then drivers might not realize when they were leaving the free part and entering the toll part.
As for the number 540, I understand the argument that the initial even number might help drivers understand the road as a loop. That may well be true but the argument has no traction in the Triangle. I predict that the number will never change due to a request from local leaders or NCDOT. It will only change if the feds demand that it change.
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The big yellow TOLL indication is understood when it's an upcoming restriction.
The bonds will be paid off in a 25 years or so. Then the entire loop will be named with one designation.
540 is used by people unfamiliar with the area also, hence "INTERstate" rather than INTRASTATE or 'Local County Route 540" (Does Charlotte still have that county route 4?- one of the only few ever used in the state).
Of all the DOTs in the country NCDOT is one of the most proactive, rule-breaking and trendsetting, to the benefit of the state's gas-tax paying citizens.
They likely lead and insoire the FEDs regarding highway transportation, that's why I feel confident that simplification for 540 will happen, and the FEDs will taking orders, not giving them.
WashuOtaku:
--- Quote from: architect77 on December 07, 2022, 11:12:33 PM ---540 is used by people unfamiliar with the area also, hence "INTERstate" rather than INTRASTATE or 'Local County Route 540" (Does Charlotte still have that county route 4?- one of the only few ever used in the state).
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There are no county routes nor county-owned roads in North Carolina. What you are thinking of is Charlotte Route 4, which is a city-signed partial ring road. It should also be noted the route traverses on state-owned secondary roads and not on any city-owned roads (also not the best signed route either).
sprjus4:
--- Quote from: architect77 on December 07, 2022, 11:12:33 PM ---
--- Quote from: wdcrft63 on December 04, 2022, 06:53:14 PM ---
--- Quote from: sprjus4 on December 04, 2022, 01:08:46 PM ---^ Or Winston-Salem.
At least “540” is a continuous number throughout in Raleigh’s case.
--- End quote ---
Here’s the view on this from someone who lives in the Triangle (me). Triangle residents regard the whole loop as a single thing. Everyone calls all of it “540.” NCDOT also sees the whole loop as a single thing, with mileage and exit numbers running continuously all the way around.
Everyone sees that it has two parts, a free part with interstate shields and a toll part with NC highway shields. We wish all of it was free but we’re not confused about anything. It would actually be more confusing if the entire loop had interstate signage, because then drivers might not realize when they were leaving the free part and entering the toll part.
As for the number 540, I understand the argument that the initial even number might help drivers understand the road as a loop. That may well be true but the argument has no traction in the Triangle. I predict that the number will never change due to a request from local leaders or NCDOT. It will only change if the feds demand that it change.
--- End quote ---
The big yellow TOLL indication is understood when it's an upcoming restriction.
The bonds will be paid off in a 25 years or so. Then the entire loop will be named with one designation.
540 is used by people unfamiliar with the area also, hence "INTERstate" rather than INTRASTATE or 'Local County Route 540" (Does Charlotte still have that county route 4?- one of the only few ever used in the state).
Of all the DOTs in the country NCDOT is one of the most proactive, rule-breaking and trendsetting, to the benefit of the state's gas-tax paying citizens.
They likely lead and insoire the FEDs regarding highway transportation, that's why I feel confident that simplification for 540 will happen, and the FEDs will taking orders, not giving them.
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So in 25-30 years, around 2050, after 540 has been in place for nearly 60 years, they are suddenly just going to renumber the road?
bob7374:
NCDOT announces nightly closings of the NC 55 Bypass due to NC 540 construction:
https://www.ncdot.gov/news/press-releases/Pages/2023/2023-01-18-complete-540-nc-55-temporary-closures.aspx
In another announcement regarding a road opening to Old Stage Road the text indicates the interchange of Old Stage Road with NC 540 is currently planned to open in the Spring of 2024.
maxkil123:
--- Quote from: bob7374 on January 18, 2023, 11:24:42 PM ---NCDOT announces nightly closings of the NC 55 Bypass due to NC 540 construction:
https://www.ncdot.gov/news/press-releases/Pages/2023/2023-01-18-complete-540-nc-55-temporary-closures.aspx
In another announcement regarding a road opening to Old Stage Road the text indicates the interchange of Old Stage Road with NC 540 is currently planned to open in the Spring of 2024.
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Thanks for the info. Any plans to add construction updates for NC 540 to your website?
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