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Why is NCDOT interested in local roads?
roadman65:
The part of US 64 between Rocky Mount and Nashville was the first, or one of the first, segments of freeway to open for US 64. That may explain why no designation of a Bus/ ALT between those two cities.
I know that I-95 was built between Kenly and Gold Rock after US 64 got built between these two cities, hence why there was never an exchange at Sunset Avenue in the first place.
Though I’m getting the feel NC doesn’t have diamond shields for all its state roads like many state have to have their shields on their assets.
cowboy_wilhelm:
Signing of secondary routes is the responsibility of the county or municipality, for whatever reason. Often you'll see address blocks within cities and SR#### in the unincorporated areas.
wriddle082:
The idea of maintenance of most routes within a state by a single state DOT goes back to the Great Depression. There are 5 states that currently do this: South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Of these, many county or municipal governments in SC have asked the state to relinquish secondary road maintenance to them, as SCDOT has not been properly maintaining them. Spartanburg County is a notable example, as it is one of the largest (size wise). Not sure if local governments in the other four states have similarly offered to take their roads back.
jdunlop:
--- Quote from: roadman65 on October 08, 2022, 11:34:53 PM ---Well in Florida, secondary means county. Very rarely does FDOT commit to building something for a county.
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There are no county roads in North Carolina. The State took them over during the great depression, when some counties went Bankrupt.
There was a move to return that level of roads, given the strain on the NCDOT budget, but it went nowhere, as the counties objected. One change that has been made is that counties are now able to provide funding for transportation projects that they couldn’t do before. This affected things such as sidewalk or bike projects more so than road ones.
elsmere241:
--- Quote from: wriddle082 on October 09, 2022, 12:25:15 PM ---The idea of maintenance of most routes within a state buy a single state DOT goes back to the Great Depression. There are 5 states that currently do this: South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Of these, many county or municipal governments in SC have asked the state to relinquish secondary road maintenance to them, as SCDOT has not been properly maintaining them. Spartanburg County is a notable example, as it is one of the largest (size wise). Not sure if local governments in the other four states have similarly offered to take their roads back.
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Delaware too. I can remember when most rural roads just had county numbers and not names. I know New Castle County made an effort to name roads in the mid-1980s (and assign street addresses where there was rural route and box).
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