North Carolina

[architect77]

I thought that it was completed about 15 years ago when they put up the signs on interstates nationwide that read, "Eisenhower Interstate System".

I might be incorrect, but I thought the basic extents were complete, and I don't know if small additional spurs, etc. are considered the same as the basic system connecting points nationwide.

Here is my last post regarding the nonsense above. It clearly shows funding for 2025, and most of NCDOT's website explains quite well where the funding comes from.

This link has many pdfs of spending over the last few years for NCDOT, of note it says 3.1% of the total budget last year went to debt service. Don't know if that's good or bad but it doesn't sound too bad:

https://www.ncdot.gov/about-us/how-we-operate/finance-budget/Pages/default.aspx


NCDOT2025 by Stephen Edwards, on Flickr

[architect77]

Where in the past the highway trust fund was raided to balance the state budget, today it's nice to see a small portion (5%) of collected sales tax revenue being used to supplement the state's many transportation needs.

[Rothman]

Your lack of comprehension does not make what I said nonsense.  You've yet to directly dispute my assertions and continue to show that you have only a partial understanding of transportation funding and how federal funding truly comes to play in such.

The fact that you are dismissing what I say out of hand without engaging for clarification is more telling than anything.

Come to think of it, I don't know what points you're trying to make any longer.

[Strider]

Regarding US-70 signage in Greensboro area, I can confirm there are some US-70 signage popping up on Wendover Ave. mostly between I-785/I-840 on the east side towards I-73/US-421 on the west side.

Some US-70 shields looked like it were taken from the old routing (Along US-29 and former Business I-85) and sign them along Wendover Ave. The only newest and slightly larger US-70 shields were located at the I-73/US-421 interchange off ramps (Exit 102). There are no US-70 shields at each off ramps from I-40 (Exit 214).

However, US-70 is still unsigned past Guilford College Rd Interchange (just to the west of I-73) going into High Point along NC-68 and beyond.

At least NCDOT is actively signing US-70 on Wendover... it may take a while for us to see US-70 signage in High Point.

[route17fan]

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Does anyone know if NCDOT has an archive of highway plans?

I am looking for I-87 (NC) signing plans

Does anyone know?

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[jdunlop]

<so sorry - off topic for a brief moment>

Does anyone know if NCDOT has an archive of highway plans?

I am looking for I-87 (NC) signing plans

Does anyone know?

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Use the Public Records Request at NCDOT Contact Us.

https://www.ncdot.gov/contact/Pages/default.aspx

There is an archive of plans dating back to the State Highway Commission; I was amazed what they could find when reviewing right-of-way or control-of-access cases.  Almost all items from around 2005 on should be digital.

As a retired NCDOT engineer, I can say that frequent (or abusive) use of these requests gets annoying ,and pulls the people (in this case, the Signing and Deliniation Unit)+away from their usual tasks.  So please don't abuse this.  Yes, they are "public records" and as such the public has a right to see them, but frequent requests tie up manpower and (in my opinion) waste state resources for what is trivial purposes.

(Note that by state law, NCDOT can charge a fee for collecting public documents.  That fee is usually waved for simple requests, such as the I-87 signing plans, which should be digitally available) but frequent requests will likely be flagged and man hours charged to collect them.

[Mapmikey]

Almost all items from around 2005 on should be digital.

2004-present located here:  https://xfer.services.ncdot.gov/dsplan/

[jdunlop]

Almost all items from around 2005 on should be digital.

2004-present located here:  https://xfer.services.ncdot.gov/dsplan/

That's letting information, which certainly is valuable.  There's a lot more involved than just what goes into a letting package, including "as-built" plans, and on the other size of the schedule, a lot of preliminary information not included in the bid package.  Assuming it was properly archived, all files for a project should be there, including correspondence and analysis.  (I don't know the specific procedures for archiving completed projects; I always assumed it saved the entire electronic project folder.)

Regarding the I-87 signing plans, I don't know if it went through the bid process, or was done separately.  While I don't think it was design-build, these project's plan definitely would not be in the bid package folder.

[route17fan]

Many many thanks to you all. I appreciate it.