I-40 in North Carolina

[architect77]

It was my intention to ask if Interstate 40 would be tolled to pay for the improvements suggested. Sorry I wasn't more specific.

I made a far-reaching assumption about what you meant. I apologize.

[carbaugh2]

Big Rig Steve traveled on I-40 through the Raleigh-Durham area on Friday. You can see the progress of the widening project around the 1:24:00 mark.

[bob7374]

Big Rig Steve traveled on I-40 through the Raleigh-Durham area on Friday. You can see the progress of the widening project around the 1:24:00 mark.

Looks like there's still much work yet to be done. Meanwhile, at the I-42/NC 540 interchange, I'm glad they finally removed the West US 70 reassurance marker after the I-42 on-ramp.

[webny99]

Has there been any official talk or proposals to widen the last 13 miles of I-40 from I-95 to the 8-lane segment south of Raleigh? I would think this will need to become high priority once the I-95 projects are complete. I noticed that it was pretty congested on Monday with traffic returning from their weekend destinations, especially the merge from I-95.

[cowboy_wilhelm]

I've only found one proposed widening project between N.C. 4236 and N.C. 210. Appears to have been proposed as eight lanes during project Prioritization 6 and six lanes during Prioritization 7. Didn't score high enough to make it into the STIP either time. Draft statewide mobility scores for P8/2028 STIP were supposed to be released by the end of this month, but that didn't happen.

https://connect.ncdot.gov/projects/planning/Prioritization%20Data/Z%20-%20Archives%20(P7,%20P6,%20P5,%20P4,%20P3,%20P2,%20P1)/Prioritization%206.0/Final%20PDF%20Reports/Division%2004/H192754%20-%20P6%20Project%20Report.pdf

[webny99]

I've only found one proposed widening project between N.C. 4236 and N.C. 210. Appears to have been proposed as eight lanes during project Prioritization 6 and six lanes during Prioritization 7. Didn't score high enough to make it into the STIP either time. Draft statewide mobility scores for P8/2028 STIP were supposed to be released by the end of this month, but that didn't happen.

https://connect.ncdot.gov/projects/planning/Prioritization%20Data/Z%20-%20Archives%20(P7,%20P6,%20P5,%20P4,%20P3,%20P2,%20P1)/Prioritization%206.0/Final%20PDF%20Reports/Division%2004/H192754%20-%20P6%20Project%20Report.pdf

Thanks for sharing! I would actually think that I-95 to NC 242 would be a higher priority due to the merge  from I-95, followed by south of NC 36 to NC 210 and finally filling in the gap from NC 210 to NC 242. Volumes are highest north of NC 210 though so perhaps I am overrating weekend vs. commuter traffic.

[ARMOURERERIC]

They need to get going on widening exit 121-130, the row already exists 123-132