spacer spacer   spacer   spacer   spacer  
Strategic Highway Corridors spacer  
HOME
spacer  
CONTACT
spacer
spacer  
SEARCH!
spacer
spacer
spacer   NC DOT icon  NCDOT
  NC Smartlink icon  NCSMARTLINK
  NCgov.com icon  NCGOV
spacer
Strategic Highway Corridors spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer
spacer
open spacer spacer
spacer  SITE NAVIGATION spacer
spacer
spacer spacer spacer
  Overview
spacer
  Concept Development
spacer
  Facility Types
spacer
  Corridor Vision
spacer
  Implementation
spacer
  Corridor Descriptions
spacer
  Studies & Projects
spacer
  Questions & Comments 
spacer
  Documents
spacer
  Links
spacer
  Statewide Trans. Plan
spacer
  Trans. Planning Home
spacer spacer
spacer
spacer
spacer
spacer spacer
spacer spacer spacer
spacer spacer spacer
spacer spacer spacer
spacer spacer spacer
spacer spacer spacer
spacer spacer spacer
spacer spacer spacer
spacer spacer spacer
spacer spacer spacer
spacer spacer spacer
spacer spacer spacer
spacer
  HOME > FACILITY TYPES > FREEWAYS
spacer
spacer spacer
 
Freeways

    US 74 in Waynesville
    US 74 in Waynesville

    US 264 east of I-95 (Wilson Bypass)
    US 264 east of I-95 (Wilson Bypass)

    I-40/85 in Orange County
    I-40/85 in Orange County

    US 64 in Rocky Mount
    US 64 in Rocky Mount
  • Functional Purpose:  High Mobility, Low Access
  • AASHTO Design Classification:  Interstate or Freeway
  • Posted Speed Limit:  55 mph or greater
  • Control of Access:  Full
  • Traffic Signals:  Not Allowed
  • Driveways:  Not Allowed
  • Cross-Section:  Minimum 4 Lanes with a Median
  • Connections:  Provided only at Interchanges; All Cross Streets are Grade-Separated
  • Median Crossovers:  Public-use Crossovers Not Allowed; U-turn Median Openings for Use by Authorized Vehicles Only when Need is Justified
  • Examples:  I-40, I-95, US 64 between Rocky Mount and Williamston, US 52 between Lexington and Mount Airy, US 70 between Kinston and New Bern, US 74 near Waynesville, US 264 east of I-95 (Wilson Bypass), US 1 between Raleigh and Sanford

Illustrative Examples

Click to Enlarge in a New Window
Rural Freeway
Click to Enlarge in a New Window
Urban Freeway


spacer spacer
spacer
 
North Carolina DOT Logo    
 
 
spacer