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While it is very exciting to hear about these developments - I find it disheartening that there is no plans that I am aware of to connect Greenville to New Bern. 43 to 17 is NOT at all efficient or at minimum safe. I feel that an effective route to connect these cities should be in the plans.
Well...take a look a the map at the end of this Highway 17 document from May...
You notice the New Bern bypass will eventually end of just south of Vanceboro. That road, whenever its built, will save a ton of time from G-ville to New Bern. And I'm sure after that point both the widening of 43 and 17 north of Vanceboro will be discussed...there are just too many big ticket projects out there for DOT to be looking at it now.
Its a long ways off, but once the Jones County work is complete, maybe they look at completing the New Bern bypass because it benefits southbound traffic on both 43 and 17.
The amazing thing about the US - 17 project is that they spent MILLIONS getting US 17 across the Neuse, and now, less than oh, 15 or 20 years later, they are gonna go around on the western side.
The very thinly veiled, real reason for those magnificent bridges was for access to Oriental, "the sailing capital of NC" (hah!), pork on pork, but still stunning.
Hey, I am all for it, but it is astounding, especially if you live in your car trying to get around Charlotte!
The amazing thing about the US - 17 project is that they spent MILLIONS getting US 17 across the Neuse, and now, less than oh, 15 or 20 years later, they are gonna go around on the western side.
The very thinly veiled, real reason for those magnificent bridges was for access to Oriental, "the sailing capital of NC" (hah!), pork on pork, but still stunning.
Hey, I am all for it, but it is astounding, especially if you live in your car trying to get around Charlotte!
Well....that was at the same time they built bridges over the Intracoastal at seemingly every point. In rural Hyde County, In Hobucken, to Fort Bragg from Sneads Ferry.
At least the 17 bridge in New Bern actually carries traffic.
I am assuming you mean the bridge that the public is no longer allowed to use: on Hwy 172 from Sneads Ferry through Camp Lejeune.
Yep...but that was one of about 5 they built that have relatively no traffic on them. Many of the others had a small drawbridge with 1 guy running it. And virtually no traffic.
I drove on 795 for the first time a few days ago. Traveling north you can connect to 264W directly, but you cannot connect directly to 264E. You have to exit to 301N, drive a short distance, and exit again to 264E. Is this the permanent setup or will there one day be a direct connection to 264E from 795N?
I drove on 795 for the first time a few days ago. Traveling north you can connect to 264W directly, but you cannot connect directly to 264E. You have to exit to 301N, drive a short distance, and exit again to 264E. Is this the permanent setup or will there one day be a direct connection to 264E from 795N?
As far as I know, it's a permanent setup since it first opened in 2005 back when it was signed as US-117. I've never heard or read any plans by NCDOT to add a direct connection there. I guess they figured the traffic counts didn't warrant it and the fact that I-795, US-301 and US-264 connections are all right there, NCDOT figured a short stint on US-301 to US-264 East wouldn't hurt anybody. That's my theory anyway. No reason was ever given. Personally, I'd like to see the direct connection built, but that's just me. The only future plans NCDOT has for I-795 that I know of is extending I-795 to I-40 near Faison just inside Sampson County by upgrading most of US-117 south of Goldsboro to Interstate standards.
It's likely to remain without a direct connection. The traffic counts are low and also a direct connection would have traffic entering 264 with little clearance for traffic trying to exit to 301 S, or NCDOT would have to totally reconstruct the 301/264 interchange to make room for an exit off 795 to eastbound 264.
On another note, the western portion of the Goldsboro Bypass is now open for traffic.
If it becomes law, the measure would designate U.S. Route 64 from Raleigh through Rocky Mount, Williamston and Elizabeth City, to U.S. 17 in Norfolk as a “high priority corridor.”
The federal transportation bill also includes language to designate portions of U.S. Highways 70 and 117 as high-priority corridors and as future interstates, which would connect Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, the North Carolina Global TransPark, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, and the Port of Morehead City.
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The second part would add to the Quad East Loop. But it looks like 264 would miss out on the direct Interstate funding. And I would assume designating 264 an interstate would be even more difficult with those projects.
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