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Wouldn't the section going through New Bern also meet Interstate Standards.
No, the freeway section from Dover to New Bern currently lacks 10 ft. outside shoulders. The inner shoulders are fine, since they only have to be 4 ft. Problem is the outside shoulders are also only 4 ft. wide. If the outside shoulders were widened, then I believe it would. I don't know of any other work that would be required, unless bridge clearances are an issue.
Good news! The final section of the US-70 (possible I-36) Goldsboro Bypass from Wayne Memorial Drive to US-70 just west of La Grange is scheduled to open next Friday, May 27. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held that morning at 11:00 AM.
Good news! The final section of the US-70 (possible I-36) Goldsboro Bypass from Wayne Memorial Drive to US-70 just west of La Grange is scheduled to open next Friday, May 27. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held that morning at 11:00 AM.
Good news! The final section of the US-70 (possible I-36) Goldsboro Bypass from Wayne Memorial Drive to US-70 just west of La Grange is scheduled to open next Friday, May 27. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held that morning at 11:00 AM.
What could happen if Interstate 495 was rerouted and co-designated with United States Route 264 from Zebulon to Greenville, then to Kinston or New Bern?
What could happen if Interstate 495 was rerouted and co-designated with United States Route 264 from Zebulon to Greenville, then to Kinston or New Bern?
Not gonna happen. NCDOT said that if I-89 got approved for the Raleigh-Norfolk corridor, they were gonna decommission I-495, along with part of I-440 since they applied for I-89 to begin at the I-40/I-440 junction in southeast Raleigh. If there were an interstate designated for US-264 from Zebulon to Stantonsburg Road in Greenville (which I definitely support), it would probably be a spur of I-89 (ex: I-289). Another 3-digit interstate could begin at US-64 (future I-89) in Bethel and follow US-13 to US-264 Greenville Northwest Bypass and follow that route and the future Greenville Southwest Bypass to NC-11 and follow that to US-70 (future I-36) in Kinston. The Quad Loop would essentially be done and also expanded to give Greenville not only an Interstate connection to I-95 and the Triangle, but an Interstate that connects to Hampton Roads and the Global TransPark (yeah, I know) in Kinston. New Bern is already on a future interstate corridor.
If US 70 will be all interstate one day, and the US 64/US 17 corridor will be all interstate one day, I think it only makes sense that Greenville would push for a North/South interstate spur to connect those two interstates between Bethel and Kinston.
If US 70 will be all interstate one day, and the US 64/US 17 corridor will be all interstate one day, I think it only makes sense that Greenville would push for a North/South interstate spur to connect those two interstates between Bethel and Kinston.
Agreed. I think Greenville will definitely push for it eventually. Right now, I think they'll be happy with just having US-264 upgraded to Interstate standards from Stantonsburg Road to US-64/future I-89(?) in Zebulon since it wouldn't take much work to bring it up to standards. The only thing keeping US-264 from being up to standards that I know of are the lack of 10 ft. outside shoulders (except from the Wilson/Greene County line to I-95). Unless overhead bridge clearances are an issue, shoulder widening is likely all it would take. US-13 and NC-11 would be a little more difficult.
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