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Transplant here and I love the "Beltline." So simple. So logical. To me, it made perfect sense. I mean, it's a loop after all! Everyone can relate to the Beltline - I mean, even if you don't wear one, you know exactly what it is.
Agree, the E/W thing just doesn't make any sense. I suppose it does make it fun to give directions!!
Transplant: Excuse me, Sir - But how can I get to Gorman St from 64/264 in Knightdale?
Local: This here's the Triangle. If you go hard enough West on 440, you'll find yourself going North!
Transplant: Uh, okay...I guess so...
Local: And if you go hard enough East, you'll find yourself heading South!
Transplant: Yeeahhh, riiiighhht - head East to go North...ah, Thank You - or maybe I should say No Thank You coz in NCDOT world No Thank You actually means Thank You!
Local: Well, bless your heart! Now you got it!!! Have a nice day!!
Hey man thank you so much. You're a logical thinker. The Beltline belongs to raleigh. It's original to this city. What they're doing now is really taking away the uniqueness that sets Raleigh apart from other cities. It's generic now. Hey here's something....Charlotte just ammended their signs: I-485 and I-277 have adopted inner and outer!
I disagree with you. It make perfect sense. Charlotte adopted inner/outer for their non-contigious loop I-277 and also 485 but they kept north south east and west....Raleigh should've kept inner outer but added north south east and west. Why would charlotte add inner outer when raleigh removed them? nc dot isnt va dot.
Listen the no light issue i completely agree with. Charlotte could have more freeway lights but atleast they have some. Only cary just put some up on US1/64 freeway and recently I-40 in cary only at exits
Me to girlfriend! It's the beltline and always will be to Raleighites and yes DC Houston and Norfolk-VA beach all call their loops inner and outer...they just include north south east and west
Anyone know why NCDOT added Inner/Outer designations to I-485 (Outer Loop) and I-277 (Their Beltline) when retiring them here? I thought it was supposed to be too confusing? Well apparently it makes sense or they wouldn't have added those designations to their freeway loops. Seems really hard to understand why our tax dollars in Raleigh were used to change signs for god sakes that were supposed to be a burden to motorists. Raleigh should've just added North, South, East, West like Charlotte for those who needed extra options. If DC, Houston, Norfolk and Harrisburg PA find it useful then whats the big deal?
Oh yeah....why the f*** doesn't Raleigh have freeway lights? You can't freakin' see at night when driving.
And on the Beltline going toward Cary, why does it go from 5 lanes to 2 at Wade Ave?
Anyone know why NCDOT added Inner/Outer designations to I-485 (Outer Loop) and I-277 (Their Beltline) when retiring them here? I thought it was supposed to be too confusing? Well apparently it makes sense or they wouldn't have added those designations to their freeway loops. Seems really hard to understand why our tax dollars in Raleigh were used to change signs for god sakes that were supposed to be a burden to motorists. Raleigh should've just added North, South, East, West like Charlotte for those who needed extra options. If DC, Houston, Norfolk and Harrisburg PA find it useful then whats the big deal?
Oh yeah....why the f*** doesn't Raleigh have freeway lights? You can't freakin' see at night when driving.
And on the Beltline going toward Cary, why does it go from 5 lanes to 2 at Wade Ave?
There will be lots of deaths here as boomers age and still try to drive on the garbage interstates after dark.
Even in daylight, the ill designed pieces of trash that pretend to be highways keep dropping off the right lane so anyone wanting to drive at a speed more comfortable to them keeps getting bumped off as the right lane drops off and soon reappears.
These highways are cobbled together by grossly incompetent engineers instead of being designed for efficiency and safety.
Where is our public transit? Folks are almost forced to use roads that are beyond their driving abilities.
The roads around here were designed by a couple of toddlers using fingerpaints on their bathroom wall.
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I-440/I-40 Beltline, Lights?...Inner/Outer?
We have Top Men working on it...
