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36457
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This nonprofit organization, established nearly a decade earlier, sustained success due to its celebration, education, and advocacy of life on two wheels for both urban and commuter cyclists. Events included coordinating community rides such as the Bike of the Irish. Lobbying for transportation policy changes yielded the Hominy Creek Greenway and the non-profit’s collaboration with the city council in the creation of Asheville’s Comprehensive Bicycle Plan.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 13 Issue 3, March 2016,
p42-44
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23895
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After twenty-seven years of construction, Interstate 485, a bypass around Charlotte, finally opened in June 2015. Most city- and suburb-dwelling residents welcomed the road's completion, but the interstate threatens the lifestyle of families who have owned nearby farmland for generations.
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Charlotte Magazine
(NoCar F 264.C4), Vol. 20 Issue 8, August 2015,
p56-64, il, por
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27914
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The expansion of US Highway 64 could further pollute Jordan Lake. The expansion could also uproot Chatham County businesses as they move to accommodate the new expanded road. The road would run from Pittsboro over Jordan Lake to Apex and Cary and would be designed to speed up travel time from Charlotte to Raleigh. The state does not currently have the funding to pay for the expansion and it does not have a plan to work with the federal environmental regulations governing Jordan Lake.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 27 Issue 17, April 2010,
p5-7
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7934
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Around 150 years ago the longest plank road ever constructed in the world was built between Fayetteville in Cumberland County and the Moravian village of Bethania in Forsyth County. The distance was 129 miles. The Fayetteville and Western Plank Road followed a course originally laid out by Dr. Elisha Mitchell. Hairr recounts the history and construction of the road.
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5468
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North Carolina's top ten road construction projects are forging ahead to relieve traffic growth and construction. Rafferty discusses progress on the ten projects, including the Manteo Bypass and the Raleigh Outer Loop.
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4684
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North Carolina's top ten road construction projects are forging ahead to relieve traffic growth and congestion. Most will be completed in the next five years, although two will be finished in 2013 and 2015 respectively. Total cost of construction is $3.9 billion. Projects include the Charlotte and Raleigh Outer Loops, Greensboro Bypass, I-40 Widening, and bypasses around Jacksonville, Wilson, and Manteo.
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4688
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Road building held a low priority in North Carolina until the beginning of the 20th-century. The implementation of Rural Free Delivery (RFD), the North Carolina Good Roads Association, and the affordable Model T Ford made road construction a necessity. During the 1920s, through the efforts of Gov. Cameron Morrison and State Highway Commission Chairman, Frank Page, the state became nationally known for its outstanding highway system.
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27922
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The roads in New Bern reveal a history since the time its streets were first laid out by Baron Christoph von Graffenried three-hundred years ago. By 1760 the network of roads was complete and New Bern became the capital of North Carolina. Over the years, the road system made remarkable changes and ultimately improved during its Good Road Movement.
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Journal of the New Bern Historical Society
(NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 6 Issue 1, May 1993,
p11-16, bibl
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96
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Now that I-40 traverses the entire state, communities must make a concerted effort to benefit from the highway, and must develop strategies for making the highway pay optimal dividends.
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620
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Lancaster provides information on the top highway contractors in North Carolina and their economic impact.
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24391
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The Outer Loop in Charlotte was once envisioned as the solution to traffic congestion, but many leaders think of it as only a temporary solution. This article examines the possible future of the Outer Loop and how developers capitalized on the beltway.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 8 Issue 7, July 1988,
p48-55, il
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35500
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What is uncommon about this dealership is the lot’s vehicles: fork lifts. What else uncommon about this company: how it came to be, with origins stretching back to 1918 and W.L. Gregory. As it’s revealed, Poole’s great-uncle, in serving the town’s need for road contractors, would pave the way for a company that recently celebrated its twenty fifth anniversary.
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Nello Teer Company of Durham is building the 20-mile, $38 million project to extend Interstate 40 from Interstate 85 at Durham to Raleigh through the Research Triangle Park. Completion of the project will ease congestion on traffic-heavy U.S. 70 between the two cities.
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The 1850s was the heyday for plank roads in North Carolina. Around a dozen roads were built with a total mileage of 500 miles. The longest plank road ever constructed in the world was built between Fayetteville in Cumberland County and the Moravian village of Bethania in Forsyth County. The distance was 129 miles.
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The accelerated construction and maintenance of North Carolina's highways requires vast amounts of stone in many varieties and sizes. Superior Stone Company, a division of Martin Marietta Corporation, has been a pioneer in crushed stone, sand and gravel for highway construction use. Operating out of Raleigh under President W. Trent Ragland, Jr., the company prospects for, locates, quarries, crushes, blends, and sells stone in many forms for constructions projects across the southeast.
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