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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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30649
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North Carolina has done a lot to advance highway facilities in the state, especially secondary roads. Since the 1930s, North Carolina has made a concerted effort to improve the vast mileage of unpaved roads, leading the nation improving not only the heavily trafficked main roads, but also the farm-to-market roads in every community.
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31243
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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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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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17212
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Recent considerations were given to the care and construction of roads and highways in North Carolina, including erosion control, street signs, and post-war maintenance.
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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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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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10876
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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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10015
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Road building held a low priority in North Carolina until the beginning of the 20th-century. The article presents a brief history of the development of the state's road system up to 1943. At that date the highway system covered 60,000 miles of public roads, with about 12,000 miles being hard-surfaced.
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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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