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434
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Part of the \"Highway Robbery\" series, this article examines the construction of roads leading to Topsail Beach and a schedule of their completion.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 10 Issue 22, May 1992,
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436
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Part of the \"Highway Robbery\" series, this section discusses the environmental impact of highway building.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 10 Issue 22, May 1992,
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461
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Part of the \"Highway Robbery\" series, this article focuses on the proposed highways through Pleasant Hill and High Point College.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 10 Issue 23, June 1992,
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538
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As part of the \"Highway Robbery\" series this article offers several suggestions for the elimination of wasteful spending on highways, and discusses the construction of I-26 through the mountains and the creation of bike routes along the highway.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 10 Issue 25, June 1992,
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10900
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We the People of North Carolina magazine interviews Lauch Faircloth, Chairman of the State Highway Commission, on the status of the state's highway system.
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10986
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When We the People of North Carolina magazine interviewed Lauch Faircloth, Chairman of the State Highway Commission, in July 1969, he had been in office less than six months. In this interview, Faircloth discusses current policies, accomplishments, and plans for the future.
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12923
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Known as the Greenville to Greenville Line as well as the Paint Mountain Road, the path connecting the eastern and western portions of North Carolina has been used by drovers, stage coaches, and railroads throughout the state's history.
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12985
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Adopt-A-Highway is the North Carolina Department of Transportation's program to improve highway cleanliness. Under the plan businesses volunteer to adopt a two-mile stretch of highway and keep it litter free. In just over a year, one thousand businesses have signed up. The state puts up an Adopt A Highway sign with the name of the business keeping that particular stretch clean underneath it. First Citizens Banks leads the program with over 300 miles adopted.
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13114
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Regarding road construction in North Carolina, this article is about the expanding transportation system from the 1920s through the 1950s. Focusing on the changes in technology as well as the labor force, the actions of companies such as the H.F. Ramsey Company, Macon Construction Company, as well as individual contractors like James F. Powell, Jr. are featured.
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13283
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Slowly, but steadily, modernistic highways are speedily replacing the original antiquated system.
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13497
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The Old Lexington Highway, now a quiet stretch of road, was once the Highway of the Blind Tiger, a sort of carnival road, a weekend gathering place for panderers and everyday citizens bound on a spree.
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13606
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Nearly 100 miles of new tourist highway in the Walter Raleigh Coastland have been opened during the past year with the completion of all the hard-surface on route U.S. 64, through Tyrrell and Dare Counties, and reaching to Cape Hatteras.
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13767
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The Blue Ridge, a historic barrier to travel, is being pierced by a 55-mile-per-hour super highway which sets new rules in road building.
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27685
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In this Transportation and Logistics Round Table, transportation experts gathered to discuss the industry’s successes and challenges in North Carolina.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 37 Issue 1, January 2017,
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30823
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A total of $3.4 billion was provided by the Federal government to the states for primary, secondary, and urban highways and roads, and the interstate system. However, North Carolina is only receiving 3.7% of the funds, the largest portion of this going to primary roads and the interstate system.
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