spacer spacer   spacer   spacer   spacer  
Strategic Highway Corridors spacer  
HOME
spacer  
CONTACT
spacer
spacer  
SEARCH!
spacer
spacer
spacer   NC DOT icon  NCDOT
  NC Smartlink icon  NCSMARTLINK
  NCgov.com icon  NCGOV
spacer
Strategic Highway Corridors spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer spacer
spacer
open spacer spacer
spacer  SITE NAVIGATION spacer
spacer
spacer spacer spacer
  Overview
spacer
  Concept Development
spacer
  Facility Types
spacer
  Corridor Vision
spacer
  Implementation
spacer
  Corridor Descriptions
spacer
  Studies & Projects
spacer
  Questions & Comments 
spacer
  Documents
spacer
  Links
spacer
  Statewide Trans. Plan
spacer
  Trans. Planning Home
spacer spacer
spacer
spacer
spacer
spacer spacer
spacer spacer spacer
spacer spacer spacer
spacer spacer spacer
spacer spacer spacer
spacer spacer spacer
spacer spacer spacer
spacer spacer spacer
spacer spacer spacer
spacer spacer spacer
spacer spacer spacer
spacer spacer spacer
spacer
  HOME > FACILITY TYPES > BOULEVARDS
spacer
spacer spacer
 
Boulevards

    US 70 east of Clayton)
    US 70 east of Clayton

    NC 24 (Harris Boulevard) in Charlotte
    NC 24 (Harris Boulevard) in Charlotte

    US 74 near Ranger
    US 74 near Ranger

    Cary Parkway
    Cary Parkway
  • Functional Purpose:  Moderate Mobility, Low to Moderate Access
  • AASHTO Design Classification:  Arterial or Collector
  • Posted Speed Limit:  30 mph to 55 mph
  • Control of Access:  Limited, Partial, or None
  • Traffic Signals:  Allowed
  • Driveways:
    Limited Control of Access -
    Not Allowed
    Partial Control of Access - One Driveway Connection per Parcel; Consolidate and/or Share Driveways and Limit Access to Connecting Streets or Service Roads; Restrict to Right-in/Right-out
  • Cross-Section:  Minimum 2 Lanes with a Median
  • Connections:  At-Grade Interchanges for Major and Minor Cross Streets (Occasional Interchange at Major Crossing); Use of Acceleration and Deceleration Lanes
  • Median Crossovers:  Allowed; Minimum Spacing between All-Movement Crossovers is 2000 feet (posted speed limit of greater than 45 mph) or 1200 feet (posted speed limit of 45 mph or less)
  • Examples:  US 70 between Clayton and Smithfield, NC 55 (Holly Springs Bypass), NC 11 (Kenansville Bypass), NC 87 (Elizabethtown Bypass), US 158 (Murfreesboro Bypass), US 70 near Havelock, NC 24 (Harris Boulevard) in Charlotte, US 1 (Capital Blvd) in Raleigh, US 74 through Monroe, US 117 south of Goldsboro, US 70 east of Goldsboro, Cary Parkway, NC 132 (College Road) in Wilmington, Lochmere Drive in Cary, US 74 in Ranger

Illustrative Examples

Click to Enlarge in a New Window
Rural Boulevard
Click to Enlarge in a New Window
Urban Boulevard


spacer spacer
spacer
 
North Carolina DOT Logo    
 
 
spacer