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Ramsey Street Improvements

Ramsey Street Improvements
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Project Information Left Table
County:Cumberland
Status:In Development
STIP Number:U-4403 A, B & C
Project Information Right Table
Estimated Cost:$143.2 million
Start Date:2033
Completion Date:TBD

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Planning and development are underway to improve nearly nine miles of Ramsey Street (U.S. 401) from Rowan/Grove streets to just north of Slocomb Road in Cumberland County.

Proposed improvements would widen Ramsey Street to six lanes and provide accommodations for pedestrians and bicyclists. The proposed project would help relieve current and future traffic congestion and improve safety of this heavily traveled corridor.

Additional improvements are also being considered at these two major Ramsey Street interchanges — I-295 and Martin Luther King Jr. Freeway.

The project is broken up into these three segments in the draft 2026-2035 N.C. Department of Transportation's State Transportation Improvement Program​, or STIP. Segment A is not funded; Segment B is funded only for preliminary engineering; and Segment C is fully funded.

  • Segment A is from Rowan/Grove Street to Martin Luther King Jr. Freeway.
  • Segment B is from Martin Luther King Jr. Freeway to Country Club Road.
  • Segment C is from Country Club Road to just north of Slocomb Road.​


Project Funding 

This proposed project is listed as Project U-4403 A, B & C in the draft 2024-2033 N.C. Department of Transportation's State Transportation Improvement Program, or STIP, and is funded for $143.2 million. Because Segments A and B are not funded in the draft STIP, shown below is funding only for Segment C: 

*Estimated costs subject to change

Project Timeline

*Future dates subject to change

Last updated May. 15, 2025