NEW CONTROL CITIES REQUEST BY NORTH CAROLINA DOT
Neil Boudreau Highway Subcommittee on Traffic Engineering, Vice Chair MassDOT, Assistant Administrator for Traffic and Safety
June 19, 2018 Interstate Control Cities
Purpose of a control city…. To provide the driver the best orientation of the major destinations and population centers located on or near the Interstate Highway System.
Control city legends should be used in the following situations: 1. Interchange between freeways 2. Separation points of overlapping freeways 3. On directional signs on intersecting routes, to guide traffic entering the freeway 4. On pull Thru signs 5. On the bottom line of post interchange distance signs
2 Proposed North Carolina Control Cities Detail I-42 : proposing six cities and towns I-73 (partial complete): proposing five cities and towns I-74 (partial complete): proposing five cities and towns I-87 (partial complete): proposing five cities and towns
3 Interstate 42 (US-70)
142 Miles total length
Proposed Interstate Control Cities:
City of Raleigh
City of Goldsboro
City of Kinston
City of New Bern
City of Havelock
Town of Morehead City
Poposed Control Cities Interstate: I-42 4 Poposed Control Cities Route: I-42 (Western Portion)
City of Raleigh Population (2015): 451,000 Major intersecting routes: I-40, I-87, US-1 Important feature: Capital of NC
City of Kinston Population (2015): 21,300 Distance from last control city: 29 miles Important feature: Global Transpark air City of Goldsboro freight facility Population (2015): 35,800 Distance from last control city: 54 miles Major intersecting routes: I-795 Important feature: Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
5 Poposed Control Cities Route: I-42 (Eastern Portion)
City of Kinston
City of New Bern Population (2015): 30,100 Distance from last control city: 35 miles Major intersecting routes: US-17 Important feature: Important tourist destination
Town of Morehead City City of Havelock Population (2015): 9,300 Population (2015): 20,400 Distance from last control city: 17 miles Distance from last control city: 19 miles Important feature: Port of Morehead City, Important feature: Cherry Point Marine Corps End of Route I-42 Air Station
98.5 Miles total length
Proposed Interstate Control Cities:
City of Martinsville (VA)
City of Greensboro
City of Asheboro
City of Rockingham
City of Bennettsville (SC)
Poposed Control Cities Interstate: I-73 7 Poposed Control Cities Route: I-73 (Northern and Southern Portion)
City of Martinsville (VA) City of Asheboro Population (2015): 13,600 Distance from the last control city: 48 miles Major intersecting routes: US-58 Important feature: Recommended by VDOT
City of Greensboro City of Rockingham Population (2015): 285,000 Population (2015): 9,200 Distance from the last control city: 27 miles Distance from the last control city: 31 Major intersecting routes: I-40, I-85, I-785 Major intersecting routes: I-74, US-1, US-74
City of Asheboro City of Bennetsville (SC) Population (2015): 8,600 Population (2015): 26,100 Distance from the last control city: 25 miles Distance from the last control city: 57 miles Major intersecting routes: US-15 Major intersecting routes: I-74, US-64 Important feature: Location Questioned by Important feature: North Carolina Zoo SCDOT
Northern I-73 Southern I-73 8 Poposed Control Cities Route: I-73, Highway Layout Not Set (South Carolina Portion)
Bennettsville
Myrtle Beach
122 Miles total length
Proposed Interstate Control Cities:
City of Wytheville (VA)
City of Winston-Salem
City of Asheboro
City of Rockingham
City of Lumberton
Poposed Control Cities Interstate: I-74 10 Poposed Control Cities Route: I-74 (Northern and Southern Portion)
City of Wytheville (VA) City of Asheboro Population (2015): 8,100 Major intersecting routes: I-81 Important feature: Recommended by VDOT City of Rockingham Population (2015): 9,200 Distance from the last control city: 57 miles City of Winston-Salem Major intersecting routes: I-73, US-74 Population (2015): 241,000 Distance from the last control city: 91 miles Major intersecting routes: I-40
City of Lumberton Population (2015): 21,700 Distance from the last control city: 60 miles Major intersecting routes: I-95 Important feature: University City of Asheboro Population (2015): 26,100 Distance from the last control city: 44 miles Major intersecting routes: I-73, US-64 Important feature: North Carolina Zoo
11 Northern I-74 Southern I-74 Interstate 87
185 Miles total length
Proposed Interstate Control Cities:
City of Raleigh
City of Rocky Mount
City of Williamston
City of Elizabeth City
City of Norfolk (VA)
Poposed Control Cities Interstate: I-87 12 Poposed Control Cities Route: I-87 (Western Portion)
City of Williamston Population (2015): 5,500 City of Raleigh Distance from last control city: 46 miles Major intersecting routes: US-17, US-64 Population (2015): 451,000 Important feature: Route to Outer Banks Major intersecting routes: I-40, US-1 Important feature: Capital of NC, end of route
City of Rocky Mount Population (2015): 55,800 Distance from last control city: 59 miles Major intersecting routes: I-95
13 Poposed Control Cities Route: I-87 (Eastern Portion)
City of Norfolk (VA) Population (2015): 246,000 City of Elizabeth City Distance from last control city: 47 miles Major intersecting routes: I-64, US-13, US-58 Population (2015): 18,000 Important feature: Recommended by VDOT, Distance from last control city: 62 miles end of route Major intersecting routes: US-158 Important feature: Route to Outer Banks, University
City of Rocky Mount
City of Williamston
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