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 6 Interstate 73 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 9 Interstate 74 122 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 14 Thank you! 15.