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Making Multiple Improvements via a Single Bridge Project
The iconic yet structurally insufficient Surf City Bridge serving Topsail Island needed replacing. The design of the original 60-year-old bridge – a steel truss swing span – also required rethinking, as when it…
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US 70 Havelock Bypass Project Protects Sensitive Longleaf Pine Habitat
To earn the Sierra Club’s support for the $221 million U.S. 70 Havelock Bypass, the N. C. Department of Transportation took extensive measures to preserve sensitive longleaf pine forest habitat near the highway…
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Salem Parkway: Creating a Downtown Gateway
The first short section of interstate highway in North Carolina opened in downtown Winston-Salem in 1958 and became part of Interstate 40. The highway included on- and off-ramps that were short and steep,…
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Raleigh and Charlotte Stations Anchor Downtown Vitality and Statewide Rail Service
A new Amtrak station in Raleigh and one under construction in Charlotte are hubs for local transit networks and new urban development in North Carolina’s two largest cities. The two stations provide anchors…
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Putting Drones to Work in North Carolina
In response to the devastating impact of Hurricane Florence in 2018, the N. C. Department of Transportation deployed Unmanned Aircraft Systems, or drones, to assess the damage to infrastructure and hundreds of roads…
