§ 136-178. Purpose and description of Intrastate System. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 136‑178.  Purpose anddescription of Intrastate System.

(a)        The IntrastateSystem is established to provide high‑speed, safe travel servicethroughout the State. It connects major population centers both inside andoutside the State and provides safe, convenient, through‑travel formotorists. It is designed to support statewide growth and developmentobjectives and to connect to major highways of adjoining states. All segmentsof the routes in the Intrastate System shall have at least four travel lanes exceptthose for which projected traffic volumes and environmental considerationsdictate fewer lanes. When warranted, segments of the Intrastate System shallhave vertical separation or interchanges at crossings, more than four travellanes, or bypasses. Access to a route in the Intrastate System is determined bytravel service and economic considerations.

Funds allocated from the TrustFund for the Intrastate System are primarily intended to be used to completethe projects listed in G.S. 136‑179. If Intrastate Trust Funds assignedto a distribution region through the provisions of G.S. 136‑17.2A cannotbe used for projects listed in G.S. 136‑179, then they may be used forprojects on the following route segments or corridors:

I‑26 from Tennessee toSouth Carolina.

I‑40 from Tennessee toUS 17 in New Hanover County.

I‑73 from South Carolinato Virginia.

I‑74 from South Carolinato Virginia.

I‑77 from South Carolinato Virginia.

I‑85 from South Carolinato Virginia.

I‑95 from South Carolinato Virginia.

I‑240 in BuncombeCounty.

I‑277 in MecklenburgCounty.

I‑440 in Wake County.

US 1 from South Carolina to I‑85in Vance County.

US 13 from US 17 in BertieCounty to Virginia.

US 17 from South Carolina toVirginia.

US 19/19E from I‑26 inMadison County to NC 194 in Avery County.

US 23/441 from Georgia to US74 in Jackson County.

US 29 from I‑40 inGuilford County to Virginia.

US 52 from I‑74 in SurryCounty to I‑85 in Davidson County.

US 64 from US 52 in DavidsonCounty to US 158 in Dare County.

US 70 from I‑40 in WakeCounty to NC 24 in Carteret County.

US 74 from Tennessee to US 17in Brunswick County, including Independence Boulevard from I‑277 to I‑485in Mecklenburg County.

US 158 from US 52 in ForsythCounty to I‑85 in Granville County, and from I‑85 in Warren Countyto US 64 in Dare County.

US 221 from South Carolina toNC 105 in Avery County.

US 264 from US 64 in WakeCounty to US 17 in Beaufort County.

US 321 from South Carolina toTennessee.

US 421 from US 321 west ofBoone in Watauga County to I‑40 in Forsyth County, and from I‑85 inGuilford County to NC 87 in Lee County.

NC 24 from I‑77 inMecklenburg County to US 70 in Carteret County.

NC 87 from US 421 in LeeCounty to US 74/76 in Columbus County.

NC 105 from US 221 in AveryCounty to US 321 in Watauga County.

NC 168 from US 158 inCurrituck County to Virginia.

NC 194 from US 19E to US 221in Avery County.

New route from US 158 to NC12, including a new toll bridge over the Currituck Sound in Currituck County.

Interstate routes or corridorsdesignated by Congress or officially accepted onto the Interstate System by theUnited States Department of Transportation.

Any portion of an urban loopproject, as described in G.S. 136‑180, that has been certified by theDepartment as complete and is no longer eligible for funding from the urbanloop allocation specified in G.S. 136‑176(b)(2).

The Department ofTransportation may add a route to the Intrastate System if the route is amultilane route and has been designed and built to meet the constructioncriteria of the Intrastate System projects. No funds may be expended from theTrust Fund on routes added by the Department.

(b)        Before encumberingor spending any funds on projects added to the Intrastate System by thissection, in addition to those projects required to receive first prioritypursuant to G.S. 136‑179, the Department shall submit a report to thelegislators representing the counties in which the priority projects that havenot been completed are located on the current status of the project, theprojected date for completion of the project, and the reasons for the delay incompleting the project. (1989, c. 692, s. 1.1; 2004‑124, s. 30.21(c).)