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°°"""• Chapter 9: Transportation EIement <br />~~N <br />2 COUNTY-WIDE ROAD NETWORK <br />3 Orange County's road network is comprised of a hierarchy of roads <br />4 includin_g interstates, major US and NC highways, North Carolina <br />s Secondary Roads, and local roads that serve different functions in <br />6 providing access to other regions and within Orange County <br />s fnterstate 40 and Interstate 85 are part of the Federal Interstate <br />9 Highway System and are the major corridors that provide for <br />io transport of people and goods through Orange County to other <br />i i regions, including employment centers in the Triangle Area (Durham, <br />i2 Research Triangle Park and Raleigh) to the east and the Triad <br />13 (Greensboro, Winston-Salem and High Point) to the west. <br />14 <br />is M_1or US and NC routes linking Orange County with surrounding <br />i6 areas also provide intra-county access and linkage to the rural areas <br />i7 of the County, US 70 is a major highway that provides east-west <br />i s access through Orange County, linking the City of Durham in Durham <br />19 County, the Town of Hillsborough in Orange County and the Town of <br />20 Mebane in Alamance County. US T5 and US 507 provide north-south <br />21 access linkin_g the City of Durham to the Towns of Chapel Hill and <br />22 Carrboro and the Town of Pittsboro in Chatham County, NC 86 <br />23 provides north-south access through Orange County from Caswell <br />24 County and links the Towns of Hillsborough and Chapel Hill. NC 57 <br />2s provides north-south access from Person County through Orange <br />26 County to the Town of Hillsborough. NC 54 provides linkage between <br />27 Research Triangle Park in Durham and Wake Counties, the Towns of <br />2s Chape! Hill and Carrboro, and Greensboro in Guifford County. <br />29 <br />3o A widespread state-maintained system of Secondary Roads provides <br />31 access to the major regional corridors from the rural areas of the <br />32 County, <br />33 <br />34 Local roads emphasize the land access function, and connect rural <br />35 residential and commercial development with the Secondary Road <br />36 System and major US and NC corridors. <br />37 <br />38 Map 9-3 below illustrates how Orange County road network functions to provide <br />39 inter-county and intea-county access. <br />4raCo~u-tity Co-wy~~eh~vr~,:NV~l~.rv Public Hearing Draft 5-6-D8 Page 9-8 <br />