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Attachment 1(b) 7 Major Tourist Attractions Trauma Centers Interstate Connectivity. This criterion focuses on whether a corridor provides an important connection between existing and/or planned interstates. Interstates, as routes of national significance, primarily move people, goods, and military units between states and across the country. Interstate Reliever. This criterion focuses on whether a corridor currently serves or has the potential to serve as a reliever route to an existing interstate facility. A reliever route is considered to be an alternate facility (typically running parallel to the facility for along-distance) to the interstate(s). Facilities that relieve interstates for short distances or are used as alternates in the event of an incident or construction are not considered Interstate relievers. Additional elements were also taken into consideration to support the corridor selection process. These include the following: ^ Hurricane Evacuation Route. This criterion focuses on whether a corridor is considered a major route from the NC Emergency Management's Coastal Evacuation Route Map. ^ Cited in a Prominent Report. Certain reports list the need for improvements along major corridors in the state, mainly to improve economic conditions in a particular area. One such report is the Rural Prosperity Task Force Report, completed in 2000, which supports improvements for three prominent corridors in rural North Carolina. Part of a Major Highway System. This criterion focuses on whether a corridor is part of a national, statewide, economic, or military highway system. Major highway systems include the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, the National Highway System, the North Carolina Intrastate System, the Appalachian Development Highway System, and STRAHNET. STRAHNET is the Department of Defense's Strategic Highway Network for moving military personnel and equipment. NC 86 between Durham/Chapel Hill and Danville is designated as Strategic Highway Corridor # 38. The entire corridor is as follows: ^ NC 86 Truck between I-40/85 and NC 86 in Hillsborough (Orange County) ^ NC 86 between NC 86 Truck in Hillsborough (Orange County) to the North Carolina/Virginia state line, just south of Future I-785/US 29 in Danville, VA This corridor connects the Durham/Chapel Hill and Danville, VA areas, a length of approximately 42 miles.