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HILLSBOROUGH AREA EDD ~~ !-go/~id N.C.Nighway 8¢ District :'~ Other. than h40, only one road has been inc~ded on the Orange County and tiQi sborough Thoroughfare Plans -Old N.C.FGghway 86. Classified acs an arterial street, Oid N.C.K:ghway 86 is cx~rrentiy capable of handing t 0,000 vehicles per dair and had an average dally traffic vo~me of 8,300 vehicles per day in 1986. S!- the year 2005, traffic on the road is expected to reach t 9,600 vehicles per day. V,~th traffic volcanes expected to exceed the capacity of the _ road, the i~sborough Thoroughfare Plan caAs for the widet~g of Old N.C.Highway 86. The proposed cross section for widen~g is a four-lane fac~ty, with sidewalks and iwo travel . ones in either d~rectiott, plus a center turn lane. To accpmpash the uraiening. the right-of~way wauk! also have to be expanded from 6o feet to 9o feet. 100' ROW Tr~ave! lanes. Travel tares . 16' . 12' 12' i6' 1 ~ _s' Sidewalk„ ,~„6' Sidewalk 4' Bike lane X25' landscatte Medan 4' Bike tare Pro~aosrd~ra~-fare crosss~ce5tur hx- ~ Rather than ut'fize the five-lane faciftty proposed in the ~_-__~ Ok!/M.C. Kg~i way 8S, . ii'dlsborough Thoroughfare Plan, a different cross section is ~. rAd r- r7-sus ~ desired, To provide an attractive entranceway into H~sborough and to prevent the strip commerciallcrass-traffic . twnu:g movements associated with Churton Street, the crass ' section would be changed to provide a landscape median instead of a center turn bne. Turn lanes would only be aval{alote at desa~nated access points, These points were identified on the schematic plans presented in section 2.1, Development Areas. ~ addition to the landscape median, the outside lane would pe widened from t 2 feet to 15 feet to accommodate b~Ce lanes E'ea~rrac Devek~pmertt DisiYr'efs Des~grr A4arx~al Pie 3.3. ro