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CROSSING #735 189T /MP H 43.89 / Byrdsville Road (P- 4405K) <br />NCDOT DESCRIBED IMPROVEMENTS <br />This crossing serves a large <br />subdivision of permanent and <br />mobile homes. The crossing is <br />protected by automatic warning <br />devices. The approach <br />roadway is paved and is <br />approximately 16 feet wide. <br />The westbound approach is <br />curved. The crossing is slightly <br />humped and there is heavy <br />foliage on three of the four <br />approaches. Approximately 70 <br />homes are served by this <br />crossing. Residential areas <br />south of Byrdsville Road are <br />surrounded on three sides by <br />Duke University property (Duke Forest) which will most likely remain undeveloped. <br />Alternatives will be considered for Byrdsville Road to have access to NC 86 to the west. <br />A new roadway is proposed to connect Byrdsville Road to Walter Clark Drive. From <br />there, drivers can follow `Walter Clark Drive' north to NC 86. Driveway improvements <br />will also be considered in two locations to maintain connectivity to residential areas <br />north of Byrdsville Road. <br />20 <br />COMMENTS <br />1. Property owners north of the Byrdsville Mobile Home Park do not have right of <br />access through the proposed private drive exit through the Mobile Home Park. <br />Alternative access for these northern property owners should be considered to <br />the west through the Joppa Oaks development, or improving the private drive <br />and adding it to the state secondary road system. Alternative access through the <br />Joppa Oaks development would also have the benefit of dispersing traffic to <br />multiple connections with NC 86 if the non - authorized earthen barricade at the <br />end of Japers Lane were removed. <br />2. Children in the Byrdsville Mobile Home Park currently walk north, across the rail <br />line, and catch the bus at the intersection of Byrdsville Road and Old NC 10. <br />Alternative school bus routes and pick -up location(s) will need to be considered <br />as part of the alternative road plans. <br />Page 15 <br />