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7 <br /> 3. Most vehicles using these facilities are making trips of 10 miles or more in <br /> length. <br /> Collectors: Collector roads primarily serve intra-county travel and facilitate the traffic - <br /> flow between local roads and arterial highways. Consequently, moderate speeds are <br /> typical. Access points onto collectors should be limited as much as possible. <br /> Collectors provide for more access to adjoining land uses than arterial highways. <br /> Examples of collector roadways in Orange County include Walnut Grove Church Road <br /> (SR 1001), Orange Grove Road (SR 1006) and Old Greensboro Road (SR 1005). <br /> These roads typically have the following characteristics. <br /> (1) Collectors serve rural areas, smaller towns and communities (population <br /> approximately 500 or less) and other traffic generators of equivalent intra- <br /> county importance, such as economic development districts <br /> (commercial/industrial areas), county parks, and agricultural areas. <br /> (2) These facilities link the places in (1) above with nearby larger towns or <br /> urban areas, or with routes of higher classifications; and <br /> (7) Are spaced consistent with population density so that all developed areas <br /> lie within reasonable distances of a collector or arterial. <br /> Local Roads: All public roads not classified as interstate/major transportation <br /> corridors, arterial or collector are considered local roads, with the exception of private <br /> roads which are not classified by this document. <br /> Major local roads provide service to collectors and other higher functional classes. <br /> Major local roads are greater than 1 mile long and connects minor local roads with <br /> collectors or arterials. Examples of major local roads are Miller Road, Borland Road, <br /> Damascus Church Road, Harmony Church Road and Wildcat Creek Road. <br /> Minor local roads primarily provide access to adjacent land. Minor local roads are <br /> generally less than 1 mile long and have an average daily traffic count less than 50. <br /> Examples of minor local roads include cul-de-sacs, loop roads and most subdivision <br /> roads. A cul-de-sac is an example of the ultimate minor local roadway (i.e., provides <br /> very little travel function, but functions 100% for access). <br /> Functional Classification Assignment <br /> The assignment of each road's functional classification is based on its: a) conformity to <br /> the criteria in this document; b) relationship to the entire public road system; and c) <br /> relationship with surrounding jurisdictions' public road systems. Table 2. lists each <br /> road's functional classification as depicted on Map 1. <br /> F:\PLANN I NG\KLINCOLNkcompplan\transele.doc\2-10-0012-15-00 <br />