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21 <br /> 3.7 LITTLE RIVER TOWNSHIP 69 <br /> Circulation <br /> A modified version of the North Carolina Highway Functional Classification System is <br /> used to describe Orange County's road network(see Section 2.6 - TRANSPORTATION <br /> of this plan for complete description). This system describes parts of the network <br /> according to mobility and access factors. The most important roads, Interstates and <br /> arterial highways, provide the shortest travel time and best service between important <br /> activity centers. Roads of lesser importance, collector roads, do not provide as high a <br /> level of service, but do provide large areas with access to major roads. Local roads <br /> have the most limited service capacity, but in the aggregate serve to provide large land <br /> areas with access to the collector and arterial systems. <br /> The two major roads in Little River Township are arterial highways: NC 57, extending <br /> northeasterly from Hillsborough to Roxboro; and NC 157 which runs in a southeasterly <br /> direction toward the City of Durham. These two routes form an "X" pattern which <br /> intersects in the center of the Township in the community of Caldwell. The-selles#ef <br /> Other important roads in the Township include the collectors New Sharon Church Road <br /> (SR 1538), Holly Ridge Road (SR 1524). Schley Road (SR 1548), and Little River <br /> Church Road (SR 1543). All other roads serve primarily local traffic. <br /> !eye! sew;ee 'G' fr u tly used as gn �r+nri+r+r.ate e+riterien fer highway and StFeet <br /> re\Fel--ervcrvrv�—v "' re�aeFi .. ..., ..,.. .,.p.p...,p....,..., ............... ..,. ...y.......� .,...... .,........ <br /> design PUFPeses and is defined by the a zene ef stable flew with speed and manewyeFability meFe elesely 8eRtFelled by hig <br /> fumes. Levees 9f nJ rr+n ge f m 'A' whie7hii is defined as^aeend7�tlR of free flew <br /> with lew yelume aR d high speed t CD to GTVFesed-le epeFatier. at lew speeds that defiRec. <br /> 'eyeI-eTf seRffEe 'r-= <br /> TFaffie. 9R lei RiYeF Tgw nship akeFials is well that allg... fer <br /> speed limit. The aveFage daily tFaffie en NG 57 between Galdwell and Sehley war., 1499 <br /> 1 Slightly FAeF8 thaR thFee fifths of the velume that ewi be sewed at that <br /> level ef sewiee and speed limit. Redweing the speed limit to 45 mph weUld 'ReFease the <br /> 'G.' <br /> O #em 0 <br /> ftem 4 980. The aveFage daily velume ef NG 4 6:7 just neFth ef its inteFseetien with NG 6:7- <br /> was 14 90 Ypd On 4 1 <br /> F:\PLANNIN6\KLINCOWIcompplan\transele.doc\2-10-00\2-15-00 <br />