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0 on either side. Old N.C.Highway 86 is recommended as a <br /> bicycle route in the Regional Bicycle Plan for Durham and <br /> Orange Counties, and the provision of bike lanes through the <br /> Economic Development District would provide opportunities <br /> for recreation as well as travel to work. To accommodate <br /> these improvements, the right-of-way for Old N.C.Highway <br /> 86 would have to be widened from 6o feet to 1 oo feet. <br /> 1-85ALSMighwaq 70 District; In the 1-85iU.S.Highway 70 <br /> area, U.S. Highway 70 has been classified as an arterial road, <br /> and Did N.C.Highway 10, Mount Herman Church Road, <br /> Pleasant Green Road,and N.C. Highway 751 as collector <br /> roads. Specific deficiency analysis data is not available in the <br /> Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro (D C H C)Thoroughfare Plan <br /> other than to note that U.S.Highway 70 will be over capacity <br /> by the year 2000. <br /> As noted in section 2.1, Development Areas, Mount Herman <br /> Church Road is being realigned as part of the 1-85 widening.A <br /> 0 24-foot pavement in a 60-foot right-of-way is proposed. <br /> However,as was the case with Old N.C. Highway 86, Mount <br /> Herman Church Road has been recommended as a bicycle <br /> route in the Regional Bicycle Plan for Durham and Orange <br /> Counties.The addition of four feet to each side,resulting in a <br /> 32-foot pavement,will assure that bike Was are provided as <br /> part of the Improvements. <br /> The same condition exists with Old N.C. Highway 10 and <br /> Pleasant Green Road. Both roads have 20-foot pavements in <br /> 60-foot rights-ofrway,and both roads are part of the bicycle <br /> system recommended in the Regional Bicycle Plan. The <br /> preferred cross-section for these roads is a 24-foot roadway <br /> with a four-foot bike lane on each side. <br /> As part of the I-85 widening project,improvements will be <br /> made to U.S. Highway 70 at the interchange;e.g., expansion <br /> to a four-lane divided facility,including two 12-toot travel <br /> lanes in either direction. Given the deficiency noted for U.S. <br /> Highway 70 by the year 2000 and the proposed Eno Drive <br /> extension,the preferred cross-section for that road is an <br /> extension of the four-lane divided facility. <br /> Ecor=Aii:Devedgar nt Distracts Deson M&%W pme 3.3.f r <br />