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Transportation <br /> Chapel Hill Township is traversed by four major north/south and east/west <br /> highways. The north/south routes are 'NC 86 and SR 1009 (Old 86) which connect <br /> Hillsborough and points north with Chapel Hill and Carrboro. The proposed <br /> 1-40 Interstate extension if built, would serve as a significant part of this <br /> north/south corridor. The east-west routes are the business and by-pass 15-501 <br /> highways and NC 54. <br /> A municipally operated bus system currently serves the Towns of Chapel Hill <br /> and Carrboro. In the future this system could potentially serve areas outside <br /> town limits if they contained sufficient population density, <br /> A modified version of the North Carolina Functional Classification <br /> System has been used to describe the road network in Chapel Hill Township. <br /> This system describes roads based on access and mobility. Interstate and <br /> arterial highways are most important because they provide the best (least <br /> travel-time) to and from employment, shopping, educational and population <br /> centers. Roads of lesser importance are called collectors because their chief <br /> function is to "collect" traffic from large neighborhood and community areas <br /> for eventual access onto an arterial or Interstate. Local roads are the third <br /> category providing access to the major road system from smaller areas in the <br /> County. <br /> The arterial highways in Chapel Hill Township are: NC 86, NC 54 and <br /> NC 15-501 . Collector roads in this towilship include the following: Damascus <br /> Church Road (SR 1940 and part of SR 1939) , Jones Ferry Road (SR 1942) , Old <br /> Greensboro Road (SR 1005) , Mt. Carmel Church Road (SR 1008) , Homestead Road <br /> (SR 1777) , Old NC 86 (SR 1009) , Weaver Dairy Road (SR 1733) , Ervin Road (SR 1734) , <br /> Mt. Sinai Road (SR 1718) , New Hope Church Road (SR 1723) . <br />