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Transportation Cheeks Township contains the principal east-west transportation corridor through Orange County. Nine and one-half miles of Interstate highway (I-85) , over seven miles of a major state highway (US 70) , 8 miles of rail line (Southern RR) along with several miles of locally important roads make up this corridor. The principal north/south routes are comprised of local roads , in- cluding Buckhorn Road/SR 1114 and the combination of Mt. Willing Road/SR 1120 and Cedar Grove Road. A modified version of the North Carolina Highway Functional Classification System has been used to describe the road network in Cheeks Township. This system describes parts of a road network based on the factors of access and mobility. The most heavily traveled roads are interstate and arterial highways. These roads provide the best service, meaning the shortest travel- times, to and from important employment, shopping, educational and population centers. Roads of lesser importance Ccollector roads) do not provide as good a service function, but do provide an area with access to the major road system. At the next lower level are local roads that give the most limited service, but do provide large land areas with access to major roads and highways. The major highway in Cheeks Township is Interstate 85, with the arterial highway US 70 one level below the interstate level . The next level ,collector, includes the following Township roads : Lebanon Church Road/SR 1306, Cedar Grove Road/SR 1004, Mt. Willing Road/SR 1120, Bucklprn Road/SR 1114, Dimmock Mill Road/SR 1134, Bowman Road/SR 1142 and Ben Wilson Road/SR 1140. All other roads are considered to be at the local level of service function. Cheeks Township's transportation network adequately connects the Township with such population centers as Burlington, Durham and Chapel Hill . The con- struction of the Interstate 40 extension along the proposed route will put