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• <br /> For the purpose of this study, major thoroughfares are classified into three <br /> groups: radials, loops, and connecting streets. The Recommended Plan has all of <br /> these type of streets. <br /> As the suburban area expands outwardly, the existing radial major thoroughfares <br /> into a town will become congested. Consequently, these thoroughfares in the <br /> existing plans have been extended to the study area borders. Examples include, <br /> Roxboro Road, Guess Road. and NC 55. The Alston Avenue/Old Oxford Road/Hamlin <br /> Road connector is an additional northeast radial designed to help relieve the <br /> northern link of I-85 and Roxboro Street. The Liberty Street radial is proposed <br /> to be extended east of US 70. This will allow Liberty Street/Holloway Street to <br /> become a one-way pair. This one-way pair will help relieve the Holloway Street <br /> congestion around Joyland that has been a problem for years. <br /> The plan includes a series of loop-road systems designed to move traffic around <br /> the city. Eno Drive and the Northern Durham Freeway are prime examples of this <br /> type of facility. A new loop in southern Durham County, the NC 751/Scott King <br /> Road/Hopson Road/Page Road Connector, is proposed to reach from Research <br /> Triangle Park through southern Durham County, and end at NC 54 east of NC 54/I-40 <br /> interchange. Projected residential areas will be served by this loop. Leesville <br /> Road is proposed to be realigned to connect with Page Road at US 70. Once this <br /> system is completed, traffic will very efficiently move from eastern Durham County <br /> to Research Triangle Park and I-40. The Pleasant Green Road/Cornwallis Road loop <br /> is another addition. It is will provide a connection northwest Durham County, <br /> Hillsborough and south Durham. <br /> The third class of major thoroughfares are the connecting streets. For example, <br /> Bivens Road, north of Umstead Road, connects northern Durham County with Hillsbo- <br /> rough. The Ellis Road Extension will connect east Durham County with Research <br /> Triangle Park, and Erwin Road will provide an alternate route from west Durham to <br /> Chapel Hill. <br /> Minor thoroughfares are streets that do not carry the large traffic volumes of <br /> major thoroughfares, yet they provide a benefit to the circulation of the Urban <br /> Area. Barbee Road, Grandale Drive, and Sedwick Road are designated as minor <br /> thoroughfares to provide circulation around Parkwood and surrounding residential <br /> areas in the vicinity of NC 54. University Station Road, Turkey Farm Road and <br /> Kerley Road also will provide access to new residential developments in the Duke <br /> Forest area. A connector. between Doc Nichols Road and Kemp Road would allow <br /> those roads to provide improved land access service in southeast Durham County. <br /> • <br /> 5.7 <br />