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66 .,...~.°... C'h~~tea~ 3: Tr~nsla®Ytati®n Elemcnt <br />~..,, r <br />'2 COUNTY-1li160E R0~4D NETWORK <br />3 Orange County's road network is comprised of a hierarchy of roads <br />4 encluding interstates, major US and IVC highways, hlorth Carolina <br />s Secondary Roads, and local roads that serve different fu,~ctions in <br />~6 providing access to other regions and within Orange County <br />8 Interstate 40 and Interstate ~5 are part of the Federal Interstate <br />9 Highway Systertt and are fhe ma®or corridors that provide star <br />1o transporf of people and goods through Orange Gounty to other <br />11 regions, including employment centers in the Triangle Area (Durham, <br />12 Research Triangle Park and Raleigh) to the east and the Triad <br />13 (~GrLenS~bor®, ~1/inston-Salem and i-~'i~~ Point) to flee wrest <br />14 <br />1s Ma®or US and /VC routes linking Grange County with surrounding' <br />16 areas a/so provide infra-county access and linkage to the ruraA areas <br />17 of the County. US 70 is a. major highway that provides east-west <br />18 access through Orange County, linking the City of Durham in Durham <br />19 C®unty, the Town of Hillsborough in Orange County and the Town of <br />20 Mebane in Alamance County. US 9v and US g09 provide north-south <br />21 access linking the city of Durham to the Towns of Chapel Hill and <br />22 Carrboro and the Town of Pittsboro in Chatham County iVC 86 <br />23 provides north-s®uth access .through Orange County from Caswell <br />24 .County and links the Towns of Hillsborough and Chapel Hill nIC 57 <br />2s provides north=south access from Person County throe h Orange <br />26 County to the Town of Hillsborough. NC 54 provides linkage ,between <br />27 Research Triangle Park in Durham and Wake Counties, the Towns of <br />28 chapel Hill and Carrboro, and Greensboro in Guilford Ccaunt~ <br />29 <br />3o A widespread state-maintained system of Secondary Roads provides <br />31 access to the major regional corridors from the rural areas of the <br />32 COUnty. <br />33 <br />34 Local roads emphasize the /aid access function, and connect rural <br />3s residential and commercial development with the Secondary Road <br />36 System and major US and f1-C corridors. <br />37 <br />38 Map 9-3 below illustrates how Orange County road network functions to provide <br />39 infer-county and infra-county access. <br />OrraiCo-uv~,ty Co-nn~v~eh.~v-~vve~~ 7,cY.w Public Hearing Draft 5-6-08 Page 9-8 <br />