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E S` 4• G 16 1999 N. C. DEPT. Of TR0,,SFORTATION DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS' 7th DIV DISTRICT I : C"nHAM �, .._... 1- 40/01d N.C.Highway as District ;w Other than 1-40, only one road has been included an the Orange County and H hborough Thoroughfare Plans - Old N.C.Highway 86. Classified as an arterial street, Old N.C.Highway s6 is currently capable of handing 10,000 vehicles per day and had an average daisy traffic volume of 8,300 vehicles per day in 1986. By the year 2005, traffic on the road is expected to reach 19,600 vehicles per day. With traffic volumes expected to exceed the capacity of the road, the Hillsborough Thoroughfare Plan calls for the widening of Old N.C.Highway s6. The proposed cross section for widening is a.four -lane facility, with sidewalks and two travel tans in either direction, plus a center turn lane. To accampfish the widening, the right - of-way would also have to be expanded from 60 feet to so feet. 100' ROW Travel lanes. Travel lanes t s' 12' 1 1 -s' Sidewalk -4s' Sidewalk 4' Bike lane I 2W Landscape Mediae 4' Bike lane Pr�oasrdl�acP�lxir crassseefAOVllfar- O.ddncc. kgo Rather than utilize the five -lame facility proposed in the HMsbcrough Thoroughfare Plan, a different crass section is 'Amerx><� 1- 17 -St3 - desired. To provide an attractive entranceway into Hi bborough and to prevent the strip commercialicross-traffic turning movements associated With Churton Street, the crass Section would be changed to provide a landscape median instead of a center turn lane. Turn lanes would only be available at designated access points. These points were identified on the schematic plans presented in section 2. 1, Development Areas. In addition to the landscape median, the outside lane would be widened from 12 feet to 16 feet to accommodate bike lanes Etarr m c Deveftrwnt &rftts Desirt MarxW Pape 3.3. 10