2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 136 - Transportation.
§ 136-178. Purpose and description of Intrastate System.

§ 136‑178.  Purpose and description of Intrastate System.

(a)        The Intrastate System is established to provide high‑speed, safe travel service throughout the State. It connects major population centers both inside and outside the State and provides safe, convenient, through‑travel for motorists. It is designed to support statewide growth and development objectives and to connect to major highways of adjoining states. All segments of the routes in the Intrastate System shall have at least four travel lanes except those for which projected traffic volumes and environmental considerations dictate fewer lanes. When warranted, segments of the Intrastate System shall have vertical separation or interchanges at crossings, more than four travel lanes, or bypasses. Access to a route in the Intrastate System is determined by travel service and economic considerations.

Funds allocated from the Trust Fund for the Intrastate System are primarily intended to be used to complete the projects listed in G.S. 136‑179. If Intrastate Trust Funds assigned to a distribution region through the provisions of G.S. 136‑17.2A cannot be used for projects listed in G.S. 136‑179, then they may be used for projects on the following route segments or corridors:

I‑26 from Tennessee to South Carolina.

I‑40 from Tennessee to US 17 in New Hanover County.

I‑73 from South Carolina to Virginia.

I‑74 from South Carolina to Virginia.

I‑77 from South Carolina to Virginia.

I‑85 from South Carolina to Virginia.

I‑95 from South Carolina to Virginia.

I‑240 in Buncombe County.

I‑277 in Mecklenburg County.

I‑440 in Wake County.

US 1 from South Carolina to I‑85 in Vance County.

US 13 from US 17 in Bertie County to Virginia.

US 17 from South Carolina to Virginia.

US 19/19E from I‑26 in Madison County to NC 194 in Avery County.

US 23/441 from Georgia to US 74 in Jackson County.

US 29 from I‑40 in Guilford County to Virginia.

US 52 from I‑74 in Surry County to I‑85 in Davidson County.

US 64 from US 52 in Davidson County to US 158 in Dare County.

US 70 from I‑40 in Wake County to NC 24 in Carteret County.

US 74 from Tennessee to US 17 in Brunswick County, including Independence Boulevard from I‑277 to I‑485 in Mecklenburg County.

US 158 from US 52 in Forsyth County to I‑85 in Granville County, and from I‑85 in Warren County to US 64 in Dare County.

US 221 from South Carolina to NC 105 in Avery County.

US 264 from US 64 in Wake County to US 17 in Beaufort County.

US 321 from South Carolina to Tennessee.

US 421 from US 321 west of Boone in Watauga County to I‑40 in Forsyth County, and from I‑85 in Guilford County to NC 87 in Lee County.

NC 24 from I‑77 in Mecklenburg County to US 70 in Carteret County.

NC 87 from US 421 in Lee County to US 74/76 in Columbus County.

NC 105 from US 221 in Avery County to US 321 in Watauga County.

NC 168 from US 158 in Currituck County to Virginia.

NC 194 from US 19E to US 221 in Avery County.

New route from US 158 to NC 12, including a new toll bridge over the Currituck Sound in Currituck County.

Interstate routes or corridors designated by Congress or officially accepted onto the Interstate System by the United States Department of Transportation.

Any portion of an urban loop project, as described in G.S. 136‑180, that has been certified by the Department as complete and is no longer eligible for funding from the urban loop allocation specified in G.S. 136‑176(b)(2).

The Department of Transportation may add a route to the Intrastate System if the route is a multilane route and has been designed and built to meet the construction criteria of the Intrastate System projects. No funds may be expended from the Trust Fund on routes added by the Department.

(b)        Before encumbering or spending any funds on projects added to the Intrastate System by this section, in addition to those projects required to receive first priority pursuant to G.S. 136‑179, the Department shall submit a report to the legislators representing the counties in which the priority projects that have not been completed are located on the current status of the project, the projected date for completion of the project, and the reasons for the delay in completing the project. (1989, c. 692, s. 1.1; 2004‑124, s. 30.21(c).)