NC 250
All the voices
When you consider the coming of the American Revolution to the colony of North Carolina 250 years ago, you might be tempted to take for granted the remarkable circumstances that…
Interstate 85
Interstate Highway in the Southeastern United States
Transportation
Charlotte’s I-485 opens today!
From the Charlotte Observer: After 27 years of construction, the last piece of Charlotte’s outerbelt will be finished and open for traffic on Friday, June 5, the N.C. Department of…
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Just plain whacked 2
Pretty good Doug Clark column in today’s N&R taking the state to task for borrowing money to fix the Yadkin River bridge over Interstate 85. Something missing, though, such as…
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When is the Yadkin River Bridge Not a Bridge?
When it is a TIGER. You see, if you call it a regional, I-85 improvement the feds might hand you sacks of cash to help come up with the $300m.…
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Yadkin River bridge not shovel ready
Gov. Bev Perdue will tap into fed stimulus cash to pay for a new Interstate 85 bridge over the Yadkin River. Forget Mark Sanford, Bev’s taking the cash. Note that…
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Reading the map
Eight days before the North Carolina primary, you might be interested to read what TIME says about North Carolina?s electoral map. The magazine labels the I-85 corridor a ?blue-collar Clinton…
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Toll bridge over the Yadkin?
The Lexington Dispatch weighs in on the crazy idea of replacing the Interstate 85 bridge over the Yadkin River with a toll bridge. It’s a heavily traveled bridge for local…
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A highway runs through it
The Lexington Dispatch says the confusion surrounding the planned Randolph County welcome centers is “a classic case of the left hand not knowing what the right is doing.” Imagine that.…
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The Black Watch
Now it gets interesting. Everyone wants to know who gave Michael Decker $50,000 and other goodies to switch to the Demo side in 2003. The N&O muses: Plenty of clues…
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New From the Crackheads at NC DOT
A-ha! So saving money does explain 485’s bargain-basement construction. Money quote: Crews are putting up tall lights to illuminate I-485 interchanges in southwest Charlotte, but that work was already in…