Pittsboro, like the rest of Chatham County, is growing. As a result, heavier truck traffic along US 15/501 through Downtown Pittsboro has led local leadership to ask NCDOT to move US 15/501 as the North/South route through downtown.
Instead, US 15/501 will be routed along NC 87 North and west of Downtown Pittsboro to the US 64 Bypass. At the Bypass, 15/501 will head briefly east on US 64 to pick up 15/501's regular route North towards Chapel Hill and Durham.
But this is just temporary. Just east of Downtown Pittsboro, the Chatham Parkway is being completed. When that road is finished, US 15/501 will move to the new road and serve as an eastern bypass for North/South traffic around Pittsboro.
NC 902 has been truncated slightly to end at NC 87. There is no change to Business US 64, as that will continue to travel through Downtown Pittsboro along West and East Streets.
NCDOT has now signed the changes around Pittsboro. Tracy Snead, a friend of the blog, was kind enough to send along some photos.
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| US 15/501 is now signed (temporarily) on the US 64 Bypass around Pittsboro. (Tracy Snead) |
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| From the US 64 Bypass West offramp at NC 87. US 15/501 will now follow NC 87 to Sanford Road. NC 87 at Sanford Road is where the reroute of US 15/501 ends/begins. (Tracy Snead) |
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| As a result of the US 15/501 route changes, NC 902 now ends at NC 87. Before this, NC 902 continued North on NC 87 to Business US 64, ending there. This change eliminates the dual NC 87/902 designation. (Tracy Snead) |
Links:
- US 15 @ NCRoads.com Annex ---Mike Roberson
- US 501 @ NCRoads.com Annex ---Mike Roberson
- NC 87 @ NCRoads.com Annex ---Mike Roberson
- NC 902 @ NCRoads.com Annex ----Mike Roberson
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