Project Overview
Planning and development are underway to improve safety and ease traffic congestion along U.S. 15-501, U.S. 1, and N.C. 5 in Moore County.
Proposed improvements will include the addition of a raised median and limiting left turns in most areas. Segments of the three highways now have various lane configurations with a two-way center turn lane, which the N.C. Department of Transportation would mostly eliminate through the construction of a
reduced conflict intersection.
Initial construction began in summer 2024 to remove vegetation and obstructions within the new right of way limits. It is anticipated that all improvements will be completed by the fall 2028.
Project Funding
This proposed project is identified as U-5814, U-5815A, U-5815B, and U-5756 in the
N.C. Department of Transportation's State Transportation Improvement Program and is funded for $274 million.
U.S. 15-501 from U.S. 1 in Aberdeen to Brucewood Road in Southern Pines
| $61.7 million
|
U.S. 1 from Knight Street in Aberdeen to Old U.S. 1 in Southern Pines
| $92.6 million
|
N.C. 5 from U.S. 1 in Aberdeen and ending at the intersection of Trotter Drive/Blake Boulevard in Pinehurst
| $119.7 million
|
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Total cost |
$274 million |
*Estimated costs subject to change