Final Study Published
The final report of the U.S. 17 feasibility study was released in December 2018.
The report concluded the proposed project would require the acquisition of property along the existing roadway as well as in new locations where the proposed road alignment may diverge from the existing U.S. 17 alignment.
As an interstate, U.S. 17 would be accessible only through interchanges. While this would promote traffic flow, it would also impact residential and commercial establishments that directly connect to U.S. 17. The proposed project would also come into contact with wetlands in multiple areas along the study area.
AECOM, a private engineering firm that gathered information for the study, examined forecast traffic volumes, level-of-service, traffic flow, crash analysis, right-of-way impacts, utility impacts and environmental impacts as it prepared conceptual designs for the proposed improvements. Cost estimates were prepared for construction, utilities, and right of way for each segment and alternate.
NCDOT will now determine if any segments of the study area should be funded and scheduled for development and/or construction in the draft State Transportation Improvement Program. Once a segment is funded, it will begin the National Environmental Policy Act process.
Study Segments
Because the U.S. 17 feasibility study spans approximately 80 miles in seven counties, NCDOT broke the study into various segments.
1
| Upgrade U.S. 17 through Williamston.
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1A
| Build U.S. 17 on a new location east of the existing U.S. 17 in Martin County.
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1B
| Build U.S. 17 on a new location east of the existing U.S. 17 in Martin County with a new bridge crossing the Roanoke River into Bertie County.
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2
| Upgrade U.S. 17 from the Lower Roanoke River Wetlands Wildlife Refuge to just north of Ward Road in Bertie County.
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3
| Upgrade U.S. 17 from just north of Ward Road to just south of N.C. 308 on the U.S. 13/17 Bypass in Windsor.
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3A
| Relocate the U.S. 17 Bypass to a new location west of the existing U.S. 17 Bypass to a connection just south of N.C. 308 in Bertie County.
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4
| Upgrade U.S. 17 Bypass from just south of N.C. 308 to just east of Wakelon Road in Bertie County.
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5
| Upgrade U.S. 17 from the U.S. 17 Bypass just east of Wakelon Road to the bridge over the Chowan River.
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5A
| Upgrade U.S. 17 south of the existing U.S. 17 from just east of Wakelon Road to the bridge over the Chowan River.
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6
| Upgrade U.S. 17 from the bridge over the Chowan River to just north of N.C. 37 (Haughton Road) north of Edenton in Chowan County.
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7
| Upgrade U.S. 17 from just north of N.C. 37 (Haughton Road) to the U.S. 17 Bypass south of Elizabeth City in Perquimans County.
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7A
| Upgrade U.S. 17 in Perquimans County from just north of N.C. 37 (Haughton Road) to Wiggins Road in Winfall.
Build U.S. 17 on new location from Wiggins Road to the U.S. 17 Bypass south of Elizabeth City in Pasquotank County.
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8
| Upgrade the U.S. 17 Bypass in Elizabeth City from U.S. 17 to just south of U.S. 158 (North Road Street) north of Elizabeth City.
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9
| Upgrade U.S. 17 from just south of U.S. 158 (North Road Street) to the bridge over the Dismal Swamp Canal in Camden County.
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10
| Upgrade U.S. 17 in Camden County from the bridge over the Dismal Swamp Canal to the Virginia state line.
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