Interstate 795 (North Carolina)
|
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
_map.svg) |
||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by NCDOT | ||||
| Length: | 25.41 mi (40.89 km) | |||
| Existed: | 2007 – present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end: |
 US 70 in Goldsboro
|
|||
|
||||
| North end: |
  I‑95 / US 264 near Wilson |
|||
| Location | ||||
| Counties: | Wilson, Wayne | |||
| Highway system | ||||
|
||||
→
Interstate 795 (I-795) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway spur in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It runs 24 miles (39 km), connecting the city of Goldsboro to Interstate 95 just south of Wilson, paralleling the northern portion of U.S. Route 117. The road runs a short 5 mile concurrency with US 264 in the last section of the route. It serves as a primary freeway spur for the city of Goldsboro to the Interstate Highway system, as well part of a major cargo route for the cities of Down East North Carolina, which was a part of the impetus for its designation in 2007.
Interstate 795 began in 2007 as a renumbering of the US 117 freeway. Since oversized trucks couldn't use US 117 the state decided to get the road approved for Interstate designation. On September 28, 2007 AASHTO decided to approve the I-795 designation. The state quickly began to renumber mile posts, update signs and move US 117 back to its original designation. In 2008 major flaws in the surface of the highway began to develop. The thin road surface had begun to deteriorate mainly because of heavy truck use. The pavement was found to have flaws along the entire route and the FHWA decided that the highway should be resurfaced adding an extra 2.5 to 3 inches to the surface. The project of resurfacing the road was completed in 2010 and was later awarded the Sheldon G. Hayes Award for the best highway construction project and the smoothest road of 2011.
Interstate 795 begins at an interchange with US 70 in Goldsboro, North Carolina. From there the highway begins to head north through the northern parts of Goldsboro. The road passes Lane Tree Golf Course before having an interchange with U.S. 70 Bypass. After the U.. 70 Bypass interchange Interstate 795 begins to pass through the northern neighborhoods of Goldsboro before entering the eastern North Carolina countryside. Just after leaving Goldsboro the highway bypasses the small town of Pikeville. The highway runs along the western edge of the town. Interstate 795 has an interchange with Pikeville-Princeton Road before leaving the Pikeville area. As the highway begins to get closer to Wilson it bears to the west once again to bypass Fremont, another small town north of Goldsboro. Interstate 795 has an interchange with NC 222 The road continues to head north paralleling US 117 as it leaves the town.
...
Wikipedia