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North Carolina Department of Transportation Statewide Planning Branch Small Urban Planning Unit Thoroughfare Plan for Watauga County AUG 2 6 2002 OF NORTHC RALEIGH July 2002 Watauga County Thoroughfare Plan Prepared by the: Statewide Planning Branch Division of Highways North Carolina Department of Transportation In cooperation with: Watagua County The Federal Highway Administration U.S. Department of Transportation July 2002 Travis K. Marshall, P.E. Small Urban Planning Unit Head Acknowledgments Persons responsible for this report: Project Engineer: L.A. McKoy, E.I.T. Small Urban Planning Unit Head: T. K. Marshall, P.E. Group Manager: L. L. Cove, P.E. Manager Statewide Planning Branch: A. B. Norwood, P.E. Engineering Technician: L. Toney Executive Summary This plan documents the findings of a thoroughfare plan study for Watauga County. Below is a listing and brief description of these findings. A more detailed discussion of these recommendations can be found in Chapter 2. Principal Arterials ♦ US 421: four-lane divided facility on new location from NC 194 to 2 miles east of US 221 for 11.9 miles (R-529). ♦ NC 105: widen roadway to a multi-lane facility from western Boone Urban Planning Boundary (BUPB) to the Avery County Line (R-2566). ♦ US 321 (South of Boone): widen roadway to a four-lane facility from just north of US 221 interchange to the Caldwell County Line (R-2237). ♦ US 321 (West of Boone): widen from two 10-foot lanes to two 12-foot lanes from Cove Creek Bridge to Avery County Line. Minor Arterials ♦ US 421 (North of Boone): widen roadway to a multi-lane facility from US 321 in Boone to the Tennessee State Line (R-2615). ♦ US 221: widen roadway to a four-lane divided facility from US 421 to the Ashe County Line (R-2915). Major Collectors ♦ NC 194 (North of Boone): widen roadway to a four-lane divided facility from US 421 to SR 1306 (Howards Creek Road). It is also recommended to widen the facility from SR 1306 to SR 1327 (Jack Hayes Road) to a three-lane facility. ♦ NC 194 (South of Boone): widen existing 9 or 10-foot lanes to 10 and 11-foot lanes from US 421 to Avery County Line. ♦ NC 88: widen from two 9-foot lanes to two 10-foot lanes from Ashe County Line to Tennessee State Line. Minor Collectors ♦ SR 1557/1552 (Shulls Mill Road): improve from 8 and 10-foot lanes to 11-foot lanes from SR 1568 (Old Shulls Mill Road) to US 221. ♦ SR 1112 (Broadstone Road): Install a right turning lane in front of the Valle Crucis Elementary School. ♦ SR 1508 (Elk Creek Road): improve from 9-foot lanes to 11 -foot lanes from SR 1583 (Wes Randall Road) to US 421. RECOMMENDATIONS LEGEND 3 LANES ^^K i I ■ I I ■ i 4 LANES ■■" ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ I 5 LANES 3 33 33 PAVEMENT TO W TtF PROJECT NUMBER URBAN PLANNING BOUNDARY WATAUGA COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA SBUEWHJB PLANNING 3BAJVCB CALOWEUL COUNTY a 1 2 3 ^ Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from State Library of North Carolina http://www.archive.org/details/wataugacountytho2002nort