2030 Comprehensive Plan Update, April 2024

Transportation

Table T-1 Summary of General Street Capacity

Typical Two-Way Volumes

Street Type

Typical Section

Examples

At least two or three lanes in each direction, with medians no direct driveway access

> 40,000 Vehicles per Day (VPD)

Freeway

I-40, I-440, US 64 Bypass

Four lanes in each direction with medians and limitations on driveway access

Portions of Glenwood Avenue, Capital Boulevard, South Saunders Street

Eight-lane Street

40,000-60,000 VPD

Three lanes in each direction, with medians or a center turn lane and limitations on driveway access

US 401 (Louisburg Road.), NC 50 (Creedmoor Road), Wake Forest Road, Falls of Neuse Road, Hammond Road

Six-lane Street

25,000 – 45,000 VPD

Millbrook Road, Lynn Road, Hillsborough Street, Blue Ridge Road, Leesville Road, Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Brier Creek Parkway

Two lanes in each direction, with medians or a center turn lane and varying limitations on driveway access

Four-lane Street

15,000 – 35,000 VPD

At least one lane in each direction, with medians or a center turn lane

Clark Avenue, Ray Road, Newton Road, Lassiter Mill Road, Peace Street

Three-lane Street

8,000 – 20,000 VPD

One lane in each direction with various configurations for on street parking

Two-lane Street

<10,000 VPD

Various

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