North Carolina Highway Traffic Volumes

[cowboy_wilhelm]

I-40 in Durham County is now the most traveled section of highway in North Carolina. The section between Page Road and I-540 saw an annual average daily traffic (AADT) volume of 192,000 vehicles in 2016. This surpassed I-77 in Mecklenburg County - historically the most traveled highway in North Carolina - by 11,000 vehicles in 2016. Two other sections of I-40 in Durham and Wake counties also saw traffic volumes exceed those of I-77 between I-277 and I-85 in 2016.

Below is a table highlighting some traffic volume statistics across North Carolina in 2016.

Category	Highway	County	Location	AADT
Most traveled Interstate highway	I-40	Durham	Exit 282 to Exit 283	192,000
Least traveled Interstate highway	I-73/I-74	Montgomery	Exit 35 to Exit 39	7,400
Most traveled section of Interstate that is still four-lanes and not under construction (yet)	I-440	Wake	Exit 2 to Exit 3	91,000
Most traveled Interstate loop	I-440	Wake	Exit 7 to Exit 8	148,000
Least traveled Interstate loop	I-840 (incomplete)	Guilford	Exit 19 to Exit 21	17,000
Most traveled Interstate spur	I-795	Wilson	Exit 38 to Exit 40	30,000
Least traveled Interstate spur	I-795	Wilson	Exit 107 to Exit 108	12,000
Interstate lowest maximum AADT	I-140	New Hanover	Exit 17 to Exit 20	18,000
Interstate greatest minimum AADT	I-495/I-87	Wake	Exit 419 to Exit 420	85,000
Greatest Interstate traffic increase (volume), 2011-2016	I-485	Mecklenburg	Exit 30 to Exit 32	+57,000
Greatest Interstate traffic increase (percent), 2011-2016	I-74	Guilford	Exit 75 to Exit 79	+167.9%
Greatest Interstate traffic decrease (volume), 2011-2016	I-77	Mecklenburg	Exit 25 to Exit 28 (construction)	-5,000
Greatest Interstate traffic decrease (percent), 2011-2016	I-73/I-74	Montgomery	Exit 35 to Exit 39	-22.1%
Most traveled non-Interstate highway	US 74/ Independence Blvd	Mecklenburg	Exit 243 to Exit 244	107,000

Edited October 1, 2017 by cowboy_wilhelm

[rancenc]

Great news for the I-95 corridor in the eastern part of the state

https://www.robesonian.com/news/150438/construction-to-begin-next-summer-for-i-95-widening-project-through-lumberton