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Glossary

NC 109:
 

Summary:

Segment Current Type of Highway History/Future Plans
NC 24 in Troy to Denton 2-lane Road No Improvements Planned
Through Denton City Street No Improvements Planned
Denton to Thomasville 2-lane Expressway Completed circa 1970.
Through Thomasville City Street No Improvements Planned
Business I-85 at Thomasville to 1 mile north of Business I-85 4-lane Expressway ROW purchase began August 1998. Construction contract let in October 2000. Construction completed in January 2004.
1 mile north of Business I-85 to 4.6 miles north of Business I-85 2-lane Road This will be upgraded to a 4-lane expressway. ROW purchase began June 2002. Construction contract let in November 2004.
4.6 miles north of Business I-85 to I-40 2-lane Road This is eventually planned to upgraded to a 4-lane expressway, but construction will not begin until after 2010.

 

Detailed Description:

NC 109 is a 2-lane expressway (commonly known as a “super-2”) from Denton, which is located in extreme southern Davidson county, to Thomasville. The northern end of the super-2 is just south of I-85. Prior to the completion of the super 2 expressway, the original alignments for NC 109 followed the following roads from north to south:  Fisher Ferry Road, Denton Road and Old NC Highway 109. Intersections along the super-2 are marked with either right turn lanes or both left and right turn lanes. These turn lanes use small pieces of the shoulder, which has a average width along the highway of 3 feet. Motorists who use NC 109 south of Thomasville are primarily bound to go towards the High Rock and Badin Lake areas with Denton as the only incorporated town along the way. There are no plans to dualize NC 109 south of Denton towards Troy, Mt Gilead, Wadesboro and South Carolina since NC 109 has low traffic volumes. Between Wadesboro and Troy resurfacing was done in summer 2004, creating dedicated turn lanes at key intersections.

There are no plans to dualize NC 109 along the super 2 segment. However, the 2 lane segment from Business I-85 in Thomasville to I-40 / US 311 in Winston-Salem will be multi-laned with a bypass around Wallburg in northern Davidson County. The highway will begin partial construction in 2005 but ROW and construction on the northern segment won't occur for the next several years. The commuter traffic and suburban sprawl along this stretch of NC 109 are likely the most important contributing factors for the widening.

 

Junction Log (southbound on NC 109):

Junction Type of Access Location

The expressway begins just south of I-85 as NC 109 leaves the city of Thomasville.
Ben Lee Road At-grade South of Thomasville
Lee Road At-grade Eastern Davidson Co.
Noahtown Road At-grade Eastern Davidson Co.
Denton Road (old NC 109) / Liberty Church Road At-grade Eastern Davidson Co.
US 64 Diamond Interchange Eastern Davidson Co.
Hannersvile Road / Clarksburg Church Road At-grade Eastern Davidson Co.

Old NC Hwy. 109 appears after Hannersville / Clarksburg intersection running yards parallel with NC 109.
Jolly Road At-grade Southern Davidson Co.
Old US Hwy. 64 At-grade Southern Davidson Co.
Cid Road At-grade Southern Davidson Co.
Cedar Springs Road / Old NC Highway 109 At-grade Southern Davidson Co.
Johnson Road At-grade Denton
Garner Road At-grade Denton
N Main St. At-grade Denton

Continues as an expressway for about a quarter of mile then becomes a city street in Denton

 

Note:

Despite the fact that the NCDOT does not officially acknowledge controlled access or limited access 2-lane highways as expressways in its Strategic Corridors plan, we at Expressway Site believe that these two lane highways can be considered to be super-2 expressways.

 

 

 

Sources:
Lou Corsaro wrote this page. Help was received from Adam Prince, Matt Steffora, and the NCDOT TIP.

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Last Updated: 6/19/05

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