DRAFT Comprehensive Transportation Plan Update: February 23, 2018 version

EXISTING

CONDITIONS

TRANSPORTATION

The transportation network within and around Morrisville is primarily oriented to serve automobile travel. Several major roadways, detailed

in Table 2-3 , serve the Town including I-40, I-540, and the Triangle Expressway (NC 147 and NC 540) to the north; Davis Drive to the west

and NC 54 to the east, which bisects the Town from north to south; and several east-west corridors including McCrimmon Parkway, Airport

Boulevard, Morrisville-Carpenter Road, Aviation Parkway, Morrisville Parkway, and NW Cary Parkway. The rapid development of residential

subdivisions without investment in major roadway projects has yielded a disconnected street network and stress on the Town’s major

corridors. Roadways within the Town are owned and maintained by either NCDOT, the Town of Morrisville, or private entities such as

neighborhood associations. NCDOT maintains the following roads within the Town of Morrisville:

Airport Boulevard

Louis Stephens Road

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Aviation Parkway

McCrimmon Parkway

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Cary Parkway

Morrisville-Carpenter Road

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Church Street

Morrisville Parkway

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Davis Drive

NC 54 (Chapel Hill Road)

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Evans Road

NC 540

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Holly Creek Road

Slater Road

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Jerusalem Drive

Sorrell Grove Church Road

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Kit Creek Road

Watkins Road (partial)

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Lichtin Boulevard (partial)

Wilson Road

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While the Town’s walking and bicycling network has seen significant growth and many opportunities for increased access to transit exist,

Morrisville’s growth patterns and commuting trends continue to present significant challenges for the Town of Morrisville to overcome

when considering how best to maintain and improve its transportation network.

Table 2-3: Major Roadways

NCDOT Functional Classification 1

Roadway

AADTs (2015)

Typical Cross-Section

Multimodal Features

21,000 to 31,000

Multi-use paths and sidewalks

Davis Drive

Minor Arterial

4-lane median-divided

NC 147 2

13,000

Freeway

6-lane freeway

n/a

4,400 to 4,600

Town Hall Drive

Local

4-lane median-divided

Sidewalks

Church Street

9,300

Local

2-lane

Sidewalks

NC 54 (Chapel Hill Road)

16,000 to 22,000

Principal Arterial

2-lane

Few sidewalks

I-40

151,000

Interstate

9-lane freeway

n/a

20,000 to 25,000 15,000 to 16,000 10,000 to 16,000 15,000 to 31,000 11,000 to 33,000

Sidewalks and wide outside lanes Sidewalks and multi-use paths

NW Cary Parkway

Minor Arterial

4-lane median divided

Morrisville Parkway

Major Collector

4-lane median-divided

Morrisville-Carpenter Road

Minor Arterial

2-lane

sidewalks

Few sidewalks and multi-use paths

Aviation Parkway

Minor Arterial

2-lane

5-lane including center turn lane

Airport Boulevard

Minor Arterial

Sidewalks

Perimeter Park Drive

4,900

Local

4-lane median-divided

Sidewalks

8,400 to 17,000 27,000 to 40,000

Sidewalks and multi-use paths

McCrimmon Parkway

Local

4-lane median divided

NC 540

Freeway

6-lane freeway

n/a

1 NCDOT categorizes streets and highways into functional classes based on the character of service they are intended to provide in serving the flow of traffic through the roadway network. 2 NC 147 lies mostly outside of the Town of Morrisville’s jurisdiction

Motor Vehicle Volumes NCDOT collects traffic volume data on state-maintained roadways every other year and develops estimates called average annual daily

traffic volumes (AADTs) which represent two-way traffic volumes on an average weekday. The most recent segment level AADTs for the

state-maintained roadways in Morrisville are from 2015 and are shown in Table 2-3 and Figure 2-16 . NCDOT traffic volume data is not

available for the roadway segments without color, and traffic volume data at the segment level is not yet been made available.

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