DOT officials broke ground in Wayne County today on the first 3.9-mile section of a planned U.S. 70 bypass around the north side of Goldsboro.
Barnhill has a $65 million contract to build the section marked as BA on this map, from west of I-795 and U.S. 117 to east of Wayne Memorial Drive. The work is to be finished by the end of December 2011.
The entire 20.5-mile bypass, planned as a four-lane expressway, will cost an estimated $300 million. Construction is expected some time after 2015 on the other sections.
Bruce Siceloff reports on traffic and transportation. A News & Observer reporter and editor since 1976, he took over the 
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"Expressway", or freeway?
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 11:23 — Bob (not verified)Bruce, you wrote that the new road would be a 4-lane expressway. I hope that's not correct; I would rather see a freeway. (For those confused about the difference between these two types of roads, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expressway. In particular note that: "In the United States, an expressway is defined by the federal government’s Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices as a divided highway with partial control of access.[1] In contrast, a freeway is defined as a divided highway with full control of access."
it's about time.. all major
Fri, 10/10/2008 - 16:16 — johnfxit's about time.. all major east west hwys, US 64, US 70, US 74, should be up to interstate standards.. US 74 is a beautiful road from I-26 to Cleveland Co, , where it becomes a nightmare until you get to Kings Mt area. NC DOT needs to make use of overpasses and access roads like they do in Texas. we should be able to drive from the mtns to the beach on any major road and not have to stop at red lights.....