As much as I love North Carolina, I never understood how people could slam South Carolina for their roads but give you guys a pass. :) There's some parts of 95 and 85 that are just amazingly bad (85 from the VA state line down through Oxford/Henderson to Rocky Mount, and 95 down through Halifax/Roanoke Rapids). And of course the endless construction zone on I-85 around Salisbury, and that horrific bridge across the Yadkin River near there.
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We are now paying $15,000,000 to fix part of I-40 at Durham and Chapel Hill that is flying off in HUGE chunks.......of conrete! And it's only about two years old.
Our roads are dreadful. I don't drive that part of 95 that you would; I live just above Raleigh, outside 540 near Creedmoor, so we just jump up there and hit 85 -- and it's bad.......just horrible. It's almost a relief to hit the border! :-)
As for the work at Salisbury, they must be moving that road one inch to the left, with a spoon. I can't remember when those barrels weren't there.
I just hold my breath at that bridge; being doing that for 40 years.