Formula Grant 370710027HY20

PROJECT TITLE: SR 1818 (JOHNSON STREET) / SR 1850 (SANDY RIDGE ROAD) FROM SR 1820 (SKEET CLUB ROAD) TO I-40 IN HIGH POINT. WIDEN TO FOUR LANES. :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THIS PROJECT PROPOSES TO WIDEN AND IMPROVE SR 1818 (JOHNSON STREET) AND SR 1850 (SANDY RIDGE ROAD) IN THE CITY OF HIGH POINT AND GUILFORD COUNTY. THE JOHNSON STREET LOCATION GOES FROM SR 1850 (SKEET CLUB ROAD) TO SR 1850 (SANDY RIDGE ROAD); THE SANDY RIDGE ROAD LOCATION GOES FROM SR 1818 (JOHNSON STREET) TO I-40. THE PROJECT IS APPROXIMATELY 4.4 MILES LONG. JOHNSON STREET AND SANDY RIDGE ROAD WILL BE WIDENED ALONG THE FULL PROJECT CORRIDOR TO A FOUR LANE MEDIAN DIVIDED FACILITY. THE TYPICAL SECTION INCLUDES FOUR 12-FOOT LANES, A 23-FOOT MEDIAN, 4-FOOT BIKE LANES ON EACH SIDE, A 10-FOOT MULTI-USE PATH ON THE WEST SIDE (SOUTH OF GALLIMORE DAIRY ROAD), AND A 5-FOOT SIDEWALK ON THE EAST SIDE. A NEW FOUR-LANE BRIDGE WILL BE BUILT OVER THE WEST FORK DEEP RIVER ON THE LOCATION OF THE EXISTING BRIDGE AND TO THE EAST TO AVOID IMPACTS TO THE JOHNSON STREET SPORTS COMPLEX. MEDIAN BREAKS WILL BE PROVIDED AT TEN SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS AND FIVE NON-SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS. RIGHT-IN / RIGHT-OUT ACCESS WOULD BE PROVIDED AT SEVEN LOCATIONS. IN ADDITION, U-TURN BULBS WILL BE PROVIDED AT FOUR LOCATIONS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO IMPROVE EXISTING AND PROJECTED TRAFFIC FLOW AND CAPACITY ON JOHNSON STREET AND SANDY RIDGE ROAD, TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS ALONG THE CORRIDOR, AND TO PROVIDE A FACILITY THAT CONFORMS TO NCDOT ROADWAY DESIGN STANDARDS. NOTE: U-4758 WAS ORIGINALLY PROGRAMMED IN THE 2012-2020 STIP FOR PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES ONLY. THIS CHANGED IN THE 2016-2025 STIP WHEN THE PROJECT BECAME FULLY PROGRAMMED (I.E., SCHEDULE FOR DELIVERY).