Interstate 95 Business (North Carolina)

The entire route, except for two short segments at its northern and southern termini, is concurrent with US Highway 301 (US 301). The {{convert|16|mi|km|adj=on}} route is partly an expressway and is an urban boulevard in downtown Fayetteville. In downtown Fayetteville, I-95 Bus. is cosigned as Eastern Boulevard.

At each terminus, access from I-95 Bus. to I-95 is limited. For example, at the southern terminus, drivers on I-95 Bus. heading south can only merge with I-95 south, while, at the northern terminus, drivers on I-95 Bus. heading north can only merge with I-95 north.

By 1973, I-95 was largely complete in North Carolina."Interstate Highway System: 95" timeline. State of North Carolina Department of Transportation. ca. 2006. [https://web.archive.org/web/20220000000000*/http://www.ncdot.org/public/50thanniv/ncinterstates/download/factsI95.pdf Archived] on 5 July 2006. Retrieved 30 August 2022. In the two remaining incomplete sections, one around Fayetteville and the other around Wilson and Rocky Mount, traffic was routed over four-lane divided stretches of US 301. Much of these "Temporary I-95" routes were lined with businesses catering to the heavy through traffic. Local businesses in Fayetteville opposed the state's proposed route bypassing the city and counterproposed an urban route."Supreme Court to Get Case on I-95 Section." The Free Lance-Star. 8 August 1975. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19750808&id=7OJNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aIsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3811,922246&hl=en p. 7.]Adam Prince. [https://www.gribblenation.org/2019/06/governor-hunt-cuts-ribbon-on-doomsday.html "'Governor Hunt Cuts Ribbon on Doomsday' - The drawnout legal battle to build the I-95 Fayetteville Bypass."] Gribblenation. 22 June 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2022. Despite appeals to the US Supreme Court, their efforts failed but delayed completion of I-95 around Fayetteville.

In anticipation of the completion of the final two sections of I-95, the "Temporary I-95" routes were both designated I-95 Bus. in May 1978.{{cite web |url=http://www.vahighways.com/ncannex/route-log/ih95b.html|title=NCRoads.com: I-95 Business|access-date=2022-08-30}} The route through Fayetteville initially entirely overlapped with US 301 connecting an incomplete gap from nearby Hope Mills (exit 40) to Eastover (exit 56). When I-95 east of Fayetteville was completed in April 1980, I-95 Bus. was extended to meet the new freeway. Large signs at the entrances of I-95 Bus. were erected to promote the businesses that were bypassed along the mainline.

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In anticipation of the completion of the penultimate stretch of I-95 in North Carolina, bypassing the cities of Wilson and Rocky Mount, the former "Temporary I-95", consisting largely of parallel US 301, was designated I-95 Bus. in May 1978. In November of that year, that section of I-95 was completed."Opening of I-95 Set for Monday." Spring Hope Enterprise. 16 November 1978. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1105&dat=19781116&id=F0NlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=i5MNAAAAIBAJ&pg=346,3408468 p. 2.]

I-95 Bus. traversed {{convert|44.6|mi|km}} from Kenly (exit 107) to Gold Rock (exit 145). The route ran concurrently with US 301 from Kenly through Wilson and Rocky Mount to just south of Battleboro, and it then proceeded alone over a four-lane divided connector road back onto mainline I-95 (the former North Carolina Highway 1522 [NC 1522]). Large signs at the entrances of I-95 Bus. were erected to promote the businesses that were bypassed along the mainline.

In January 1986, I-95 Bus. was decommissioned; NC 4 was extended onto the connector road from Gold Rock to its current southern terminus at US 301 south of Battleboro.{{cite web |url=http://www.vahighways.com/ncannex/route-log/nc004.html|title=NCRoads.com: N.C. 4|access-date=2022-08-30}} Until 2022, a sign was still in place showing a slightly covered part of the I-95 Bus. shield, but it was replaced as a part of a major widening project of I-95 between exits 101 to 107.{{Cite web |last=Prince |first=Adam |title=Local Sign Find - The Last Remnant of Business Interstate 95 Between Kenly and Rocky Mount, NC |url=http://www.gribblenation.org/2020/08/local-sign-find-last-remnant-of.html |website=Gribblenation |date=2020-08-30| access-date=2022-08-30 |language=en}}

File:Old I95B sign.png|Before July 2022, a sign showing a slightly covered part of the I-95 Bus. shield with the words "NORTH"

File:New I95B Sign.jpg|After a widening project, the replacement sign erasing the final legacy of the route

File:3-Di Sign on NC 4 that still includes Kenly.jpg|Southbound NC 4 near Rocky Mount, where the destination sign still shows Wilson and Kenly.

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• Interstate 295 (North Carolina), a {{asof|2022|alt=future}} loop around western Fayetteville

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95 Business (North Carolina)

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Category:Transportation in Fayetteville, North Carolina

Category:Transportation in Cumberland County, North Carolina