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...The six-lane toll road extends N.C. 147 south for nearly four miles from Interstate 40 to the 540 Outer Loop...Read the full article
TriEx is the state’s first modern toll road, but the N.C. Turnpike Authority won’t start charging drivers to use it until Jan. 3.
When construction on the $1 billion Triangle Expressway is finished in December 2012, the road will reach 18.8 miles from I-40 in RTP through the bustling ’burbs of western Wake County to N.C. 55 at Holly Springs.
The short section opening Thursday doesn’t look like much on a big map, but commuters say it could provide big relief from rush-hour congestion on the busiest highways at the center of the region.
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