Chapter 8 Modern Transportation and Communication Systems

There is one major interstate freeway go through Raleigh, it is the I-40, that freeway goes on the southern part of the city. That freeway connecting Raleigh to Durham, and Chapel Hill toward the west, and the beach where Wilmington is located in the south east North Carolina. There two beltline freeways go around Raleigh it is the I-440 the inner loop and I-540 the outer loop. There several U.S Highways and Local state Highways. There is 5 U.S highways, 3 state highways go in to the city. The U.S highways are U.S 1 it enters the city from the north and along the Capital Boulevard; it joins I-440 around the west side of Raleigh, and leaves the city to the southwest. U.S 70 runs from northwest to southwest through Raleigh, and north of downtown. U.S 264 runs through east Raleigh and U.S 401 runs north of downtown Raleigh. And the 3 state highways are N.C 54 runs to Chapel Hill and ends in the inner loop I-440, N.C50 runs north to south through Raleigh and later it joins with U.S70 and U.S401 to run though south Raleigh and N.C 98 it located in the northern part of the city and know to be as the Durham route.


There an intercity rail in Raleigh that is part of Amtrak that goes around North Carolina and all over the east coast.



According to Wikipedia Raleigh’s public transportation is operated by
“Capital Area Transit (CAT), which operates 37 bus on fixed routes and a historic trolley line within the city, and the Triangle Transit Authority (TTA), which offers scheduled, and fixed-route regional and commuter bus service between Raleigh and the metropolitan region's other principal cities ofDurham, Cary and Chapel Hill , as well as to and from the Raleigh-Durham International Airport, Research Triangle Park and several of the region's larger suburban communities. TTA also coordinates an extensive vanpool and rideshare program that serves the region's larger employers and commute destinations.”
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina)

Is only one international airport in Raleigh it’s the Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) and there 10 privately own airports in the city. They are :

1. Triple W Airport
2. Peacock Stolport Airport
3. Raleigh East Airport
4. North Raleigh Airport
5. Fuquay/Angier Field Airport
6. Field of Dreams Airport
7. Deck Airpark Airport
8. Cox Airport
9. Bagwell Airport
10. Ball Airport