North Carolina gets designations for 2 more interstates
(WRAL TV – May 26, 2016)
“It makes it easier in terms of economic development. When people are looking for a place to locate or expand a business, they ask, ‘Does it have interstate access?'” said Joe Milazzo II, Regional Transportation Alliance executive. “We’ll have counties that will now have that, and eastern North Carolina will get their first interstate to Hampton roads.”
Milazzo said the I-87 designation pays tribute to important dates in North Carolina history. The Roanoke Colony was founded in 1587, James Madison's Virginia plan, an important part of the development of the United State Constitution, was created in 1787, and North Carolina State University was created in 1887.