Article: The road less traveled. (Interstate-40 segment between Wilmington and Raleigh, North Carolina)

The last stretch of I-40 accelerated growth around Raleigh and Wilmington, but in between it's running on empty.

In his 1984 campaign for governor, Jim Martin vowed he would make the completion of Interstate 40 from Raleigh to Wilmington "the single most important project in the entire state because of the port."

In June 1990, Martin made good his campaign promise with the opening of the last piece of highway that now stretches from the marshes of the Cape Fear to the Mojave Desert in Barstow, Calif. Of course, when Martin was stumping for governor, the right of way for the interstate had already been purchased under his predecessor, Jim Hunt.

Still, ...

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