The final step in achieving the vision entails connecting all the "freeway" portions of the corridor. Such improvements may consist of an upgrade of the facility on existing alignment, or may require new location. As defined by the Study Team, there are three major segments of the study corridor. The corridor segments are identified below.

Given what is known today with regard to safety, traffic volume, traffic operations, and land development, the Study Team envisions segment priority as follows:

• Asheboro to Raleigh
• Charlotte to Asheboro
• Statesville to Asheboro

However, given the long-range nature of these projects, segment priority designations will need to be continuously adjusted through careful monitoring of traffic volume, traffic operations, accidents and land development.