NCDOT: GIS

DOT GIS Data Layers

The DOT GIS Data Layers are a collection of GIS layers generated by the NCDOT GIS Unit.

Announcements:

The Road Characteristics layer is now available from this page. Prior to downloading the layer, please review the known issues. Be sure to return to this web page at the end of the year to download the 4th quarter release of the layer as most of the known issues will be resolved.
NCMIN Tier Designations are added to Road Characteristics Arcs and Statewide Primary & Secondary Road Arcs. Refer to the metadata for these layers and the North Carolina Multimodal Investment Network document for details about NCMIN Tier Designations.
Metadata (information about the layer) is included for all layers available on this page and is bundled within the layer download.
The Linear Referencing System (LRS) Integration Guide is available to assist users with the LRS and referencing methods in the "Road Data" layers. Click here to download the .pdf document.

Updates:

October 8, 2009: Third Quarter Release of Road Characteristics Arcs, Statewide Primary & Secondary Road Arcs, and Statewide Primary & Secondary Road Routes.
October 15, 2009: NCMIN Tier Designations corrected for some local roads in Road Characteristics Arcs and Statewide Primary & Secondary Road Arcs.

The North Carolina Department of Transportation shall not be held liable for any errors in this data. This includes errors of omission, commission, errors concerning the content of the data, and the relative positional accuracy of the data. This data cannot be construed to be a legal document. Primary sources from which this data was compiled must be consulted for verification of information contained in this data. This data may not be resold.

Road Data data released quarterly
Release	Shapefiles	File Geodatabase
Road Characteristics Arcs	Road Characteristics Arcs Shapefile Format	Road Characteristics Arcs File Geodatabase Format
	An Arc Layer for visual representation of a subset of road characteristics for the state road system. Each arc/record is split where road characteristics change along a route. This is a digital file of the North Carolina Department of Transportation's road inventory database that represents a subset of road characteristic attributes of the NCDOT state road system. The state road system is comprised of Interstate, US, NC, Secondary Routes, and Ramps. This layer also includes some non-state maintained and projected roads that are required for reporting purposes.
	View Known Issues (pdf)
Statewide Primary & Secondary Road Arcs	LRS Arcs Shapefile Format	LRS Arcs File Geodatabase Format
Statewide Primary & Secondary Road Arcs	An Arc Layer for visual representation of the state road system where each arc/record is split at each road intersection. This is a digital file of the North Carolina Department of Transportation's Linear Referencing System that represents the routes and attributes of the NCDOT state road system. The state road system is comprised of Interstate, US, NC, Secondary Routes, and Ramps.
Statewide Primary & Secondary Road Routes	LRS Routes Shapefile Format	LRS Routes File Geodatabase Format
Statewide Primary & Secondary Road Routes	A Route Layer for visual representation of attributes stored by County/Route/Milepost linear reference. This is a digital file of the North Carolina Department of Transportation's Linear Referencing System that represents the routes and attributes of the NCDOT state road system. The state road system is comprised of Interstate, US, NC, Secondary Routes, and Ramps.

Boundary Data
	English	Metric
County Boundaries released: annually	Download State	Download State
Municipal Boundaries Created from the 2008 Powell Bill boundaries. released: annually	Download State	Download State
NCDOT Division Boundaries released: annually	Download State	Download State

Other Data
	English	Metric
NCDOT Bridge Locations	Download State	Download State
NCDOT Bridge Locations	Bridge structures maintained by the NCDOT Bridge Maintenance Unit. See the included Bridge_Types.txt for a list of included structures. See Bridge_Information.txt for information about the Bridge Maintenance Unit data.
NCDOT Bike Routes	Bicycle Routes shapefile (requires software that can read ESRI shapefile format)	Full State .pdf image of Bicycle Routes (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
NCDOT Bike Routes	The bike routes shapefile contains lines representing North Carolina bike routes, as defined by the Division of Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation. Bike routes include the Interstate, State, County, Regional, and Urban routes and were based on the DOTRoads file, produced by NCDOT. The shapefile layer is in North Carolina Stateplane NAD83 meters format.
Integrated Statewide Road Network (ISRN)
Integrated Statewide Road Network (ISRN)	A statewide road layer that incorporates all road systems built from local and TIGER sources. This product is version 2 of an initiative to build, maintain, and incorporate all road systems in a comprehensive digital layer. See the documents within the ZIP file for a detailed product description, geocoding and networking instructions, and related statistics.

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