All American Freeway

All American Freeway
All American Freeway highlighted in red
All American Parkway highlighted in dark red
Route information
Length 9.34 mi (15.03 km)
Major junctions
South end Owen Drive in Fayetteville
 
North end Community Center Road in Ft. Bragg
Location
Counties Cumberland
Highway system

The All American Freeway is a controlled access highway located in Fayetteville and Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The road parallels NC 24 and NC 87 for much of its length between Owen Drive in Fayetteville and Community Center Road in Fort Bragg.

The length of the freeway is designated Secondary Road 1007. SR 1007 also continues east from the south end of the freeway along Owen Drive to Wilmington Highway (SR 2337, formerly NC 87).[1]

History

  • 1963: The state announced plans for the Owen Drive Freeway to link the Fort Bragg/Pope Air Force Base with the Cape Fear Valley Medical Center area.[2]
  • May 9, 1974: Construction of the 8.2-mile (13.2 km) freeway began.[2]
  • September 15, 1978: The All American Freeway was officially completed.[2]
  • 1993: Construction of the Cliffdale Road exits begin. The exits opened in 2003.

The road was built in conjunction with the Cross Creek Mall shopping center. On December 2, 2016, a new interchange with NC 295 (Future I-295) was opened, between Santa Fe Drive and Gruber Road.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Cumberland County. All exits are unnumbered.

LocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Fayetteville0.000.00Owen Drive / To I-95At-grade intersection; southern terminus of All American Freeway
0.450.72
US 401 Bus. (Raeford Road)
1.812.91Cliffdale Road
2.453.94Morganton Road
3.094.97
US 401 Byp. (Skibo Road)
4.677.52Santa Fe Drive
5.669.11 NC 295 southFuture exit for southbound NC 295
NC 295 north to NC 24 / NC 87 / NC 210 / Bragg Boulevard / Murchison Road
Fort Bragg6.5310.51Fort Bragg Access Control Point (northbound)
6.7110.80Gruber Road
7.8212.59Reilly RoadEastbound entrance from Honeycutt Road; Westbound exit to Reilly Road northbound only; access to Reilly Road southbound via Zabitosky Road
8.0612.97End freeway
All American Freeway becomes All American Parkway
Zabitosky RoadAt-grade intersection
8.6313.89Normandy DriveAt-grade intersection
9.0114.50Womack Army Medical CenterAt-grade intersection
9.3415.03Longstreet RoadAt-grade intersection; northern terminus of All American Parkway
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

Route map:

KML is from Wikidata
  1. NCDOT GIS - County Map TIFs Archived August 24, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. 1 2 3 "1955-1979: Stores follow planned freeway". CumberlandCounty250.com. Archived from the original on 2004-11-27.
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