That would have been impressive to fly from Salt Lake City to Raleigh. 
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Everything is possible with magic underwear.
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@OakCityDylan, are you still taking requests? An update to this view would be awesome with all the Smoky Hollow, Capital Blvd, Bloc 83 progress, plus other cranes and such.
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Apple Maps updated their satellite imagery to around last fall with smoky hollow progress and clearing for 301H.
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I bookmarked your request and hopefully I can get to it before we leave town later this month. I agree it should look great with the new construction!
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Would be cool to see some occasional aerial shots of construction progress on 540 as theyāre clearing land now and building bridges. Not as sexy as a high rise, but a very important development for Raleigh.
Cary town center transformation starts very soon, thatād be neat to see progress drone pics too.
Thx
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Iād have to like get in the car and drive places. LOL!
Great idea though! Iāll see what I can do. Sounds like I need to set up a schedule and maybe a few points. Can you help with a few points of interest along the 540 construction? Iām guessing intersections like Bells Lake Rd, etc.
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Youāre like me; you only want to drive long distances to places afar, but donāt want to drive when youāre staying put!
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Thanks for considering 540ā¦ Iām a road nerd sometimes, So Iām kind of interested in how theyāre building some of the interchanges like at 40/70, 401, and the starting point in Holly Springsā¦the maps are all online, and they have a Google Earth overlay You can install, The intersection at 40 and 70 is massive, wouldnāt be surprised if itās the largest interstate interchange in the state once itās built.
For that matter it would be kind of cool to see the 440 reconstruction at the major intersections from 40 to blue ridge to wade avenueā¦ I mean if youāre going to be in your car anyway lol.
Thx!
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Cooler yet, would be to see DTR from one of the massive flyovers that will be 540, 70, & 40 near the 42 intersection of Cleveland School rd! 
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It is insane. Like Texas interchange big. When I drive by there I wonder all the cash that is spent on it. maybe one day we can get the commuter rail built instead of more highway lanes.
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When the final alignment was released I recall an article stating that it would take up ~650 acres.
Iām still so confused as to what exactly the whole Wade Ave and 440 thing is supposed to look like once finished. I drive through that mess 3 or 4 times a week. I just hope itās done soon, but right now itās a conundrum.
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NC540 at I40 at 70 Interchange is at 4:33
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I wonder if that greater interchange will feel as a big as it looks in that animated aerial? It might just feel like a series of overpasses, unless one or more of them are particularly tall.
Whatās interesting to me about 540ās crossing of 40 at both ends is that that they are basically both at the county line.
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Watching the flyover that was my impression @John. NCDOT always gone for using a ton of land to make major interchanges large and flat as opposed to stacked. I canāt think of anything in NC comparable to stay the I85-Perimeter interchange in Atlanta.
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I 540 at I 40 just past RDU is right at the county line also (Just barely in Durham County).
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I know that. Thatās why I made the comment.
Watching that video makes it really easy to see where Wake is going to put hundreds of thousands of new residents. Itās getting really easy to imagine Fuquay and Holly Springs nearing 100,000 each.
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