Hillsborough_Street

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hillsborough Street Hillsborough Street one mile (1.6 km) before forking onto Chapel Hill Road. NCSU’s Bell Tower is clearly visible at the street’s intersection with Pullen Road. Hillsborough Street takes its name from the city Hillsborough, a former capital city of North Carolina. Like many downtown Raleigh streets, the street’s name is derived from a city of the same name in the state; though, initially the street was named Hillsboro Road and was used as a route to get to Hillsborough. The street was first constructed in 1792 as part of the capital city’s initial layout.[1] Hillsborough St. as seen from the 9th floor of the D.H. Hill Library on the NCSU campus. Hillsborough Street is a prominent business and cultural thoroughfare through Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. It serves as a center for social life among North Carolina State University students since the road loosely marks the northern boundary of the school’s Main Campus. Nearby Meredith College students also frequent the area businesses. Numerous bars, restaurants, coffee shops, convenience stores and banks are located along a strip of Hillsborough Street that borders the university. The road is also a heavily-traveled corridor, linking the town of Cary with downtown Raleigh. Additionally, the road passes by the North Carolina State University Centennial Biomedical Campus, the North Carolina State Fairgrounds and Raleigh’s Pullen Park. Celebrations This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. Hillsborough Hike Occurring on the last day of classes (before final exams), NCSU students participate in a bar crawl that starts at one end of Hillsborough Street and ends at the other. The goal of the event, known as the Hillsborough Hike, is to get a drink from every bar. Haunted Hillsborough Hike In 2007, thousands of NCSU students and Raleighites celebrated Halloween on Hillsborough Street during the first organized Haunted Hillsborough Hike. This hike occurred in addition to the traditional end of semester hikes; its organization was partially motivated as a NCSU response to the large annual Halloween celebration on rival UNC Chapel Hill’s Franklin Street.[2] Geography and history A modern alternate route to Hillsborough Street in Raleigh is Western Boulevard, which parallels the street to the south; Wade Avenue is an alternate route to the north. Hillsborough Street terminates in the east at the North Carolina State Capitol at Salisbury Street. The street’s western terminus is at the Cary town limits, where the roadway continues as East Chatham Street after crossing Interstate 40. North Carolina Highway 54 begins on Hillsborough Street at the Interstate 440 Beltline interchange and travels west for Paint the Town Red As part of the NCSU’s homecoming week since 2006, many businesses along Hillsborough Street agree to have groups of NCSU students paint their windows red, the main athletic color of the NC State Wolfpack.[3] The spectacle was deemed "Paint the Town Red". Also, for homecoming week each year, the annual NCSU Homecoming Parade uses a segment of Hillsborough Street for its parade route. 1 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hillsborough Street however, were unable to come to a consensus on how best to accomplish this goal until early 2007, when a plan to replace two traffic signals with roundabouts was approved. The hope of the project is to rejuvenate the area, improve traffic flow, and increase pedestrian safety. Construction is set to be complete in 2008. Officials and planners have yet to come to an agreement on how best to solve the problem of too few parking spaces for local businesses.[5][6] WRAL-TV Raleigh Christmas Parade An annual Christmas parade is held along Hillsborough Street and various other Raleigh streets every November. The event, sponsored by WRAL-TV attracts Raleighites, NCSU students, and visitors from around the area.[4] Krispy Kreme Challenge The Krispy Kreme Challenge, a race invented and organized by NC State Park Scholars with a majority of runners attending NC State, is a new NC State tradition which attracted over 1,000 runners in 2007. Part of Hillsborough Street is closed in order for runners to make their way from the NC State Bell Tower to the Krispy Kreme on Peace Street. The objective is to get to the Krispy Kreme, eat a box of doughnuts and run back to the Bell Tower in under one hour. References [1] City of Raleigh - Hillsborough Street Redesign [2] Technician Online - Haunted Hillsborough Hike Attracts Thousands (11-02-2007) [3] Technician Online - Hillsborough Street is seeing red (10-30-2006) [4] WRAL-TV Raleigh Christmas Parade 2005 [5] City of Raleigh - Hillsborough Street Redesign Plan (Feb 7, 2007) [6] WRAL reports on the approved Hillsborough Street plan (Feb 20, 2007) Redesign After a study was conducted in 2002, the city of Raleigh has pushed forth with efforts to revitalize and redesign Hillsborough Street and the surrounding area. City council members, Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough_Street" Categories: North Carolina State University, Streets in North Carolina, Transportation in Raleigh, North Carolina This page was last modified on 20 March 2009, at 16:00 (UTC). All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details.) Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a U.S. registered 501(c)(3) taxdeductible nonprofit charity. Privacy policy About Wikipedia Disclaimers 2