My Idea For Future Interstate 20

Option 1 (Default Option Even Without Comment): 
 The future I-20 will continue past Florence, SC and will have concurrency with I-95 about 12 miles. After 12 miles later, I-20 leaves its concurrency with I-95 then continues eastward and passing I-73 to North Carolina.  I-20 business spur will replace into I-20 business loop and it will be extended eastward by continuing with US 76 (with a new I-95 business loop) and SC 327 to the new I-20/I-95 interchange in north of Florence. After I-20 enters North Carolina, the route has concurrency with I-74 about 20 miles, then I-20 goes through Wilmington and meets I-40 by using the future formerly I-140 freeway. Then the route continues through Jacksonville and New Bern while having concurrency with I-42/ US 70. After leaving New Bern, I-20 continues northeast to the Virginia state line while having concurrency with I-87 at North Carolina and Virginia. After the route enters Virginia and enters Norfolk city limits, it leaves I-87 concurrency and continues eastward to go through Norfolk (future formerly I-64) while meeting I-420 (future formerly I-264), meeting I-720 (future formerly I-464), then the route meets an interchange with I-64/I-420, then the route continues about a few miles, then I-20 meets its eastern terminus at a intersection of I-20 business spur (or US 60 spur/connector) where the business spur route (or US 60 Spur/Conn.) continues east, passing through few streets and blocks to meet its eastern terminus at an intersection of US 60 at Virginia Beach.

 For this extension, future I-64 will be truncated at an interchange of future I-20/I-420, future I-87 can be rerouted northward to the northwest of Norfolk (future formerly I-664) to have its north end at I-64 in Hampton, VA and future I-20 will meet (have a connection between) I-95, future I-73, future I-74/US 74, I-40, future I-42/US 70, future I-87 and I-64 in the future.

Option 2/3: 
I fine if you want to extend I-20 to end at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina or Wilmington, North Carolina, just make sure make a comment about that idea after signing this petition. 

For Option 3: 
 If built in South And North Carolina, I-20 will have concurrency with I-95 about 12 miles (19 km) through Florence, meet I-73 near Marion, have concurrency with I-74 about 20 miles (32 km) from Whiteville to east of its future interchange with North Carolina Highway 211 (NC 211), and have future interchanges with I-140/US 17/US 74 east/US 421/NC 133 in Wilmington where I-20 will terminate at bridge crossing over the Cape Fear River where US 17/US 76/US 421/NC 133 crosses into downtown. However, it will not have a direct interchange with I-40 in Wilmington for this option 3 extension.

Option 4:
 Similar as Option 3, but east end will be instead be at the end of future Hampstead Bypass (US 17) east of Wilmington (with I-140) that could become I-20 in the future.

The History:
 In 2003, the North Carolina Department of Transportation proposed extending I-20 eastward from Florence to Wilmington at the behest of North Carolina Governor Mike Easley and his 'Strategic Transportation Plan' for the southeast portion of the state. The proposed route would follow US 76 east from Florence to Whiteville, North Carolina, then parallel US 74/US 76 into Wilmington. Part of this route is already designated the future eastern extension of I-74. As part of the 2005 Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users transportation legislation, North Carolina received $5 million (equivalent to $7.24 million in 2022) for a feasibility study for this extension. While this extension has considerable support among towns in southeastern North Carolina, the South Carolina Department of Transportation has stated that they have no interest in upgrading their portion of US 76 to an Interstate. Instead, South Carolina is concentrating their efforts on plans to build I-73 that will terminate near Myrtle Beach. 

 While the extension had support in North Carolina, with justification that a direct route from Atlanta to the Port of Wilmington could be a boom to the economy, this view was not shared by officials in South Carolina. In 2009, soon after Governor Mike Easley left office, the proposed routing was removed from all NCDOT plans and was officially dropped. The proposal was never officially discussed with SCDOT nor submitted to the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) for consideration. 

 But signing this petition together, we can realive the extension project.