All American Freeway
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The All American Freeway is a controlled access highway located in Fayetteville
Fayetteville, North Carolina
Fayetteville is a city located in Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States. It is the county seat of Cumberland County, and is best known as the home of Fort Bragg, a U.S. Army post located northwest of the city....

 and Fort Bragg
Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Fort Bragg is a major United States Army installation, in Cumberland and Hoke counties, North Carolina, U.S., mostly in Fayetteville but also partly in the town of Spring Lake. It was also a census-designated place in the 2010 census and had a population of 39,457. The fort is named for Confederate...

, North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...

. 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).

History

  • 1963: The state announced plans for the Owen Drive Freeway to link the Fort Bragg/Pope Air Force Base
    Pope Air Force Base
    Pope Field is a United States Army facility located 12 miles northwest of the central business district of Fayetteville, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States.-Units:...

     with the Cape Fear
    Cape Fear (region)
    Cape Fear is a coastal plain and tidewater region of North Carolina centered about the city of Wilmington. The region takes its name from the adjacent Cape Fear headland, as does the Cape Fear River which flows through the region and empties into the Atlantic Ocean near the cape...

     Valley Medical Center area.
  • May 9, 1974: Construction of the 8.2 miles (13.2 km) freeway began.
  • September 15, 1978: The All American Freeway was officially completed.
  • 1993: Construction of the Cliffdale Rd. exits begin. The exits opened in 2003.


The road was built in conjunction with the Cross Creek Mall
Cross Creek Mall
Cross Creek Mall is a regional shopping mall located in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on the 401 Bypass between Morganton Road and the All-American Freeway. The mall contains over 100 stores and covers over . of retail space. Its anchors include Belk, Macy's, J. C. Penney, and Sears...

 shopping center.

A future exit with Interstate 295
Interstate 295 (North Carolina)
Interstate 295 , also known as the Fayetteville Outer Loop, when fully completed will be a Interstate Highway bypass around the western side of Fayetteville North Carolina, to be built to help relieve congestion through that city and to provide direct access from I-95 to Fort Bragg, North Carolina...

 will be located between Santa Fe Drive and Gruber Road.

Exit list

County Location Destinations Notes
Cumberland
Cumberland County, North Carolina
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 302,963 people, 107,358 households, and 77,619 families residing in the county. The population density was 464 people per square mile . There were 118,425 housing units at an average density of 181 per square mile...

Fayetteville
Fayetteville, North Carolina
Fayetteville is a city located in Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States. It is the county seat of Cumberland County, and is best known as the home of Fort Bragg, a U.S. Army post located northwest of the city....

Owen Drive At-grade intersection.

U.S. 401 Business (Raeford Road)
Cliffdale Road
Morganton Road

U.S. 401
U.S. Route 401
U.S. Route 401 is an north–south United States highway, a spur of U.S. Route 1, that traverses along the fall line from Sumter, South Carolina to Interstate 85 near Wise, North Carolina.-Route description:...

 (Skibo Road)
Santa Fe Drive
Fort Bragg
Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Fort Bragg is a major United States Army installation, in Cumberland and Hoke counties, North Carolina, U.S., mostly in Fayetteville but also partly in the town of Spring Lake. It was also a census-designated place in the 2010 census and had a population of 39,457. The fort is named for Confederate...

Gruber Road
Reilly Road/Honeycutt Road Eastbound: Entrance from Honeycutt Road only. Westbound: Exit to Reilly Road only.
Community Center Road At-grade intersection.
Womack Army Medical Center
Longstreet Road
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