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{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox road
| state = NC
| name = All American Freeway
| map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=240|frame-lat=35.09|frame-long=-78.9738|zoom=11|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/All American Freeway}}}}
| map_custom = yes
| map_notes = All American Freeway highlighted in red<br>All American Parkway highlighted in dark red
| length_mi = 9.34
| length_round = 2
| established = 1978
| direction_a = South
| terminus_a = Owen Drive in [[Fayetteville, North Carolina|Fayetteville]]
| junction = {{plainlist|1=
*{{jct|state=NC|US-Bus|401|dab1=Fayetteville}} in Fayetteville
*{{jct|state=NC|US|401}} in Fayetteville
*{{jct|state=NC|I|295}} in Fayetteville
}}
| direction_b = North
| terminus_b = Longstreet Road in [[Fort Bragg]]
| counties = [[Cumberland County, North Carolina|Cumberland]]
}}
The '''All American Freeway''' is a [[highway]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[North Carolina]] connecting [[Interstate 295 (North Carolina)|I-295]] and the western suburbs of [[Fayetteville, North Carolina|Fayetteville]] to [[Fort Bragg]]. The majority of its length is a [[Controlled-access highway|controlled-access freeway]], while the northernmost {{convert|1.28|mi|km}} of the road is a [[limited-access highway|limited-access]] divided highway. Inside Fort Bragg it is named the '''All American Parkway'''. The road parallels [[North Carolina Highway 24|NC&nbsp;24]]/[[North Carolina Highway 87|NC&nbsp;87]] (Bragg Boulevard) for much of its length outside of Fort Bragg.

The length of the freeway carries the unsigned designation '''Secondary Road 1007''' ('''SR&nbsp;1007''') outside of Fort Bragg. SR&nbsp;1007 also continues southeast from the southern terminus of the freeway along Owen Drive to Wilmington Highway (SR&nbsp;2337, formerly [[North Carolina Highway 87|NC&nbsp;87]]).<ref>[http://www.ncdot.org/it/gis/DataDistribution/CountyMapTIFs/ NCDOT GIS - County Map TIFs] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070824050400/http://www.ncdot.org/it/gis/DataDistribution/CountyMapTIFs/ |date=August 24, 2007 }}</ref>

==Route description==
===Fayetteville===
The All American Freeway begins at a signalized intersection with Owen Drive and Walter Reed Road and heads north-northwest as a four-lane freeway with a [[Jersey barrier]] median. It immediately meets [[U.S. Route 401 Business (Fayetteville, North Carolina)|US&nbsp;401 Bus.]] at an interchange, after which the Jersey barrier becomes a wide grass median. Continuing north through a residential area, the freeway comes to two consecutive [[Diamond interchange|diamond interchanges]] for Cliffdale Road and Morganton Road. Entering a commercial area and passing around the [[Cross Creek Mall]], the road meets [[U.S. Route 401 in North Carolina|US&nbsp;401]] at a [[folded diamond interchange]].

The freeway then continues north through another residential area, meeting Santa Fe Drive before coming to a partially-completed [[combination interchange]] with [[Interstate 295 (North Carolina)|I-295]], allowing indirect access to [[North Carolina Highway 24|NC&nbsp;24]], [[North Carolina Highway 87|NC&nbsp;87]], and [[North Carolina Highway 210|NC&nbsp;210]]. This interchange marks the boundary of [[Fort Bragg]].

===Fort Bragg===
North of NC&nbsp;295 is the Fort Bragg Visitor Center and Access Control Point (ACP). Visitor passes are issued to non-[[Department of Defense|DOD]] persons with a valid reason for entering Ft. Bragg.<ref name=fortbraggvisitor>{{cite web|title=Visitor Information |publisher=[[United States Army]] |url=https://www.bragg.army.mil/index.php/about/visitor-information |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020210850/http://www.bragg.army.mil/index.php/about/visitor-information |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 20, 2016 |access-date=October 14, 2018}}</ref> At this point, the road becomes the All American Parkway

Immediately beyond the ACP is an interchange with Gruber Road. The parkway continues north as a freeway before turning west. A partial interchange allows access from the northbound parkway to the one-way northbound Reilly Road as well as a southbound entrance from Honeycutt Road. The freeway portion ends at a signalized intersection with one-way southbound Zabitosky Road, becoming a four-lane, limited-access surface road with a wide grass median. Turning again to the north, the parkway intersects Normandy Drive before coming to the entrance to the [[Womack Army Medical Center]]. North of the hospital, the road ends at a signalized intersection with Longstreet Road.

==History==
Beginning in 1963, the [[North Carolina Department of Transportation#History|State Highway Commission]] planned the '''Owen Drive Freeway''' to link Fort Bragg and the [[Pope Air Force Base]] to the area of the Cape Fear Valley Medical Center.<ref name="cumberlandcounty250">{{cite web|title=1955-1979: Stores follow planned freeway |publisher=Cumberland County 250 |url=http://www.cumberlandcounty250.com/1955story3.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041127173528/http://cumberlandcounty250.com/1955story3.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2004-11-27 }}</ref> Construction of the freeway between Owen Drive in Fayetteville and Zabitosky Drive in Fort Bragg began on May 9, 1974 and completed on September 15, 1978 as the All American Freeway.<ref name="cumberlandcounty250"/> The at-grade extension as the All American Parkway to Longstreet Road was completed in the 1990s.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}

After the [[September 11 attacks]], a security checkpoint was installed on the northbound freeway entering Fort Bragg. By 2006, the permanent Access Control Point was constructed.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}

Construction on a new diamond interchange at Cliffdale Road began in 1993 and was completed by 2001. The next new interchange to be added was with NC&nbsp;295. Construction on the segment east of the All American Freeway began in 2011 and finished in 2016. The remainder of the interchange is projected to open in late 2018 or early 2019 with the next segment of NC&nbsp;295.<ref name=ncdot295>{{cite web|title=NCDOT: Fayetteville Outer Loop Completion - Project Highlights |publisher=[[North Carolina Department of Transportation]] |url=https://www.ncdot.gov/projects/fayetteville-outer-loop/Pages/project-highlights.aspx |date=July 10, 2018 |access-date=October 14, 2018}}</ref>

=== North Carolina Highway 555 ===
{{Infobox road small
| header_type = UC
| state = NC
| route = 555
| type = NC
| length_mi = 11.7
| location = [[Fayetteville, North Carolina|Fayetteville]] – [[Fort Bragg|Fort Bragg, NC]]
}}

On May 16, 2014, the City of Fayetteville and Fort Bragg filed a request with NCDOT to replace the entirety of SR&nbsp;1007 with a new NC&nbsp;555 designation. This designation would begin at Wilmington Highway and follow Owen Drive and the All American Freeway before terminating at the Fort Bragg Access Control Point.<ref name="nc555">{{cite web|title=Request Form 140516 SIGNED |publisher=[[North Carolina Department of Transportation]] |url=https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Route%20Changes/Request%20Form%20140516%20SIGNED.pdf |date=May 16, 2014 |access-date=October 14, 2018}}</ref> {{As of|May 2022}}, this redesignation has yet to be approved.
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==Major intersections==
{{jcttop|state=NC|county=Cumberland|unnum=yes}}
{{NCint
|location=Fayetteville
|lspan=7
|mile=0.00
|road=Owen Drive / Walter Reed Road
|notes=[[At-grade intersection]]; southern terminus of All American Fwy.; road continues as Owen Drive south
}}
{{NCint
|mile=0.45
|road={{Jct|state=NC|US-Bus|401|dab1=Fayetteville|name1=Raeford Road}}
}}
{{NCint
|mile=1.81
|road=Cliffdale Road
}}
{{NCint
|mile=2.45
|road=Morganton Road
}}
{{NCint
|mile=3.09
|road={{Jct|state=NC|US|401|name1=By-Pass}}
}}
{{NCint
|mile=4.67
|road=Santa Fe Drive
}}
{{NCint
|mile=5.66
|road={{Jct|state=NC|I|295|to2=to|NC|24|NC|87|name3=Bragg Boulevard|NC|210|name4=Murchison Road}}
|notes=I-295 exits 21A-B
}}
{{NCint
|type=trans
|location=Fort Bragg
|lspan=4
|mile=6.53
|place=Fort Bragg Access Control Point<br>All American Freeway becomes the All American Parkway
}}
{{NCint
|mile=6.71
|road=Gruber Road
|notes=Interchange
}}
{{NCint
|type=incomplete
|mile=7.82
|road=Reilly Road
|notes=Partial interchange; eastbound entrance from Honeycutt Road; westbound exit to Reilly Road northbound only; access to Reilly Road southbound via Zabitosky Road
}}
{{NCint
|mile=9.34
|road=Longstreet Road
|notes=At-grade intersection; northern terminus of All American Pkwy.
}}
{{jctbtm|keys=incomplete,trans}}

==References==
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[[Category:Freeways in North Carolina]]
[[Category:Transportation in Fayetteville, North Carolina]]
[[Category:Transportation in Cumberland County, North Carolina]]