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==Infrastructure== ===Transportation=== ==== Air ==== * [[Person County Airport]] located {{convert|8|mi|km|0}} south of Roxboro on [[U.S. Route 501]] * [[Raleigh-Durham International Airport]] located {{convert|42|mi|km|0}} south of Roxboro * [[Piedmont Triad International Airport]] located {{convert|72|mi|km|0}} southwest of Roxboro ==== Railroad ==== * [[Norfolk Southern]] has freight rail lines. * Roxboro is not served directly by passenger trains. [[Amtrak]] serves nearby Durham. ==== Major highways ==== * [[U.S. Highway system|United States Highways]]: ** [[Image:US 158.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 158]] ** [[Image:US 501.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 501]] * [[North Carolina Highways]]: ** [[Image:NC 49.svg|20px]] [[North Carolina Highway 49|N.C. 49]] ** [[Image:NC 57.svg|20px]] [[North Carolina Highway 57|N.C. 57]] ** [[Image:NC 157.svg|20px]] [[North Carolina Highway 157|N.C. 157]] ===Future 501 Expressway=== The proposed corridor was officially announced in November 2008. It will improve the existing 4-lane divided boulevard facility to a 4- lane divided expressway from the Durham County line to Roby Barton Rd. (SR 1218). The Transportation Planning Branch of the North Carolina Department of Transportation, Person County, and the City of Roxboro initiated a study to cooperatively develop the Person County & Roxboro Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP).<ref name="PER0001-H (US 501)">{{cite web |date = July 2011 |title = Person County & Roxboro - Comprehensive Transportation Plan |url = https://connect.ncdot.gov/projects/planning/TPBCTP/Person%20County/Person_County_CTP_report_FINAL.pdf|location = Raleigh |publisher = North Carolina Department of Transportation |access-date = November 9, 2011 }}</ref> ==== Public transit ==== * Person Area Transit System (PATS) operates local bus routes within Roxboro. ===Utilities=== The city's electric system is maintained by [[Duke Energy]] and Piedmont Electric Membership Cooperative. Telephone networks include [[CenturyLink]], wireless networks - [[AT&T Mobility]], [[U.S. Cellular]] and [[Verizon Wireless]]. Broadband internet is provided by CenturyLink, Electronic Solutions<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.esinc.net |title=Electronic Solutions, Inc |website=Esinc.net |access-date=2017-07-17}}</ref> and [[Charter Communications]]. Cable television service is available from Charter Communications and CenturyLink.
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