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==Infrastructure== ===Transportation=== The closest civilian airport is [[Wayne Executive Jetport]], but is only used for general aviation. The nearest public commercial airport is [[Pitt-Greenville Airport]] {{Airport codes|PGV}} in [[Greenville, North Carolina|Greenville]] about 36 miles northeast of Goldsboro. However, most residents use [[Raleigh-Durham International Airport]] for domestic and international travel. Major highways that run through the city are [[U.S. Route 70 in North Carolina|US 70]] (the main thoroughfare through Goldsboro), [[U.S. Route 13 (North Carolina)|US 13]], [[U.S. Route 117 (North Carolina)|US 117]], [[North Carolina Highway 111|NC 111]], and [[North Carolina Highway 581|NC 581]]. [[Interstate 795 (North Carolina)|I-795]] now connects Goldsboro to [[Interstate 95 in North Carolina|I-95]] in [[Wilson, North Carolina|Wilson]]. The Goldsboro Bypass which is a route of [[U.S. Route 70|U.S. 70]] was fully opened in May 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wral.com/beach-bound-triangle-residents-now-have-goldsboro-bypass/15733252/ |title=Beach-bound Triangle residents now have Goldsboro Bypass |website=Wral.com |date=2016-05-28 |access-date=2017-07-17}}</ref> Previously NC 44 while partially open and under construction, it became US 70 Byp. upon completion and has been designated as [[Interstate 42|I-42]].<ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=https://apps.ncdot.gov/NewsReleases/details.aspx?r=12558 |title=North Carolina Gains Names for Two New Interstate Designations |location=Raleigh, NC |publisher=North Carolina Department of Transportation |date=May 25, 2016 |access-date=May 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616164024/https://apps.ncdot.gov/newsreleases/details.aspx?r=12558 |archive-date=June 16, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{AASHTO minutes |year=2016S |page=7 |access-date=May 26, 2016}}</ref> The city has a bus system known as Gateway which runs four routes. Until the 1960s, the [[Southern Railway (U.S.)|Southern Railway]] and the [[Seaboard Coast Line]] ran passenger trains in and out of [[Goldsboro Union Station]] to points west, north and south.<ref>''Official Guide of the Railways,'' June 1963, Southern Railway section</ref><ref>''Official Guide of the Railways,'' October 1967, Seaboard Coast Line Railroad section</ref> ===Hospitals=== * [[Wayne Memorial Hospital (North Carolina)]], a medical facility located in Goldsboro, is the county's second-largest employer. * [[Cherry Hospital]] is a [[psychiatric hospital]] which first started in 1880 as a facility to treat mentally ill [[African American]]s. A museum depicting its history is also part of the hospital campus. *[[O'Berry Neuro-Medical Center]] is a [[North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services]] hospital providing rehabilitative services to people with intellectual disabilities/ developmental disabilities.
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