METROPOLITAN SEWERAGE DISTRICT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
About MSD, City of Asheville & Buncombe County (continued) Education (continued) The University of North Carolina at Asheville (“UNCA”) is an undergraduate, state-supported liberal arts college with an enrollment of about 3,000 students. UNCA is one of the nation's top public liberal arts universities and one of the 17 institutions in the University of North Carolina system offering more than 30 majors.
Transportation An integrated network of highway, rail, and air services serves Buncombe County. Interstate Highway 40, Interstate Highway 26, Interstate 240 (Billy Graham Freeway), U.S. Highway 19-23 and U.S. Highway 74 link Buncombe County to the Piedmont area of North Carolina (including the cities of Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh, and Winston-Salem), the Piedmont area of South Carolina (including the cities of Greenville and Spartanburg), and the Tennessee-Ohio Valley area. Rail service to Buncombe County is served by the Norfolk Southern Railroad Corporation providing rail lines through Knoxville, Tennessee to the west and Greenville, South Carolina to the south. To the east, rail lines adjoin North Carolina’s 3,600-mile rail network an hour away in Greer, South Carolina. Major air passenger and cargo services are available through the Asheville Regional Airport and served by Allegiant, American Airlines, Delta, jetBlue, Sun Country Airlines, and United. These carriers offer many daily non-stop flights to 25 popular destinations and enplaned 487,897 (971,564) passengers as of calendar year to date ending June 2023.
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