The route then comes to a large residential development in Murraysville, turning northeast and meeting three streets at signalized superstreet intersections.

[2] The second section will continue from the end of the Military Cutoff Road extension (NC 417) onto the future Hampstead Bypass, a four-lane freeway running through a wooded rural area.

[4] Both the Military Cutoff Road extension and the Hampstead Bypass were first studied by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) in the 1990s as separate projects.

[7] The record of decision was completed in September 2014 after the final environmental impact statement was published the previous July.

[7][8] Construction on the extension of Military Cutoff Road began in late 2017 starting with the interchanges at Market Street and NC 140.

[9] Signing plans released in November 2017 indicated that the Military Cutoff Road extension would temporarily receive a state route designation which had not yet been determined.

This was opposed by NCDOT on the grounds that the entire length of the road does not serve as a bypass of the greater Wilmington area, instead ending in the city.

[10] Rerouting US 17 onto the new road was considered, but local feedback from a public meeting in May 2018 showed that it would be costly and confusing for residents and businesses on US 17 to change their addresses.