A church, pipeline path, expressway construction and some cattle and horses

A photo outing this week ended up being a kind of potluck shoot.

My initial destination was a small church, Macedonia Apostolic Church of Christ in God (see photo leading off the post). I'd passed this church several times in the car over the years since I've been here, each time thinking I'm going to come back to this one day and take pictures.

Monday turned out to be that day. 

But along the way, I also got pictures of some cattle and horses on properties located along the way, as well as construction "status" pictures of a new leg of the I-540 toll expressway, which will surround Raleigh when it is finished, whenever that is. The photos were taken from the Fanny Brown Road overpass looking in both directions. Fanny Brown will not get exit ramps; those will go on the next major thoroughfares, U.S. 401 and Old Stage Road, west and east of Fanny Brown, respectively.  

Two legs of the expressway are already open, and both are on the north side of the city. The portion on the northeast is free; the segment on the northwest carries a toll. The southwest section under construction now also will carry a toll, as will the final leg on the southeast side. 

Above and below: these photos were taken on my trip to the church. The cattle above watched me the whole pass through, but they were much closer to me than the horses. I'm sure the cattle don't see foot traffic along the road like I was on a regular basis, so I understood their fixed gaze. On my return trip, these two had separated, and the one closest to me was far less concerned about my passing, apparently convinced I wasn't a threat ... or, perhaps, no longer the curiosity that I was earlier. A photo of it on the return trip appears further down in the post.  

Above and below: This warning sign -- and the ones below on the opposite sides of the road -- made me aware of something I hadn't known ... that there is a pipeline going through on this right of way.  

 

One of the cattle (above) and horses (below) on the return trip. The group of horses in the second photo below were much farther away.