Interstate 40 East - Burgaw to Wilmington

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Leaving the interchange (Exit 414) with Holly Shelter Road (SR 1002) for Castle Hayne, I-40 continues 1.5 miles south to Interstate 140 (Exits 416A/B).
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The first sign for the pending end of Interstate 40 stands north of I-140. An adjacent supplemental sign references Shallotte and Jacksonville, destinations along U.S. 17 beyond the respective ends of I-140.
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Completed on December 19, 2017, I-140/NC 140 encircles the Wilmington area along a 25 mile long bypass for U.S. 17. U.S. 17 was relocated from Wilmington to overlap with the initial section of I-140 east from U.S. 421 to Scotts Hill. The route was eventually rerouted along Market Street across the city.
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Interests to the USS North Carolina Battleship Memorial in Downtown Wilmington are advised to take Interstate 140 west to U.S. 421 south. Downtown is ten miles beyond the exchange with I-140.
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U.S. 421 provides nearly a direct route to Downtown with U.S. 74 across the NE Cape Fear River to 3rd Street south. Connections with NC 133 and other routes lead south from U.S. 17 west of I-140 to Oak Island, Holden Beach and other Brunswick County beaches.
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A lengthy c/d roadway links I-40 eastbound with I-140 west to Leland and U.S. 17 south to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and NC 140 east to U.S. 17 north toward Topsail Island and New Bern.
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Exit 416A departs Interstate 40 east for I-140 west to Leland and U.S. 17 at Bishop. Shallotte lies 45 miles to the southwest.
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A directional cloverleaf interchange joins the two freeways. Exit 416B loops onto the NC 140 east to U.S. 17 (Market Street) at Kirkland. U.S. 17 travels northeast by Topsail Beach and Surf City en route to Jacksonville.
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The final eastbound reassurance marker posted along Interstate 40.
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The final interchange (Exit 420) along Interstate 40 connects with U.S. 117/NC 132 (N College Road).
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U.S. 117/NC 132 (North College Road) converge with Interstate 40 southward from Castle Hayne at a parclo interchange (Exit 420) with Gordon Road.
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While the Wilmington city limits lie just 2.2 miles ahead at U.S. 74 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Parkway), Downtown is still a seven mile drive to the southwest.
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Interstate 40 passes over Gordon Road at the loop ramp (Exit 420) for U.S. 117/NC 132 north (North College Road). Gordon Road heads west to Kerr Avenue and east to U.S. 17 Business (Market Street) and U.S. 17 (Military Cutoff Road).
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Prior to 2004, when U.S. 117 was realigned from NC 133 onto College Road from the west, NC 132 traveled solo north from Exit 420. The state route extends south 9.8 miles to U.S. 421 by Silver Lake.
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U.S. 117/NC 132 merge onto the ending Interstate 40 freeway ahead of a school zone with 45 mph limit.
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Crossing Smith Creek, I-40 concludes at Kings Grant Road. U.S. 117/NC 132 extend southward along College Road through the Kings Grant community to Wilmington.
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