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A diverging diamond interchange (DDI) joins I-40 with Airport Boulevard (SR 3015) at Exit 284. Airport Boulevard extends southwest to NC 54 (Chapel Hill Road) in the town of Morrisville.
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Interstate 40 southeast from the Durham County line to Wade Avenue is the Dan K. Moore Freeway.
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Airport Boulevard (SR 3015) east connects I-40 with John Brantley Boulevard and the passenger terminal for Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU). $34.9 million in construction from January 2020 to 2023 converted the former parclo interchange at Exit 284 A/B into a DDI.1
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Aviation Parkway (SR 1002) arcs south from Airport Boulevard and RDU Airport to a six-ramp parclo interchange (Exit 285) with Interstate 40.
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The Airport Boulevard Project at Exit 284 included adding auxiliary lanes in both directions of Interstate 40 from the exchange.1
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South of Exit 285, Aviation Parkway (SR 1002) passes west of Lake Crabtree en route to NC 54 (Chapel Hill Road) in Morrisville.
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2018-20 construction added a loop ramp from I-40 west to Aviation Drive south. The next three interchanges eastbound serve the Raleigh suburb of Cary.
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The eight lane freeway runs between Lake Crabtree County Park and William B. Ulmstead State Park ahead of the diamond interchange (Exit 287) with Harrison Avenue (SR 1652).
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Exit 287 parts ways with Interstate 40 east for Harrison Avenue (SR 1642), a four lane boulevard south to Downtown Cary.
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Nine interchanges serve the capital city of Raleigh from Interstate 40 eastbound.
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Wade Avenue (SR 1728) branches east from I-40 along a freeway 3.37 miles from Exit 289 to I-440/U.S. 1 (Cliff Benson Beltline) near West Raleigh.
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Wade Avenue (SR 1728) provides a cut off from I-40 east to U.S. 1 north toward Wake Forest via Interstate 440 east.
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Wade Avenue runs just north of PNC Arena (home of the Carolina Hurricanes NHL franchise), Carter Finley Stadium, NCSU Veterinary College and the State Fairgrounds.
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I-40 turns south at the trumpet interchange (Exit 289) with Wade Avenue. Wade Avenue historically represented the easternmost extent of the transcontinental route.
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The succeeding exit from I-40 east joins the freeway with NC 54 (Chapel Hill Road) west to Cary and east to Raleigh.
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NC 54 meets I-40 at a six-ramp parclo interchange (Exit 290) at Asbury in Raleigh.
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NC 54 heads east through Westover to conclude at I-440/U.S. 1 in the Method area of Raleigh.
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I-40 arcs through a parclo interchange (Exit 291) with Cary Towne Boulevard (SR 1497) west and Western Boulevard east.
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Cary Towne Boulevard connects the freeway with the Cary Towne Center mall at Maynard Road (SR 1415) in the town of Cary.
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Continuing along the Cary and Raleigh city line, I-40 next enters the cloverleaf interchange (Exit 293) with the west end of I-440 (Cliff Benson Beltline), U.S. 1 and U.S. 64 west.
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U.S. 1 extends southwest along a freeway to Sanford and a four lane corridor to Southern Pines and Pinehurst.
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A c/d roadway separates from I-40 east for Exit 293 to U.S. 1/64 south to Cary and Apex and I-440/U.S. 1 north toward Wake Forest.
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U.S. 64 overlaps with U.S. 1 from Exit 293 A to Apex, where it splits west for Jordan Lake, Pittsboro, and Asheboro.
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Exit 293 B loops onto a c/d roadway joining U.S. 1 with I-440 (Cliff Benson Beltline) eastbound.
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Prior to 2008, I-440 encircled the city along an overlap with I-40 to the south.
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U.S. 64 combines with Interstate 40 east to bypass Raleigh from U.S. 1 to I-87/440.
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A six-ramp parclo interchange joins I-40/U.S. 64 with U.S. 70-401 and NC 50 (S Saunders Street) at Exit 298.
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U.S. 70/401-NC 50 follow Saunders Street south from Dawson Street outside Downtown to Wilmington Street and a wye interchange, where they split on respective routes to Fuquay-Varina and central Garner.
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I-40/U.S. 64 meet the east end of I-440 and west end of I-87 three quarters of a mile beyond the Rock Quarry Road (SR 2542) overpass.
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Interstate 87 was established along I-440 northeast 2.70 miles to the Knightdale Bypass (U.S. 64/264) in 2016 and signed starting in 2018.
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2018-22 widening of I-40 south to NC 42 includes reconstruction of the directional T interchange (Exit 301) with I-87-440/U.S. 64 east.
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I-87/U.S. 64 east connect with U.S. 264/I-587 east to Wilson and Greeville at Zebulon.
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South from Raleigh, I-40 connects with U.S. 70 / Future I-42 east to Smithfield and Goldsboro and I-95 southwest to Fayetteville.
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Construction for the expanded interchange joining I-40 with I-42/U.S. 70 east and NC 540 west.
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Sources:
- "Diverging Diamond Coming to I-40/Airport Boulevard Interchange." North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), press release. November 22, 2019.
Photo Credits:
12/15/16, 05/31/21, 12/27/22 by AARoads
Connect with:
Interstate 440 / Cliff Benson Beltline
Interstate 540 / Toll NC 540
U.S. 1
U.S. 64
Page Updated 01-19-2023.