Photos taken from our travels across the United States. Albums cover a variety of highway imagery including signs, bridges, interchanges, traffic control devices and other infrastructure. Archived albums cover photos taken during the early years of the site, or photos showing stretches of highway before widening or major reconstruction, or an old alignment.
Prior to 2019, Exit 67 joined I-40 west with both NC 108 and U.S.74. Photo by Carter Buchanan (08/13/04).
Direct ramps joining I-26 and U.S. 74 opened in June 2019. Photo by Carter Buchanan (08/13/04).
The exchange with NC 108 was reconfigured into a dogbone interchange. Photo by Carter Buchanan (07/18/04).
All signs at Exit 49A for U.S. 64 east to Bat Cave on I-26 west were replaced by 2010. 05/31/07.
Replaced overhead posted within the cloverleaf interchange (Exit 49) with U.S. 64 on I-26/U.S. 25-74 north. The new assembly installed by 2010 included the removal of overhead lighting. 05/31/07.
This Exit 40 sign was replaced by 2010. Oddly the right aligned exit tab was shifted to the center. 05/31/07.
What may have been an original shield for Interstate 26, posted after the NC 280 on-ramp. The assembly was replaced by 2007. 07/16/05.
I-26/US 74 west at the diamond interchange with NC 146 prior to the conversion into a SPUI. 05/31/07.
Continuing northwest along I-26/US 74 from before the construction of Biltmore Square shopping center and the redesign of Exit 37 into a SPUI. 05/31/07.
This reassurance marker for I-26 west posted north of NC 146 was removed after 2008 during construction and not replaced. 05/31/07.
Congestion signs and flashers were added between 2004 and 2005 to I-26 leading north into Asheville. This assembly was removed by 2013. 07/16/05.
A second congestion sign operated at the entrance ramp from NC 191. It was replaced with a Traffic Info radio advisory sign by 2008. 05/31/07.
Approaching I-40/240 along I-26 prior to expansion from four to eight lanes. 12/31/13
I-26/US 74 west at Hominy Creek before adjacent development of an industrial park. 05/31/07.
Previous overheads for I-40/240 on I-26 west, still not referencing the 2003 extension through Asheville. 05/31/07.
Arrow per lane signs replaced this set of signs leading westbound into the exchange with I-40/240. 12/31/13
Former supplemental sign referencing U.S. 19-23-70, which follow Future I-26 north from I-240. 12/31/13
This diagrammatic sign was posted when Interstate 26 ended at I-40 /240. Exit 31A was formerly Exit 1A. 06/23/00
An overlay showed the continuation of I-26 west onto I-240 east into Asheville. Signs here were replaced by 2010 with three separate panels. 05/31/07.
APL's replaced these signs as part of I-26 widening from NC 191 north to I-40/240. 12/31/13
Replaced by 2008, a state named shield for I-40 was posted along the ramp at Exit 31A. 07/16/05
05/31/07
The original concrete along Future I-26/U.S. 19-23-70 in Asheville was overlaid with asphalt by 2007. 07/16/05
Guide signs for Exit 25 were replaced in kind by 2010. 07/16/05
Sign replacements at Exit 23 changed New Bridge to Woodfin / N Asheville, but omitted U.S. 25. 08/23/03
A 2010 sign replacement removed Weaverville for New Stock Road / Exit 21. 05/31/07
Overheads at Exit 19 were replaced in kind. 05/31/07
U.S. 25/70 split with Future I-26/U.S. 19-23 north. 05/31/07
Future I-26 westbound at Monticello Road in the town of Weaverville.
Guide signs for Exit 9 were replaced in 2006 when U.S. 23A was designated along old U.S. 23 north to California. 07/16/05
U.S. 19 turns northeast through Radford and Ivy Gaps from I-26/U.S. 23 to Cane River. 07/16/05
07/16/05
Overheads for Exit 3 were changed to reflect the 2006 redesignation of U.S. 23 as U.S. 23A. 07/16/05
07/16/05
I-26/U.S. 23 north at U.S. 23A south. 07/16/05
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