Interstate 40 North Carolina – West

Trailblazers that were posted for I-85/U.S. 220 south and U.S. 421 north beside the off-ramp to Joseph M. Hunt Jr. Expressway. 07/24/04

Shields for I-40/85, U.S. 29-220 south, U.S. 70 west, and U.S. 421 north previously posted after Patton Avenue. This assembly was removed by 2012. 07/24/04

Exit 125 for S Elm-Eugene Street was renumbered to Exit 221. 07/24/04

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The high accident rate at the substandard exchange where I-40/85 split was one of the reasons for the constructing the Greensboro south bypass. 07/24/04

Business Loop I-85 replaced I-85 in 2004 along both I-40 west to Exit 219 and former I-85 southwest toward High Point. 07/24/04

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Guide signs for Exit 217 were replaced when High Point Road was renamed to Gate City Boulevard. 07/24/04

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The sign bridge one mile from Sandy Ridge Road was removed after 2017. 08/16/13

Business Loop I-40 through Winston-Salem was decommissioned with the reconstruction of U.S. 421 along Salem Parkway. 08/16/13

Work upgrading U.S. 421 along former Business Loop I-40 took place between 2017 and 2020. 08/16/13

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A U.S. 311 shield was posted ahead of Exit 193B, following the relocation of the route from the Winston-Salem street grid onto U.S. 52/NC 8 north to Exit 110C. 07/09/10

I-40 west at the previous diamond interchange (Exit 151) with U.S. 21 in Statesville. Harmony was dropped on sign replacements. 08/15/08

Interstate 40 narrowed to just two through lanes beyond the merge with U.S. 74 until 2005-08 roadwork expanded the freeway to eight overall lanes. 08/23/03

Expansion of I-40 included the addition of overhead signs for the lane drop at Exit 44 to U.S. 19/23 at Mars Hill. 08/23/03

Westbound I-40 at Exit 44 for U.S. 19/23, Patton Avenue east and Smoky Park Highway west. 09/12/04

U.S. 19/23 shield assembly at the end of the loop ramp at Exit 44. This ramp was eventually expanded with four overall turn lanes. 08/23/03

I-40 splits with U.S. 74 at Exit 27 north of Clyde. 08/13/04

U.S. 74 shifts onto the Great Smoky Mountain Expressway southwest from Exit 27. 09/12/04