West
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Exit 227 links I-40 west with I-785 north to Danville and I-840 west around the north side of Greensboro.
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The initial segment of Interstate 840 opened to traffic north from I-40/85 to U.S. 70 (Burlington Road) in 2002.
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I-785/840 was completed north to U.S. 29 on December 7, 2017. I-840 west to U.S. 220 opened to traffic on January 23, 2023.
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Interstate 785 extends 7.65 miles north to U.S. 29. The remainder of the corridor northeast to Danville, Virginia remains a Future Interstate Corridor.
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The succeeding exit along I-40 west of I-785/840 is for McConnell Road (SR 3000) on the outskirts of Greensboro.
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McConnell Road (SR 3000) leads west from Stewarts Mill into the Nocho Park neighborhood in Greensboro.
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Gate City Boulevard (SR 4240) east and E Lee Street (SR 3037) west meet Interstate 40 at a diamond interchange (Exit 224).
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Part of NC 6 until 2005, Gate City Boulevard provides a direct route into central Greensboro.
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Area colleges served by Exit 224 include Bennett College, UNC-Greensboro, North Carolina A&T University and Greensboro College.
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Lee Street (SR 3037) extends east from Gate City Boulevard at Exit 224 a short distance to Causey Lake Road (SR 3285) and suburban tracts out toward Youngs Mill Road (SR 3029).
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A diamond interchange at Exit 222 joins I-40 with Joseph M. Hunt, Jr. Expressway within the wye interchange that brings U.S. 29/220 southbound onto the freeway.
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Part of U.S. 421 south to I-85 until September 2008, Joseph M. Hunt, Jr. Expressway (SR 3762) extends southward from Exit 222 and Greensboro to Liberty and Siler City.
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U.S. 421 joins Greensboro with Sanford to the southeast. Westward, U.S. 421 follows freeways west to Yadkinville.
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Interstate 40 reenters the city of Greensboro west across South Buffalo Creek.
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Exit 222 leaves I-40 west for SR 3762 south and Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive north to Gate City Boulevard (SR 4240) in Downtown Greensboro.
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West 
South
U.S. 29/220 south combine with I-40 west ahead of the diamond interchange (Exit 221) with S Eugene-Elm Street.
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A Norfolk-Southern Railroad line crosses the freeway a half mile before Exit 221.
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S Eugene-Elm Street continues from Exit 221 along a four lane arterial southward to the Woodlea Lakes community and I-85/U.S. 421.
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S Eugene-Elm Street heads north from I-40/U.S. 29-220 into Downtown Greensboro.
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I-40 west and Business Loop I-85/U.S. 29 south split 0.75 miles beyond the S Elm-Eugene Street overpass at the interchange once known as Death Valley.
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Randleman Road (SR 1007) heads north from Exit 220 to Oak Grove and south to Rocky Knoll within the city.
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Exit 220 to Randleman Road (SR 1007) departs from I-40/U.S. 29-220 west a half mile from their separation. The former route of U.S. 220, Randleman Road runs northward to Freeman Mill Road and south to Level Cross in Randolph County.
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U.S. 29 branches south from Left Exit 219 to High Point. U.S. 220 remains alongside I-40 west to the succeeding interchange (Exits 218 B/A).
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West South
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U.S. 220 turns south from I-40 at the directional cloverleaf interchange (Exit 218) with Freeman Mill Boulevard (SR 1398).
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U.S. 220 travels south along a freeway to Creek Ridge Road before meeting U.S. 29 again. The freeway extends southward 15 miles to Randleman and 22 miles to Asheboro along Interstate 73.
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Freeman Mill Boulevard (SR 1398) heads 2.5 miles north from Exit 218 B to Gate City Boulevard (SR 4240) and three miles to the one way couplet of Edgewater and Spring Streets in Downtown Greensboro.
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U.S. 220 parts ways with I-40 west at Exit 218 A. U.S. 220 concludes 81 miles to the south at U.S. 1 in Rockingham.
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West
The ensuing exit joins I-40 west with Gate City Boulevard (formerly High Point Road) and Four Seasons Town Centre via Koury Boulevard.
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Gate City Boulevard (SR 4121) runs southwest from the Greensboro Coliseum area to the Sedgefield community, I-73 and Jamestown Parkway. Historically High Point Road was part of U.S. 29A/70A between Greensboro and High Point.
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Exit 217 departs I-40 west at the Vanstory Street overpass. Gate City Boulevard constitutes a busy commercial arterial southwest 2.75 miles to a DDI with I-73.
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Koury Boulevard is a local access road for Four Seasons Town Centre.
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Patterson Street (SR 4239 / former NC 6) converges with I-40 at a wye interchange one mile ahead of Exit 214 for Wendover Avenue (SR 1541).
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A controlled access parkway, Wendover Avenue meanders southwest from U.S. 220 (Battleground Avenue) through the Starmount Forest, Highland Park West and Pomona communities. West from Spring Garden Street to I-40, Wendover Avenue is a heavily developed arterial.
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Entering the parclo interchange (Exit 214) with Wendover Avenue on I-40 west. Wendover Avenue is part of the 2019 planned realignment of U.S. 70 in Greensboro. U.S. 70 will follow the arterial 4.8 miles west to NC 68 en route to High Point.
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Guilford College lies northward along College Road at Friendly Avenue.
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Guilford College Road (SR 1546) meanders north from Exit 213 to W Market Street (old U.S. 421) at College Road and south to Jamestown.
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Westbound at the folded diamond interchange (Exit 213) with Guilford College Road. I-40 next meets I-73/840 and U.S. 421.
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I-73 and I-840 overlap 3.63 miles north from I-40/U.S. 421 to Bryan Boulevard east of Piedmont Triad International Airport (PTI).
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Heading north from Greensboro, Interstate 73 continues 16 miles to U.S. 220 south of Madison. The future corridor along I-73 extends north to Martinsville and Roanoke, Virginia.
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I-73/U.S. 421 overlap through southwestern Greensboro from I-40 at Exit 212 A to I-85/U.S. 29.
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West 
North
U.S. 421 combines with I-40 west 0.33 miles ahead of the SPUI with Gallimore Dairy Road (SR 1556).
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Gallimore Dairy Road (SR 1556) serves an industrial area south of Piedmont Triad International Airport (PTI).
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Exit 211 departs Interstate 40 west / U.S. 421 north. Gallimore Dairy Road (SR 1556) heads north to W Market Street (SR 1008) and southwest to Chimney Rock Road (SR 1554) and NC 68.
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I-40/U.S. 421 continue west to a parclo interchange (Exit 210) with Regional Road (SR 1695) and NC 68. NC 68 constitutes an expressway north to I-73 by Piedmont Triad International Airport (PTI) and a four lane arterial southward into High Point.
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Regional Road (SR 1695) parallels NC 68 through industrial areas southwest of the PTI Airport at Friendship. NC 68 extends north from Exit 210 and the airport area along I-73 to Oak Ridge.
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With auxiliary lanes, Interstate 40 expands to ten overall lanes through an industrial area along the Deep River East Fork to Exit 208 for Sandy Ridge Road.
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Sandy Ridge Road (SR 1850) arcs southwest from the adjacent Robert G. Shaw Piedmont Triad Farmers Market to Sandy Ridge and Forsyth County.
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This shield advises traffic along I-40 west of the upcoming split with U.S. 421 at Salem Parkway (former Business Loop I-40).
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Originally a parclo A2, Exit 208 joins I-40 with Sandy Ridge Road (SR 1850) at a diamond interchange. SR 1850 leads 0.60 miles north to Market Street (old U.S. 421), east of Colfax.
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U.S. 421 separates from Interstate 40 in one mile for Kernersville and Winston-Salem along the original course of I-40.
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Sources:
- "'Hawthorne Curve' thrown for a loop New section of I- 40 set in Winston-Salem." The News & Observer, October 29, 1992.
Photo Credits:
08/13/21, 08/14/21, 08/16/21, 08/18/21, 08/21/21, 08/23/21 by AARoads
Connect with:
Interstate 73
Interstate 840 - Greensboro Urban Loop
Business Loop I-40 - Winston-Salem
U.S. 29
U.S. 70
U.S. 220
U.S. 421
Highway 68
Page Updated 01-20-2023.