West 
East
Exit numbers along the I-26/240 overlap use the Interstate 240 mileage. Exit 1 joins the freeway loop with NC 191 (Brevard Road) at West Asheville.
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Reassurance markers for I-240 precede the S Bear Creek Road (SR 3413) overpass at the Venable community.
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I-26/240 enter the diamond interchange (Exit 1 A) with NC 191 (Brevard Road) beyond a second crossing of Hominy Creek.
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I-26/240 kink northward at the wye interchange (Exit 1 C) with Amboy Road (SR 3556).
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Confirming markers for I-26 east / I-240 west at Amboy Road (SR 3556).
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I-26/240 head north to a modified diamond interchange (Exit 2) with U.S. 19-23 Business (Haywood Road).
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I-26 west / I-240 east reach Exit 2 to Hanover Street. Although mostly unmarked, U.S. 19/23 Business overlap with I-26/240 northward to Exit 3.
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Future I-26 separates with I-240 east in 1.4 miles.
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North
U.S 19/23/74A stem west from I-26/240 at Exit 3A along Patton Avenue to Lucerne Park and Sulphur Springs in Asheville.
07/03/14
I-26/240 and U.S. 19-23 Business shields posted between Haywood Road and the merge with U.S. 19/23/74A (Patton Avenue).
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Interstate 26 traffic is advised to move to the left lane through the trumpet interchange (Exit 3A) with Patton Avenue, as I-26 splits with I-240 east via a left exit ramp in 0.75 miles.
12/31/13
I-26/240 combine with U.S. 19/23 northbound from Patton Avenue. U.S. 19/23 head southwest from Asheville to Enka and Candler.
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I-26/240 will shift eastward onto a new alignment where Exit 3 B departs for Westgate Parkway. A new off-ramp will depart nearby for Patton Avenue by Westgate Shopping Center.
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East 
North
Directing motorists into the left lane for the continuation of Interstate 26 toward Weaverville, the I-26 trailblazer posted after Exit 3 B was changed by 2013 to Future I-26.
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I-26/240 and U.S. 19-23-74A proceed east a half mile to their separation at Exit 4A (U.S. 70) and Exit 4 B with Patton Avenue into Downtown Asheville.
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Future I-26 heads north alongside U.S. 19-23-70 to UNC Asheville, Woodfin and Weaverville. Bypassing Downtown Asheville, U.S. 70/74A accompany I-240 east to Exit 5 B / Charlotte Street.
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A shield Future I-26 stands along the single lane ramp leading away from I-240/U.S. 74A eastbound. Markers for U.S. 19-23-70 were also posted here previously.
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Future I-26 north from Asheville to Woodfin and points north is the Morris L. McGough Freeway.
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Hill Street parallels I-40 west from Montford Avenue and curves north to a half diamond interchange with Future I-26 at Riverside Drive (old NC 251). Atkinson Street spans the freeway west to Hillcrest Apartments.
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A parclo interchange (Exit 25) joins Future I-26 with Broadway Street (SR 1781) south to adjacent UNC Asheville and NC 215 (Riverside Drive) north to Woodfin and Elk Mountain.
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NC 251 commences north from Broadway Street at Exit 25. The 17.60 mile route parallels the French Broad River north to U.S. 25/70 outside Marshall.
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Prior to the early 1990s, NC 251 extended south along Riverside Drive, from Broadway Street at U.S. 19-23-70 into Asheville.
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A diamond interchange (Exit 24) joins Future I-26 with Elk Mountain Road (SR 1684).
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U.S. 19/23 historically ran alongside U.S. 25 on Merrimon Avenue through North Asheville.
10/23/15
U.S. 25 shifts onto Future I-26/U.S. 19-23-70 from adjacent Merrimon Avenue at Exit 23.
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U.S. 25 combines with Future I-26 north from a trumpet interchange at Exit 23.
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Merrimon Avenue continues north between Future I-26/U.S. 19-23-25-70 and Reynolds Mountain as U.S. 19 Business to Weaverville.
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West 
North
The Weaverville bypass opened in the mid 1960s as the new alignment for U.S. 25/70.
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A parclo A2 interchange (Exit 21) links Future I-26 with New Stock Road (SR 1882) adjacent to U.S. 19-23 Business (Merrimon Avenue).
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New Stock Road (SR 1882) meanders northwest from U.S. 19-23 Business (Merrimon Avenue) at Stoney Knob to U.S. 25/70 west of Weaverville.
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Located east of Future I-26 along U.S. 19E, Burnsville is the Yance County seat.
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U.S. 25 north / U.S. 70 west leave Future I-26/U.S. 19-23 at Weaver Boulevard (SR 1725) and turn northwest to Marshall, Hot Springs and Newport, Tennessee.
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Weaver Boulevard (SR 1725) extends 0.68 miles east from the parclo interchange (Exit 19) with Future I-26 to U.S. 19-23 Business north of the Weaverville town center.
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U.S. 25/70 overlap 52 miles northwest from Weaverville to Newport, Tennessee.
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Photo Credits:
- 07/16/05 by AARoads.
- 12/31/13 by AARoads and Carter Buchanan.
- 07/03/14 by AARoads.
- 10/23/15 by AARoads.
- 01/16/19 by AARoads.
- 05/26/21 by AARoads.
Connect with:
Interstate 240
U.S. 19
U.S. 23
U.S. 25
U.S. 70
U.S. 74
Page Updated 01-27-2023.