Interstate 40 East - Asheville to Black Mountain

Wiggins Road (SR 1200) loops 1.43 miles north from U.S. 19/23 (Smokey Park Highway) and Old US 19/23 Highway (SR 1130) to Exit 37.
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Asheville is the seat of Buncombe County; Downtown lies 13 miles to the east via Interstate 240.
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Weigh stations follow on both sides of I-40/U.S. 74 near Justice Ridge.
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The truck weigh station lies east of the Morgan Road (SR 1210) underpass.
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U.S. 19/23 (Smokey Park Highway) converges with I-40/U.S. 74 at Exit 44 east from Candler and Enka.
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A $42.9 million design-build project underway from October 2005 to May 2008 expanded Interstate 40 to eight overall lanes from the parclo interchange (Exit 44) with U.S. 19/23 to I-26/240.¹
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The Swannanoa Mountains come into view at the exchange with U.S. 19/23 (Smokey Park Highway). U.S. 19/23 follow Patton Avenue through the western suburbs of Asheville of Sand Hill and Sulphur Springs to I-26/240 near Downtown.
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I-40/U.S. 74 split at the three-wye interchange with I-26 and I-240 east. U.S. 74 combines with I-26 southeast from Exit 46 A, 36 miles to Columbus.
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I-26/U.S. 74 travel southward 18 miles to Hendersonville. Beyond there, I-26 turns east across the Saluda Mountains toward Spartanburg, Columbia.
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I-26 concluded at the three-level interchange with I-40/240 until August 5, 2003, when a nine mile stretch of freeway opened northward between Mars Hill and Sams Gap. I-26 extends north to I-81 in Tennessee within the Tri-Cities region.
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Left Exit 46 B joins I-26 west and I-240 east into the city of Asheville. I-240 constitutes a 9.54 mile long urban loop. I-26 runs concurrent with I-240 east 3.8 miles to the exchange with U.S. 19-23-70 near Downtown Asheville.
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Continuing east, I-40 crosses Hominy Creek ahead of the folded diamond interchange (Exit 47) with NC 191 (Brevard Road).
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NC 191 (Brevard Road) follows a winding course through western reaches of Ashville. The state route meets I-40 by the WNC Farmers Market.
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The two roadways of I-40 converge between Hominy Creek and the overpass for NC 191 (Brevard Road).
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NC 191 (Brevard Road) heads 1.60 miles north to U.S. 19-23 Business (Haywood Road) in Asheville. The four lane arterial continues 1.72 miles south to I-26/U.S. 74 by the Asheville Outlets retail center.
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Beaucatcher, Piney and Cisco Mountains rise to the northeast.
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Interstate 40 spans the French Broad River and continues along the north side of the Biltmore Estate.
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The town of Black Mountain is the next control point for I-40 east in 17 miles. Statesville, where the freeway meets Interstate 77, is 104 miles away.
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A three quarter cloverleaf interchange (Exit 50) connects Interstate 40 with U.S. 25 (Hendersonville Road) between Shiloh and the Biltmore Village Historic District in two miles.
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U.S. 25 (Hendersonville Road) runs north into Downtown Asheville and southward from Exit 50 to the Biltmore Estate, Biltmore Forest, and Skyland in south Asheville.
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Interstate 40 passes through the town of Biltmore Forest between Ram Branch and Exit 50.
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U.S. 25 follows McDowell Street northward to Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College and Mission Hospital.
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Exit 50 parts ways with I-40 east at the Vanderbilt Road overpass for U.S. 25 (Hendersonville Road).
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U.S. 25 heads 3.7 miles north to I-240/U.S. 70 at Downtown Asheville.
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Swannanoa Mountain rises along the eastern horizon as Interstate 40 advances east of the London Road underpass.
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A folded diamond interchange (Exit 51) links Interstate 40 with U.S. 25A (Sweeten Creek Road) at East Biltmore.
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An 8.57 mile long route, U.S. 25A (Sweeten Creek Road) loops east from U.S. 25 between Arden and the city of Asheville.
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Little Cedar Mountain appears to the east as Interstate 40 encircles the Oakley community in southeast Asheville.
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Interstate 240 returns to I-40 alongside U.S. 74A at Gashes Creek. I-240/U.S. 74A travel west from Exit 53 toward Downtown Asheville while U.S. 74A east leads away from the city to Reynolds and Fairview.
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U.S. 74A travels twenty miles east from Exit 53 A to U.S. 64 at Bat Cave.
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U.S. 74A combines with U.S. 64 east from Bat Cave in the Blue Ridge Mountains to Chimney Rock and Lake Lure.
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Exit 53 A leaves Interstate 40 east for U.S. 74A (Charlotte Highway). U.S. 74A ventures 44 miles southeast to U.S. 221 at Rutherfordton.
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U.S. 74A meets Blue Ridge Parkway at a grade separated intersection just east of I-40. Blue Ridge Parkway stays south and east of Asheville along a northeasterly route to Mount Mitchell.
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I-240 heads five miles northwest from the cloverleaf interchange joining I-40 with U.S. 74A to I-26/U.S. 19-23-70. U.S. 74A parallels I-240 to NC 81 (Swannanoa River Road) and the Beaucatcher Tunnel with U.S. 70.
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Interstate 40 parallels the Swannanona River, a Norfolk Southern Railroad line and the northern slopes of Swannanoa Mountain east to a diamond interchange (Exit 55) with Porters Cove Road (SR 2838).
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Confirming marker posted north of Hemphill Knob and west of the Blue Ridge Parkway overpass.
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Porter Cove Road (SR 2838) spurs 0.35 miles south from adjacent U.S. 70 (Tunnel Road) at east Asheville to Interstate 40 at Porter Cove.
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U.S. 70 travels through Beverly Hills and Oteen in east Asheville to Swannanoa just north of Interstate 40. Connections with the Blue Ridge Parkway north lead motorists to Mount Mitchell State Park.
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