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Interstate 40 enters Guilford County east ahead of the wye interchange with U.S. 421 (Salem Parkway) southbound.
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Exit 208 lies one mile east of Bunker Hill Road (SR 2007) with Sandy Ridge Road (SR 1850) in an industrial area west of Greensboro.
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U.S. 421 joins Interstate 40 one half mile west of the diamond interchange (Exit 208) with Sandy Ridge Road (SR 1850).
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Sandy Ridge Road heads north to Market Street (former U.S. 421) near Colfax and south to Sandy Ridge through the Greensboro outer suburbs.
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I-40/U.S. 421 continue east to Exit 210 with NC 68 near Piedmont Triad International Airport (PTI).
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NC 68 travels south from the parclo interchange at Exit 210 as an arterial to High Point and north as an expressway to I-73 (Joseph Bryan Boulevard).
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Interstate 40 east / U.S. 421 south reassurance sign posted in the airport industrial area.
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A single point urban interchange (SPUI) links Gallimore Dairy Road (SR 1556) and I-40/U.S. 421 at Exit 211.
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Gallimore Dairy Road heads north to Market Street (old U.S. 421) from Exit 211 and southwest to NC 68 (Lynwood Smith Expressway).
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I-40 east and U.S. 421 south partition at a systems interchange (Exit 212) with I-73 and I-840 east in one mile. U.S. 421 combines with I-73 south to I-85 in south Greensboro.
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I-40/U.S. 421 advance eastbound with five lanes through the SPUI with Gallimore Dairy Road to Interstate 73 and I-840 east.
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The exchange with I-73 was originally designed to take Interstate 40 onto the Greensboro Urban Loop to bypass the city. With I-40 realigned back across the city in September 2008, Left Exit 212 A was the result.
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I-73 south to I-85 north provides a bypass of Greensboro for through traffic headed east to Durham and Raleigh.
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Exit 212 B loops onto I-73 north / I-840 east toward PTI Airport beyond the separation with U.S. 421/I-73 south.
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Interstate 40 expands to six lanes at Left Exit 212 A for I-73 south to Asheboro and U.S. 421 south to Sanford. U.S. 421 was realigned southward from I-40 to I-85 in September 2008.
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I-840 overlaps with I-73 north 3.63 miles from Exit 212 B to Joseph M. Bryan Boulevard (SR 2085).
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I-73 dog legs west from I-840 to Piedmont Triad International Airport (PTI) and north at NC 68 toward U.S. 220 at the town of Summerfield.
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I-73 extends 19.38 miles to U.S. 220/NC 68 north of Stokesdale. I-840 (Greensboro Urban Loop) encircles the north side of the city east to U.S. 220 (Battleground Avenue) as of 2019. The beltway will be completed on January 23, 2013.
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Beyond the split with U.S. 421 south, Interstate 40 continues to Guilford College Road (SR 1546) at the succeeding exit.
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The auxiliary lane gained east from I-73/840 departs at the folded diamond interchange (Exit 213) with Guilford College Road. Guilford College Road continues south to Guilford Technical Community College and U.S. 29 near High Point.
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Wendover Avenue (SR 1541) meets Interstate 40 at the parclo interchange at Exit 214A. Wendover Avenue constitutes a heavily traveled six to eight lane commercial arterial leading east through west Greensboro toward Downtown.
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Exit 214A departs Interstate 40 east for Wendover Avenue west. The realignment for U.S. 70 approved in 2019 utilizes Wendover Avenue west 4.7 miles to NC 68 (Eastchester Drive) south into High Point.
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Exit 214B loops onto Wendover Avenue east ahead of the Terra Cotta and Pomona communities. Wendover Avenue is a controlled access parkway east 5.8 miles from Spring Garden Street to U.S. 220 (Battleground Avenue) near Lake Daniel and Irving Park.
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Patterson Street (SR 4239) branches east from I-40 at a wye interchange (Exit 216). Decommissioned in 2005, NC 6 looped north from I-40 along Patterson and Lee Streets through the Greensboro central business district.
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Both Patterson Street (SR 4239) and Gate City Boulevard (SR 4121) converge at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex to the north of I-40. Patterson Street (old NC 6) parallels a Norfolk Southern Railroad line east along an industrial strip.
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A six-ramp parclo interchange joins I-40 with Gate City Boulevard (SR 4121) at Exit 217. Formerly High Point Road, SR 4121 represents part of the historic alignment for U.S. 29A/70A, which ran between High Point and Greensboro until 1993.1
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Gate City Boulevard runs 1.4 miles north to Patterson Street (old NC 6) at the Greensboro Coliseum. The six lane arterial continues southwest from the adjacent Four Seasons Town Centre to the Oakwood and Sedge-Town communities of the city and I-73.
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Passing under Vanstory Street, I-40 east advances to U.S. 220 south and Freeman Mill Boulevard north. U.S. 220 follows a freeway southward from Exit 218 A to I-85 where I-73 combines to Asheboro and Rockingham.
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U.S. 220 south to I-73/74 and NC 211 leads to the village of Pinehurst in Moore County.
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U.S. 220 provides a cut off south from I-40 to U.S. 29 toward High Point. Asheboro is 24 miles away.
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Freeman Mill Boulevard (SR 1398) extends north from U.S. 220 and Exit 218B to Gate City Boulevard (former NC 6) and the Greensboro central business district.
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North
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U.S. 220 north joins I-40 east 2.87 miles to O'Henry Boulevard.
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Succeeding exits depart I-40/U.S. 220 east for U.S. 29 south and Randleman Road (SR 1007) at the interchange formerly known as Death Valley.
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Business Loop I-85 replaced the I-85 mainline along U.S. 29/70 southwest from I-40 toward High Point in 2004. Sign changes starting in 2018 phase out the business route.
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Left Exit 220 separates from I-40/U.S. 220 east just ahead of the merge with U.S. 29 north for Randleman Road (SR 1007).
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East 
North
U.S. 29 combines with I-40/U.S. 220 at the Randleman Road overpass. Exit 221 for S Elm-Eugene Street north into Downtown Greensboro follows in a half mile.
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Area colleges served by Exit 221 include Bennett College, UNC-Greensboro, North Carolina A&T University and Greensboro College.
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I-40/U.S. 29-220 east enter the diamond interchange (Exit 221) with S Elm-Eugene Street. Elm-Eugene Street runs south 2.3 miles through Woodlea Lakes to I-85/U.S. 421.
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U.S. 29 combines with I-40/U.S. 220 east for 1.74 miles.
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An art-deco bridge carries a Norfolk-Southern Railroad line over I-40 ahead of Patton Avenue. J.M. Hunt, Jr. Expressway (SR 3762) heads south from Exit 222 to become U.S. 421 beyond I-85 en route to Julian, Liberty and Siler City.
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Prior to September 2008, U.S. 421 turned south from I-40 at Exit 222 along Joseph M. Hunt, Jr. Expressway to I-85.
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Martin Luther King Drive (SR 3762) extends northwest from Joseph M. Hunt, Jr. Expressway and Exit 221A into Downtown Greensboro.
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The exchange with Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive (old U.S. 421) overlays the wye interchange (Exit 223) with the split of U.S. 29-220 north. Sanford lies 51 miles to the south along U.S. 421.
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U.S. 29/220 turn northward along O&apos Henry Boulevard, an older urban expressway through Nocho and Scott Parks to Wendover Avenue (U.S. 70). U.S. 29 continues northeast from Greensboro along the future I-785 corridor to Reidsville and Danville, Virginia.
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I-40 converges with I-785 north and I-840 west just beyond the parclo interchange (Exit 226) with McConnell Road (SR 3000).
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Interstate 785 was signed in December 2016 alongside Future I-840, 7.65 miles north to U.S. 29.
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Interstate 785 connects with U.S. 29 north to Reidsville. I-840 west is under construction to N Elm Street through 2022.
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Exit 227 splits with ramps for I-785/840 and Interstate 85 along the southeastern quadrant of the Greensboro Urban Loop.
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Interstate 40 proceeds east from I-785/840 to combine with I-85 at a wye interchange.
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Exit 132 separates from I-40 east to Mt. Hope Church Road (SR 3045) just ahead of the merge with I-85 northbound.
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12/15/16, 01/17/19, 05/31/21, 08/14/21, 08/15/21, 08/16/21, 08/18/21 by AARoads
Connect with:
Interstate 73
Interstate 785
Interstate 840 - Greensboro Urban Loop
U.S. 29
U.S. 70
U.S. 220
U.S. 421
Highway 68
Page Updated 01-18-2023.