Interstate 40 East - Hickory to Catawba

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Old Shelby Road (SR 1124) north and 33rd Street SW come together at a parclo interchange (Exit 121) with Interstate 40.
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33rd Street SW links Interstate 40 with U.S. 70 in the town of Long View, 1.02 miles from Exit 121.
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Exit 123 with U.S. 321 is the first of four along Interstate 40 eastbound for the city of Hickory.
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U.S. 321 follows a freeway south from Hickory to Lincolnton and Dallas.
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The confirming marker posted east of Exit 121 was missing by 2022.
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Regionally U.S. 321 travels south to Gastonia and west to Boone and Appalachian State University.
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Hickory Regional Airport (HKY) spreads across the county line west of U.S. 321 along 2nd Avenue NW (SR 1306 / 1653).
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A collector distributor roadway separates from I-40 east to the cloverleaf interchange (Exit 123) with U.S. 321.
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Interstate 40 enters the Hickory city limits at the exchange with U.S. 321.
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NC 127 (2nd Street SW) travels just east of U.S. 321 northward into Downtown Hickory. U.S. 321 and NC 127 meet just south of Exit 123 A at Mountain View.
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U.S. 321 downgrades from a freeway into a commercial arterial north of U.S. 70.
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Confirming marker posted eastbound between the Center Street overpass and mile marker 124.
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Interstate 40 spans U.S. 70-321 Business three quarters of a mile from the parclo interchange (Exit 125) with Lenoir Rhyne Boulevard SE (SR 1007).
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Lenoir Rhyne Boulevard (SR 1007) leads north from Exit 125 to Lenoir Rhyne University and south to U.S. 70/321 Business at 8th Street Drive SE (SR 1146).
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Lenoir Rhyne Boulevard SE intersects adjacent U.S. 70/321 Business amid a heavily developed retail area anchored by Valley Hills Mall.
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I-40 advances east to a diamond interchange (Exit 126) with McDonald Parkway SE (SR 1005). McDonald Parkway meets U.S. 70/321 Business just south of Exit 125 by Catawba Valley Community College.
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U.S. 70/321 Business overlap east from McDonald Parkway along the Conover and Newton city line. Newton, the Catawba County seat, lies along U.S. 321 Business and NC 16.
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Fairgrove Church Road SE (SR 1476) meets Interstate 40 at the succeeding exit.
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Fairgrove Church Road (SR 1476) links with U.S. 70/321 Business near Hickory Motor Speedway to the south and north with Tate Boulevard (SR 1692) by Catawba Valley Medical Center.
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Old US 70 / 1st Street W (SR 1007) heads east through an industrial area to meet Interstate 40 at Exit 130.
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A folded diamond interchange (Exit 130) joins I-40 Old US 70 (1st Street W) beyond a Norfolk Southern Railroad overpass. 1st Street W continues southeast to NC 16 Business (1st Avenue S) in Downtown Conover.
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When the Conover-Newton Bypass for NC 16 was completed, the former route along Main and 1st Avenue was redesignated as NC 16 Business. The exchange at Exit 132 replaced a diamond interchange with 1st Avenue N to the west.
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NC 16 travels nearly the height of the state between Waxhaw and the Virginia Route 16. MSR 16 joins Newton with the Alexander County seat of Taylorsville to the north.
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Rock Barn Road NE (SR 1709) stems east from NC 16 in Conover to Interstate 40 at Exit 133.
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East from the diamond interchange at Exit 133, Rock Barn Road continues to the Rock Barn Country Club community.
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Interstate 40 runs across the north side of Claremont, meeting N Oxford Street (SR 1715) south to U.S. 70 (W Main Street).
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Oxford Street leads north from Exit 135 to Rock Barn Road (SR 1709).
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Interstate 40 eastbound at the diamond interchange (Exit 135) with Oxford Street (SR 1715).
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NC 10 travels east from Newton and Catawba and north to Interstate 40 at Exit 138.
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South from I-40, NC 10 (Oxford School Road) heads 1.65 miles to U.S. 70.
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Northwest from Exit 138, Oxford School Road (SR 1717) extends 2.20 miles to Lookout Dam Road (SR 1006) at Bunker Hill High School.
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Spanning the Catawba River north of Catawba, Interstate 40 east enters Iredell County
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