Interstate 40 East - Winston-Salem

East

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NC 801 travels 11.10 miles east from U.S. 601 to Interstate 40 at Exit 180 via Farmington.
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The parclo interchange (Exit 180) joining I-40 with NC 801 falls within the town of Bermuda Run.
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Interstate 40 east enters the outer suburbs of Winston-Salem at Bermuda Run and Exit 180.
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NC 801 intersects U.S. 158 just south of Exit 180 at Hillsdale.
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Interstate 40 previously expands to six overall lanes east of the diamond interchange (Exit 182) with Harper Road (SR 1101).
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Exit 184 follows with Lewisville-Clemmons Road (SR 1103).
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Northward from the diamond interchange (Exit 184) with I-40, Lewisville-Clemmons Road (SR 1103) continues 2.95 miles to the freeway along U.S. 421 at Styers Ferry Road in the town of Lewisville.
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Lewisville-Clemmons Road heads south from Exit 184 along a commercialized strip to U.S. 158 (Clemmons Road) in the village of Clemmons.
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Interstate 40 bee lines northeast into the city of Winston-Salem beyond Muddy Creek.
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Advancing east by Jonestown in Winston-Salem, Interstate 40 converges with U.S. 421 (Salem Parkway) at Exit 188 in two miles. Prior to 2020, U.S. 421 overlapped with Business Loop I-40.
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U.S. 421 follows a freeway east from Yadkinville to the three-wye interchange (Exit 188) with I-40 and Salem Parkway. Business Loop I-40 was established in 1992 when I-40 was realigned to bypass Winston-Salem.
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Traffic along I-40 eastbound partitions with two continuing across south Winston-Salem toward Greensboro and two lanes departing at Left Exit 188 for U.S. 421 (Salem Parkway) east to Downtown.
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Originally a part of Interstate 40, Business Loop I-40 was constructed between 1957 and 1962.¹ Fully closed on November 17, 2018, construction rebuilt Business Loop I-40 east from Exit 188 into Downtown. The freeway reopened as Salem Parkway on February 2, 2020.²
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U.S. 421 (Salem Parkway) extends east through Winston-Salem to rejoin I-40 at Kernersville. Business Loop I-40 was decommissioned during the reconstruction project completed in Summer 2020.
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U.S. 158 (Stratford Road) enters Winston-Salem at Atwood, northeast from Clemmons.
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A folded diamond interchange (Exit 189) joins I-40 with U.S. 158 in a commercial area anchored by Hanes Mall.
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U.S. 158 (S Stratford Road) continues northeast along a commercial arterial from Exit 189 to U.S. 421 (Salem Parkway) en route to Downtown Winston-Salem.
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Interstate 40 across Winston-Salem is the Wayne A. Corpening Freeway.
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NC 150 (Peters Creek Parkway) heads 1.66 miles north from Interstate 40 to U.S. 158/421 (Salem Parkway) on the outskirts of Downtown Winston-Salem.
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A trumpet interchange (Exit 192) and connector link Interstate 40 with NC 150 (Peters Creek Parkway) by the Arcadia community in Winston-Salem.
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NC 150 was realigned onto U.S. 158/421 (Salem Parkway) in 1994. The state route south leads to Arcadia in Davidson County.
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I-40 navigates through an S-curve adjacent to Silas Creek Parkway one mile ahead of the cloverleaf interchange (Exit 193) with I-285 south, U.S. 52 and NC 8.
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Interstate 285 was signed along U.S. 52 south from I-40 in Winston-Salem to I-85 at Lexington in Fall 2018. NC 8 accompanies the freeway south 14 miles to Bethesda.
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Exit 193 A departs Interstate 40 east for I-285/U.S. 52-NC 8 south to Lexington. U.S. 52 north to Stanleyville will become part of I-285 when I-74 is completed along the Winston-Salem Northern Beltway.
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U.S. 52/NC 8 overlap eight miles north through Winston-Salem. U.S. 52 is part of the Future I-74 corridor northwest to King, Pilot Mountain and Mount Airy. Prior to 2018, U.S. 311 combined with U.S. 52 north to Martin Luther King Jr. Drive east.
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Forthcoming Exit 195 is a split diamond interchange with E Clemmonsville Road (SR 2747) and the north end of NC 109 (Thomasville Road).
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E Clemmonsville Road angles northeast from Old Lexington Road to Waughtown Street (old NC 150). S Frontage Road (SR 3826) leads 0.47 miles east from Exit 195 to NC 109.
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A multi state route with S.C. 109, NC 109 (Thomasville Road) travels southeast to Wallburg and Thomasville along a 117 mile course. Thomasville Road north was formerly a part of U.S. 311.
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U.S. 311 overlapped with I-40 east to Interstate 74 until 2018, when it was truncated north to U.S. 52 in Winston-Salem.
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Interstate 74 branches southeast at Exit 196 along what was formerly U.S. 311 to High Point, Archdale and Randleman.
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Interstate 74 joins the Piedmont Triad with Asheboro and Rockingham alongside I-73 south from Randleman.
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The trumpet interchange (Exit 196) with I-74 was designed with grading and roadway stubs for a previous concept for the Winston-Salem Beltway.
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A $30 million widening project along Union Cross Road from I-74 to Sedge Garden Road converted the diamond interchange at Exit 201 into a DDI.³
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The new DDI at Exit 201 opened to traffic on September 19, 2015.³
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Exit 203 joins NC 66 with Interstate 40 south of the Kernersville industrial area in 1.25 miles.
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NC 66 originates 4.71 miles to the south of Exit 203 at Interstate 74 in Horneytown.
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NC 66 runs north from the diamond interchange at Exit 203 to NC 150 by Downtown Kernersville. NC 66 measures 46.89 miles between I-74 and NC 89 in Stokes County.
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References:

1. NCRoads.com: I-40 Business.
2. "Business 40 is now open as Salem Parkway." Winston-Salem Journal (NC), February 3, 2020.
3. "Diverging diamond interchange opening this week." Winston-Salem Journal (NC), September 13, 2015.

Connect with:

Interstate 74

Interstate 285

U.S. 52

U.S. 421

Page Updated Tuesday January 17, 2023.