Interstate 42 West - La Grange to Goldsboro

Bypassing the town of La Grange to the south, U.S. 70 upgrades to a limited access highway west from Washington Street (SR 1603).
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Heading northwest, U.S. 70 crosses Bear Creek ahead of the trumpet interchange (Exit 54) where Interstate 42 begins.
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Exit 54 is the continuation of U.S. 70 west to Walnut Creek, Elroy and Goldsboro.
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Overtaking what was U.S. 70 Bypass, Interstate 42 branches northward from U.S. 70 toward New Hope.
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Interstate 42 wholesale replaced U.S. 70 Bypass along the 21.7 mile long freeway circumventing the Wayne County seat of Goldsboro.
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I-42 meets Interstate 795 at a cloverstack interchange (Exit 39) on the north side of Goldsboro.
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I-42 spans a Norfolk Southern Railroad line between U.S. 117 and Interstate 795.
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Joining Goldsboro with Wilson, Interstate 795 travels 23 miles north from Exit 39 B to the exchange connecting I-587/U.S. 264 with I-95.
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The Goldsboro section of Interstate 42 west ends at a wye interchange with U.S. 70.
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