Interstate 85 North - Greensboro

NC 62 (Liberty Road) parallels the Randolph County line east from Archdale to Climax and Julian before turning northward to Alamance. NC 62 and I-85 meet again at Exit 143 and the city of Burlington.

06/15/15

A collector distributor roadway separates from I-85 north at the NC 62 overpass for Interstate 74 to Asheboro and Winston-Salem.

06/01/12

Advancing north through the directional cloverleaf interchange with Interstate 74. U.S. 311 was truncated northwest from Randleman to U.S. 52 in Winston-Salem in 2018.

06/01/12

Interstate 74 angles southeast 11 miles from Exit 113B to I-73/U.S. 220 at Randleman. U.S. 311 followed all the freeway to Exit 84, where it branched southeast to U.S. 220. This stretch of I-74 was fully complete on June 7, 2013.

06/01/12

Exit 113C loops onto Interstate 74 west to the High Point bypass. I-74 travels 19.6 miles to I-40 at Winston-Salem.

06/01/12

Interstate 85 curves northeast through hills west of the Deep River and east of the outskirts of High Point.

06/01/12

Business Loop I-85 and U.S. 29 return to Interstate 85 at a trumpet interchange (Exit 118) east of High Point.

06/01/12

Business Loop I-85/U.S. 29 converge with I-85 northeast along an expressway from Thomasville and High Point. Vickrey Chapel Road (SR 1546) ties into U.S. 29 south from the communities of Jamestown and Sedgefield.

06/01/12

Sign changes starting in 2019 remove Business Loop I-85 along both U.S. 29 and the freeway leading northeast into Greensboro. Approved in 2019, a realignment of U.S. 70 shifts the route northward from High Point into west Greensboro along Wendover Avenue.

06/15/15

U.S. 29 north combines with I-85 ahead of the diamond interchange (Exit 119) with Groometown Road (SR 1129) near the Grandover and Sedgefield Park neighborhoods.

08/18/21

Interstate 85 was realigned to bypass Greensboro between U.S. 29 and I-785/840 on a new alignment opened to traffic on February 22, 2004.

08/18/21

Interstate 73 leads northwest from I-85 to Piedmont Triad International Airport (PTI). I-73 south parallels I-85 north from Exit 120 A to U.S. 220 south toward Asheboro and Rockingham.

08/18/21

The number three lane is optional with access to both the continuation of I-85 north and the departing Business Loop I-85/U.S. 29 north.

08/18/21

Groometown Road (SR 1129) intersects Grandover Parkway (SR 1383) just north of Exit 119. Exit 120 A follows in one half mile for U.S. 29 north toward Downtown Greensboro.

08/18/21

U.S. 29 joins I-40 east before turning northward on an older expressway to E Wendover Avenue at the Phillips Avenue neighborhood in east Greensboro. U.S. 29 follows the pre-2004 alignment of I-85.

08/18/21

I-85 curves east into the systems interchange with U.S. 29 and I-73/U.S. 421. I-73 and I-85 parallel one another on separate roadways east to U.S. 220. U.S. 421 joins I-85 northbound to Pleasant Garden / Exit 126.

08/18/21

I-73/U.S. 421 overlap 6.6 miles northwest to I-40, where U.S. 421 turns west to Winston-Salem and Interstate 840 (Greensboro Urban Loop) begins. I-73 extends north from PTI Airport to U.S. 220 in Rockingham County.

08/18/21

I-73/U.S. 421 south pass over I-85 along a flyover ramp. U.S. 421 was realigned onto I-73 and I-85 in September 2008, when I-40 was relocated back across Greensboro.

08/18/21

U.S. 421 moves onto I-85 north from I-73 south as Exit 95 departs for I-73/U.S. 220 south to Randleman and Asheboro. This partition was a temporary end of Interstate 73 south.

08/18/21

U.S. 421 merges onto I-85 north from I-73 south followed by entrance ramps from I-73 north and U.S. 220. A diamond interchange (Exit 124) follows in two miles with S Elm-Eugene Street (SR 3300).

05/31/21

S Elm-Eugene Street leads north from I-85/U.S. 421 to the Wynnmere, Woodlea and Woodlea Lakes neighborhoods in south Greensboro.

08/16/21

Reassurance sign for I-40/U.S. 421 posted ahead of the Randleman Road (SR 1007) overpass.

08/16/21

Eugene-Elm Street extends 2.5 miles north to I-40/U.S. 29 at Exit 221 south of the Oak Grove and Warnersville neighborhoods in Greensboro.

08/16/21

Distance sign posted for I-40/85 east to Burlington, I-85 to Durham and I-40 to Raleigh.

05/31/21

Southward from Exit 124, S Elm Eugene Street (SR 3300) converges with Randleman Road (former U.S. 220) in 1.45 miles.

05/31/21

I-85 north / U.S. 421 south reassurance sign posted ahead of the Norfolk Southern Railroad and Pleasant Garden Road (SR 3505) underpass.

08/16/21

U.S. 421 south parts ways with I-85 north at forthcoming Exit 126.

05/31/21

U.S. 421 overtakes Joseph M. Hunt, Jr. Expressway (SR 3762) south from Greensboro by the town of Pleasant Garden.

08/16/21

A collector distributor roadway departs for U.S. 421 south to Sanford and old U.S. 421 (Joseph M. Hunt, Jr. Expressway) north to Rotherwood and Clinton Hills in Greensboro.

05/31/21

U.S. 421 south leaves I-85 north for Liberty and Siler City on the 46 mile long drive between Pleasant Garden and Sanford. U.S. 421 along this corridor is Future Interstate 685.

05/31/21

Exit 126 A takes U.S. 421 onto an expressway south to Julian. U.S. 421 shifts onto a freeway bypass of Siler City in 15 miles and concludes at Fort Fisher, south of Wilmington.

08/16/21

Joseph M. Hunt, Jr. Expressway (SR 3762) transitions into Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive north of Interstate 40 through the Asheboro, Arlington Park and Southside neighborhoods before reaching Downtown.

08/16/21

Alamance Church Road (SR 1005) leads east 15.3 miles from the intersection of Joseph M. Hunt, Jr. Expressway and Patton Avenue to Kimesville at the Alamance County line.

05/31/21

Interstate 85 reassurance sign posted ahead of the Wiley Lewis Road (SR 3314) overpass. The freeway remains within the Greensboro city limits to I-40.

05/31/21

A diamond interchange joins I-85 with Alamance Church Road (SR 1005) at Exit 128.

05/31/21

Exit 128 departs Interstate 85 north for Alamance Church Road west to the Wilpar Estates and Rotherwood neighborhoods in Greensboro and agricultural areas east to NC 62.

05/31/21

Youngs Mill Road (SR 3029) meets I-85 at Exit 129. The diamond interchange connects I-85 with a number of subdivisions northward along Youngs Mill Road to McConnell Road (SR 3000) and west along Lee Street (SR 3037) to I-40.

08/16/21

Interstate 85 spans Nelson Farm Road (SR 3039) in a rural area. Suburban development encroaches this stretch of freeway from adjacent E Lee Street.

05/31/21

Burlington, a city of over 50,000, lies 18 miles ahead along the overlap with Interstate 40 east.

05/31/21

Exit 129 parts ways for Young Mill Road, 1.5 miles from the wye interchange (Exit 131) with I-785/840 north to I-40 west and U.S. 29 north to Reidsville.

08/16/21

Interstate 85 turns northward and crosses Little Alamance Creek beyond this reassurance sign near Troxlers Mill.

05/31/21

I-785/840 branch northward from I-85 directly into a cloverstack interchange (Exit 21) with I-40 west back into Greensboro. I-785/840 connect with U.S. 70 (Burlington Road) east of Bessemer and southwest of McLeansville.

08/18/21

Business Loop I-85 overlaps with I-40 east from central Greensboro.

08/18/21

Completed on January 23, 2023, I-840 encircles northern reaches of Greensboro, from Lakewood and Brightwood west to Richland Lake and PTI Airport. Interstate 785 coincides with the Greensboro Urban Loop north 6.81 miles to U.S. 29, which will eventually take I-785 to Danville, Virginia.

08/18/21

McConnell Road (SR 3000) spans Interstate 85 north at the split with I-785/840 north. The ensuing exit is for Mt. Hope Church Road (SR 3045).

08/18/21

McLeansville is 4.3 miles north from Exit 132 via Mount Hope Church Road and McLeansville Road (SR 2819).

05/31/21

Circumventing the merge with I-40 east, Exit 132 separates from northbound I-85, 1.1 miles west of Mount Hope Church Road (SR 3045).

05/31/21

08/18/21