Business Loop I-85 - Lexington, High Point, Greensboro

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Business Loop I-85 follows a combination of expressway and arterial as it runs northeast from Lexington to the Piedmont Triad area of central North Carolina. Business Loop I-85 follows a late 1950s-expressway originally built for U.S. 29/70 around both High Point and Thomasville. Historically the expressway was part of Temporary Interstate 85, before the freeway was completed between Salisbury and Greensboro.

Business Loop I-85 Guides

North - Lexington to Thomasville - 49 photos

North - High Point to Greensboro - 56 photos

South - 32 photos

With the relocation of Interstate 85 around south and east Greensboro in 2004, Business Loop I-85 from High Point and Jamestown was extended northeast over the old route of I-85. This included a shared alignment with Interstate 40 from south of Downtown Greensboro back to I-85 in east Greensboro.

The first shield for Business Loop I-85 appeared just beyond the separation of U.S. 29-52-70 from I-85 north at Lexington. It was replaced with a marker for Interstate 285 in late 2018. - 12/15/2016

Business Loop I-85 and U.S. 29/70 split with U.S. 52 for an older expressway bypass of Lexington beyond this shield assembly. - 12/15/2016

High Point city Transportation Director Mark McDonald stated in May 2019 that the North Carolina Department of Transportation plans on removing all signage for Business Loop I-85. Removing Business 85 is part of an effort to simplify routes and reduce sign clutter. U.S. 311 was similarly dropped along the overlap with I-74 between Winston-Salem and Randleman.¹

With the NCDOT proposal to realign U.S. 70 northward alongside NC 68 to High Point and Wendover Avenue through Greensboro, only U.S. 29 will be marked along Business Loop I-85 beyond Lexington.¹

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Baker Road (SR 1193) north at the diamond interchange with Business Loop I-85/U.S. 29 in east High Point.

08/18/21

Baker Road (SR 1193) stems south from Triangle Lake Road 0.11 miles to meet Business Loop I-85/U.S. 29.

08/18/21

Business Loop I-85/U.S. 29 constitute an expressway southwest from Baker Road across High Point to Thomasville

08/18/21

Two interchanges and two signalized intersections line Business Loop I-85/U.S. 29 northeast from Baker Road to Interstate 85 and southwest Greensboro.

08/18/21

Holden Road northbound at the folded diamond interchange with Business Loop I-85/U.S. 29-70.

06/22/05

The entrance ramp for Business Loop I-85/U.S. 29-70 spith departs Holden Road north. Business Loop I-85/U.S. 29-70 split with I-85 in 2.75 miles at High Point. Holden Road continues northward to Vandalia Road and the Pinecroft neighborhood in Greensboro.

06/22/05

Vickory Chapel Road south at the diamond interchange with Business Loop I-85/U.S. 29-70. U.S. 29 north links with I-73 and I-85 to the city of Greensboro. Vickory Chapel Road continues to Kivett Drive west of Kirkman Crossroad.

07/24/04

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