I-581/U.S. 220 North

Interstate 581 formally begins north on U.S. 220 at the Elm Avenue (SR 24) overpass. Exit numbers count down from south to north, starting with Exit 6 for SR 24.

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Downtown Roanoke from I-581/U.S. 220. The Roanoke metropolitan area includes Botetourt County, Craig County, Franklin County, Roanoke County, Salem, Roanoke and the Town of Vinton.

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The six lane freeway elevates above the Roanoke street grid and several railroad lines within the vicinity of Tazewell and Campbell Avenues at Downtown.

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The cloverleaf interchange with U.S. 460 at Exit 4 serves the Berglund Center. The venue is home to regional trade shows and concerts.

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U.S. 460 overlaps with U.S. 11 ALT between U.S. 11/U.S. 220 Business (Williamson Road) in Roanoke and SR 419 (Electric Road) in Salem. U.S. 220 ALT follows U.S. 460 (Orange Avenue) east from the city to Bonsack and north to I-81 at Exit 150. U.S. 221 passes under I-581 south of the Berglund Center alongside U.S. 11/SR 116.

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Exit 4E departs for U.S. 460/11 ALT/220 Business and SR 116 east along Orange Avenue to U.S. 11/221 (Williamson Road) by the Berglund Center. U.S. 221/460 overlap east through Bonsack and Bedford. U.S. 220 Business follows Williamson Road south into Downtown.

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U.S. 460/SR 116 overlap along Orange Avenue to Lafayette Street. U.S. 11 ALT continues along U.S. 460 into the city of Salem.

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Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport (ROA) is served by the succeeding three interchanges (Exits 3C, 3E-W, 2N-S) along I-581/U.S. 220.

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I-581/U.S. 220 is a part of the future Interstate 73, which will travel north from North Carolina.

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Exit 3C to Valley View Boulevard NW opened to traffic in the early 2000s to provide an alternate route to Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport (ROA). The exchange was converted by 2016 into a diverging diamond interchange (DDI).

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Valley View Boulevard NW branches north from Exit 3C to Valley View Mall and SR 101 (Hershberger Road) at Aviation Drive.

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Like Exit 4E/W with U.S. 460, Exit 3E/W consists of a cloverleaf interchange. SR 101 (Hershberger Road) is an arterial/expressway connecting with Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport (ROA) and Valley View Mall.

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Hershberger Road carries SR 101 one mile east to U.S. 11 (Williamson Road) south of SR 118 (Airport Road). Off-ramps link with Valley View Boulevard W and NW to Valley View Mall and Aviation Drive north.

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Exit 3W loops onto SR 101 (Hershberger Road) west to SR 117 (Peters CreekRoad)

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Interstate 581 concludes two miles ahead at I-81 (Exit 1) while U.S. 220 joins the freeway northeast to Daleville.

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I-581/U.S. 220 passes by western reaches of Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport (ROA) en route to a cloverleaf interchange with SR 117 (Peters Creek Road).

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Exit 2N departs next for SR 117 (Peters Creek Road) northbound. SR 117 loops 7.21 miles northeast along Peters Creek Road from U.S. 11 (Brandon Avenue) around Roanoke to U.S. 11 (Williamson Road) at Hollins.

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SR 117 (Peters Creek Road) northbound meets the north end of SR 118 (Airport Road) in 1.25 miles and U.S. 11 (Williamson Road) in 2.25 miles.

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I-581/U.S. 220 leave the city of Roanoke at the SR 117 (Peters Creek Road) overpass. SR 117 straddles the city line west from Kingston to Medley before entering the city north of U.S. 460/11 Alternate (Orange Avenue).

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The final shield for I-581 stands one half mile from the directional T interchange (Exits 1N/S) with Interstate 81.

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U.S. 220 turns northward onto Interstate 81 for a seven mile overlap to Exit 150 (U.S. 220 Alternate / Cloverdale Road) near Cloverdale and Daleville.

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U.S. 460 joins I-81 with Christiansburg and Blacksburg 26 miles to the southwest.

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I-581 ends as the traffic separates for Exit 1N (I-81/U.S. 220 north) and Exit 1S (I-81 south). Salem joins Bristol as a control city for I-81 south. Salem is an independent city adjacent to Roanoke to the west. Lexington lies 48 miles to the north by the merge of I-81 with I-64.

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I-81 joins I-77, 62 miles to the southwest outside of Wytheville.

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