North 
East
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I-73 overlays the initial 3.05 miles of the northern arc of the Greensboro Urban Loop (I-840).
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I-73 north/I-840 east meet W Friendly Avenue (SR 2147) at a single point urban interchange (Exit 104) one half mile ahead.
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Bryan Boulevard ties into I-73/840 in 1.75 miles (Exit 107A).
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I-73 departs the Greensboro Urban Loop (I-840) in one half mile for Piedmont Triad International Airport (PTI) and Summerfield.
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Interstate 73 angles northerly from Greensboro to U.S. 220 north of Summerfield. U.S. 220 continues north to Madison and Martinsville, Virginia.
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Bryan Boulevard extends east from I-840 (Exit 107A) along an expressway to Benjamin Parkway northwest of downtown Greensboro.
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East
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Interstate 840 proceeds east from the split with I-73 along the northern arc of the Greensboro Urban Loop.
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Interstate 840 meets U.S. 220 two miles ahead. U.S. 220 overlays Battleground Avenue along a divided highway northwest from Greensboro to Summerfield.
08/14/21
The Greensboro Urban Loop was extended 1.6 miles further east to Lawndale Drive by the end of 2019.1
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I-840 east passes over Drawbridge Parkway ahead of the single point urban interchange (SPUI) with U.S. 220 at Exit 6.
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Traveling southeast from I-840, Battleground Avenue continues U.S. 220 to Wendover Avenue ahead of Downtown Greensboro.
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Interstate 840 advances east from U.S. 220 (Exit 6), passing under Cotswold Avenue near Lake Brandt Road. Cotswold Avenue was realigned in order to accommodate construction of the Greensboro Urban Loop.
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I-840 wedges between the Battle Forest and Coldspring neighborhoods one half mile out from Lawndale Drive.
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Lawndale Drive angles south from Lake Brandt Road to meet Interstate 840 at a single point urban interchange (Exit 8).
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Lake Jeanette Road passes over the Greensboro Urban Loop one half mile ahead of the parclo B4 interchange (Exit 10) with N Elm Street.
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N Elm Street connects Interstate 840 with the Lake Shore and Spicewood neighborhoods of Greensboro.
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The ensuing section of Interstate 840 (Greensboro Urban Loop) to Yanceyville Road and I-785/U.S. 29 opened to traffic January 23, 2023.
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The Greensboro Urban Loop meets U.S. 29 at a cloverleaf interchange (Exits 14 A-B) in one mile. U.S. 29 connects I-840 with downtown Greensboro and Danville, Virginia.
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I-785 joins I-840 on the remaining 6.5 miles of the northern section of the Greensboro Urban Loop to a systems interchange with I-40/85.
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Sources:
- NCDOT: Battleground-Lawndale section of Urban Loop opens, WFMY2 News (wfmynews2.com).
Photo Credits:
01/17/19, 05/31/21, 08/14/21, 08/16/21, 10/12/23 by AARoads
Connect with:
Interstate 40
Interstate 73
Interstate 85
Interstate 785
U.S. 29
U.S. 70
U.S. 220
U.S. 421
Page Updated 10-27-2023.