Interstate 840 - Greensboro Urban Loop

Known as the Greensboro Urban Loop, Interstate 840 is the northern half of the 49-mile beltway around the city of Greensboro. I-840 opened in separate segments, with the western spur initially extending 10 miles north from from Interstate 40 to Piedmont Triad International Airport (PTI), U.S. 220, and eventually N Elm Street. A seven mile eastern spur originally connected I-40 and I-85 with U.S. 29. The western segment overlaps with I-73 from I-40 north to Joseph M. Bryan Boulevard, and the eastern alignment runs concurrent with Interstate 785.

Initial work was completed on Interstate 840 between I-40/85 and U.S. 70 (Burlington Road) at east Greensboro in 2002. Three miles of the western section between I-40 and Bryan Boulevard opened on December 18, 2007.¹ Subsequent work on the Greensboro Urban Loop started in January 2013. Costing $112 million, the Eastern Loop (project U-2525B) was constructed from 2014 to December 6, 2017. Western Loop Project U-2524C extended I-840 northeast along a six lane freeway from Bryan Boulevard to U.S. 220. Work on the $123 million project ran from October 2013 to March 2018. Western Loop project U-2524D constructed the six lane freeway between U.S. 220 (Battleground Avenue) and Lawndale Drive. Work on the $55 million link started in October 2016 and was completed December 30, 2019.

Interstate 840 North Carolina Guides

• East - Greensboro Urban Loop
• I-785/840 East - Greensboro Urban Loop
• I-785/840 West - Greensboro Urban Loop
• West - Greensboro Urban Loop

Northern Loop Project U-2525C was the final project to complete the Greensboro Urban Loop, and involved building the six lane freeway west from U.S. 29 to Lawndale Drive. Started in April 2018, the $121 million project was partitioned into two segments. Construction on the first section between Lawndale Drive and N Elm Street was completed December 2020, while work on the remaining piece to U.S. 29 lasted through Winter 2023, with the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) opening the final segment of I-840 to traffic on January 23, 2023.

scenes

N Elm Street travels from Pisgah Church Road near the Spicewood neighborhood to Interstate 840 (Greensboro Urban Loop). 08/16/21

I-840 advances west from N Elm Street to U.S. 220 (Battleground Avenue) and I-73 near Piedmont Triad International Airport (PTI). 05/31/21

Photo Credits:

05/31/21, 08/16/21 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 01-23-2023.