Interstate 885 is an 8.6 mile long freeway linking I-40 and Toll NC 885 (Triangle Expressway) by Research Triangle Park (RTP) with I-85/U.S. 15-70 in the city of Durham. The route replaced NC 147 along the Durham Freeway north from I-40 at RTP to the East End Connector. The East End Connector links the Durham Freeway with U.S. 70, which I-885 combines with north to I-85/U.S. 15.
The NC 885 section of the Triangle Expressway (TriEx) opened to traffic on December 8, 2011.1 The toll road extends 3.11 miles south from the exchange joining I-885 with I-40 to NC 540 (Western Wake Expressway) in the town of Morrisville. The TriEx continues south from the end of NC 885 along NC 540 Toll to Cary, Apex and Holly Springs.
Interstate 885 / North Carolina Route 885 Guides
The East End Connector joins NC 147 and the Durham Freeway with U.S. 70 along S Miami Boulevard in Durham. A $142 million project started in February 2015, construction for the East End Connector both added a new freeway linking NC 147 (Durham Freeway) with U.S. 70 and upgraded U.S. 70 north from the freeway to Interstate 85. Opened to traffic on June 30, 2022 following years of delays, the East End Connector completed the loop between I-85 and I-40. Interstate 885 replaced NC 147 south along the Durham Freeway to the TriEx, where NC 147 Toll was renumbered as NC 885 Toll.
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 | Cheek Road (SR 1800) east at I-885 north / U.S. 70 west to I-85/U.S. 15. 12/16/22 |
- "First Segment of Triangle Expressway Open." WUNC - North Carolina Public Radio, December 8, 2011.
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12/16/22 by AARoads
Connect with:
Interstate 40
Interstate 85
Interstate 540 / Toll NC 540
U.S. 15
U.S. 70
Highway 147 - Durham Freeway
Page Updated 01-26-2023.