Route 885 / Interstate 885 North

NC 885 (Triangle Expressway) begins north at a directional T interchange (Exit 67) with NC 540 (Western Wake Expressway) on the Morrisville town line.
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Ramp stubs were built into the exchange joining NC 540 with NC 885 for an unbuilt connection with local area roads.
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A two lane flyover spans NC 540 (Western Wake Expressway) and another ramp stub along NC 885 northbound.
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Exit 68 from NC 540 west to NC 885 north combines with the ramp from the TriEx ahead of the Kit Creek Road (SR 1639) overpass.
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A split diamond interchange (Exit 2) joins the TriEx with Davis Drive (SR 1999) and Hopson Road (SR 1978) between the unincorporated communities of Genlee and Clegg.
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Davis Drive (SR 1999) leads north into Research Triangle Park (RTP).
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Continuing north into RTP, the TriEx next meets Interstate 40 at a directional cloverleaf interchange (Exit 5).
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Interstate 40 travels southeast into the capital city of Raleigh while bypassing Durham to the northwest.
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Exit 5 A departs NC 885 for I-40 east to Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU), Morrisville and Cary. NC 885 becomes Interstate 885 north ahead of Exit 5 B.
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Interstate 40 heads west from I-885 (Durham Freeway) through South Durham toward Chapel Hill and then north to Hillsborough.
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I-885 (Durham Freeway) meets Cornwallis Road (SR 1121) at a folded diamond interchange (Exit 6).
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The diamond interchange at Exit 7 connects I-885 (Durham Freeway) with T.W. Alexander Drive (SR 2028) in northern reaches of RTP.
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Ellis Road (SR 1954) stems 1.30 miles west from S Miami Boulevard (SR 1959) at Bethesda to the diamond interchange at Exit 8.
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Construction underway from February 2015 to November 2020 upgraded the Durham Freeway north to the East End Connector.
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The East End Connector (I-885) is a 1.25 mile long freeway linking NC 147 with U.S. 70. Construction of the connector also upgraded 2.75 miles of U.S. 70 north to I-85.
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NC 147 was truncated north from NC 540 at Morrisville to the East End Connector. NC 147 follows the remainder of Durham Freeway northwest to Downtown Durham.
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NC 147 north separates from Interstate 885 north at a two wye interchange (Left Exit 9) with the East End Connector.
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NC 147 (Durham Freeway) commences northbound through a two lane tunnel.
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I-885 along the East End Connector spans several Norfolk Southern Railroad tracks and Angier Avenue (SR 1926) northeast ahead of directional T interchange (Exit 10) with U.S. 70 (S Miami Boulevard).
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U.S. 70 angles southeast from Durham into Raleigh ahead of Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU).
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U.S. 70 previously upgraded to a freeway north from Miami Boulevard to Interstate 85 in Durham.
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U.S. 70 Business previously branched west along Miami Boulevard to Holloway Street. The route was realigned to begin at a diamond interchange (Exit 11) with NC 98 (Holloway Street).
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NC 98 overlaps with U.S. 70 Business west to U.S. 15-501 Business by Durham City Hall in Downtown.
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East from Durham, NC 98 leads across areas of Falls Lake to the town of Wake Forest.
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A parclo interchange (Exit 12) links I-885/U.S. 70 with Cheek Road (SR 1800), 0.75 miles from I-85/U.S. 15.
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U.S. 70 overlaps with I-85/U.S. 15 southbound as part of its bypass route around Downtown Durham.
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I-85/U.S. 15 commingle northeast to Oxford. Interstate 85 continues east from there into Henderson.
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Interstate 85 travels northeast from Durham to I-95/U.S. 460 at Petersburg, Virginia. Heading west, I-85 parallels U.S. 70 to Greensboro alongside Interstate 40.
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The flyover taking U.S. 70 west onto I-85/U.S. 15 south joins the freeway ahead of Exit 177 for U.S. 15-501 Business and NC 55.
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