Highway 540 - Triangle Expressway North - AARoads

North

The Triangle Expressway northbound commences from a half built six-ramp parclo interchange (Exit 54) with NC 55.
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The folded diamond interchange (Exit 55) with Veridea Parkway opened to traffic on April 3, 2017.¹
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The first AET gantry along the Triangle Expressway northbound precedes Exit 55.
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Curving northwest from Holly Springs, NC 540 advances a half mile from Veridea Parkway (SR 1153) to U.S. 1.
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U.S. 1 is a freeway traveling northeast from Sanford to I-40/440 at Raleigh.
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A folded diamond interchange (Exit 57) joins NC 540 with S Salem Street (SR 1011) north into Apex.
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U.S. 64 separates from U.S. 1 at Cary and travels west across the north side of Apex to NC 540 at Exit 59.
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Leading west from the Raleigh metropolitan area, U.S. 64 continues to the town of Pittsboro in Chatham County and Asheboro.
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Tolls are collected at the north end of the c/d roadway within the cloverleaf interchange (Exit 59) at U.S. 64.
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Green Level West Road (SR 1615) is the first of two exits from the Triangle Expressway northbound for Cary.
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The dumbbell interchange (Exit 64) with Morrisville Parkway opened to traffic on February 3, 2020.²
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NC 55 converges with NC 540 (Triangle Expressway) again two miles north of Morrisville Parkway.
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NC 55 runs along the west side of Research Triangle Park (RTP) from Exit 66 B.
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The Triangle Expressway shifts northward along NC 885 toward Durham from NC 540 at Exit 67.
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NC 885 continues north from the Triangle Expressway onto the Durham Freeway toward Downtown Durham. NC 540 east transitions onto the Western Wake Expressway.
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East

The final toll collection point is located at the directional T interchange with NC 147 north. NC 540 continues a half mile east to NC 54 at Morrisville.
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NC 540 switches from north direction banners to east along the Western Wake Expressway.
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The ensuing stretch of the Western Wake Expressway beyond Exit 69 is toll free.
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East

NC 540 advances northeast a half mile to the cloverstack interchange (Exit 1) with I-40/540.
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Sources:

"New Triangle Expressway Interchange Now Open to Traffic." North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), press release. April 3, 2017.
"Morrisville Parkway Extension and NC 540 Interchange." Town of Cary, Street Projects. Page accessed July 14, 2020.

Photo Credits:

12/15/16, 02/15/19, 12/16/22 by AARoads

Connect with:
Interstate 40
U.S. 1
U.S. 64
Highway 147 - Durham Freeway

Page Updated 01-31-2023.