U.S. 70 West - Asheville

The exit for I-240 splits with two lanes for westbound to Downtown Asheville and I-26/U.S. 19-23.

07/16/05

U.S. 70 (Tunnel Road) westbound at the four level interchange with Interstate 240 in east Asheville.

07/16/05

I-240 merges onto I-40 east, 2.54 miles south of U.S. 70 (Tunnel Road).

07/16/05

A pair of state-named Interstate 240 shields were posted along the access road linking U.S. 70 west with I-240 east.

07/16/05

Beyond I-240, U.S. 70 connects with U.S. 74A along S Tunnel Road to NC 81 (Swannanoa River Road).

07/16/05

Replaced by 2008, a third state named shield was posted at the access road joining I-240 east with U.S. 70 west.

07/16/05

Interstate 240 proceeds southeast from U.S. 70 to combine with U.S. 74A at Fairview Road ahead of the exchange with I-40 near the community of Oakley.

12/31/13

04/22/17

Beyond the exchange with Interstate 240, U.S. 70 (Tunnel Road) combines with U.S. 74A (S Tunnel Road) along a four lane boulevard paralleling the freeway.

04/22/17

Interstate 240 is accessible again via Tunnel Road to the north both directly and indirectly via adjacent wye interchanges.

12/31/13

U.S. 70/74A (Tunnel Road) west at Kenilworth Road. Kenilworth Road meanders southwest around Beaucatcher Mountain to the Kenilworth neighborhood in the city.

12/31/13

Beyond Kenilworth Road is a direct ramp linking Tunnel Road with I-240 west.

12/31/13

U.S. 70/74A (Tunnel Road) at the I-240 westbound on-ramp preceding Chunns Cove Road. Interstate 240 parallels Tunnel Road closely to the north, bypassing the forthcoming Beaucatcher Tunnel en route to central Asheville.

12/31/13

Reassurance markers posted for U.S. 70/74A after the westbound entrance ramp to I-240. U.S. 70/74A merge with I-240 at the succeeding interchange west near Downtown.

12/31/13

Chunns Cove Road (SR 2244) heads north from U.S. 70/74A (Tunnel Road) and I-240 to Vance Gap Road along Ross Creek. The roadway navigates through Chunns Cove between Beaucatcher and Sunset Mountains to the west and Ciscon and Piney Mountains to the east.

05/31/07

U.S. 70/74A (Tunnel Road) turn westward from Chunns Cove Road toward Downtown Asheville, midway between Piney and Beaucatcher Mountains. An array of travel related services line both sides of the route.

07/16/05

U.S. 70/74A narrow to two lanes through the Beaucatcher Tunnel. The tunnel leading west toward Downtown Asheville opened in 1928.

12/31/13

04/22/17

Pedestrian walkways line both sides of the tunnel passing through Beaucatcher Mountain.

12/31/13

Downtown Asheville appears along the western horizon as U.S. 70/74A emerge onto College Street.

05/31/07

NC 694 begins at U.S. 70/74A (College Street). The state route meanders northward along Town Mountain Road to Blue Ridge Parkway and Webb Cove Road at Craven Gap.

04/22/17

NC 694 (Town Mountain Road) heads 6.32 miles north from U.S. 70/74A (College Street) to Craven Gap. Martin Luther King Drive heads south from College Street to McCormick Field and Charlotte Street.

04/22/17

U.S. 70/74A west turn northward from College Street onto Charlotte Street (SR 3284) to combine with Interstate 240.

04/22/17

College Street continues west from U.S. 70/74A (Charlotte Street) to U.S. 25 (Biltmore Avenue) in the Asheville central business district.

04/22/17

Charlotte Street leads U.S. 70/74A north into a diamond interchange with Interstate 240.

07/16/05

Interstate 240 travels two miles east to U.S. 70 at Oteen in east Asheville. Canton is located along Interstate 40 west beyond Asheville.

05/31/07

U.S. 70/74A (Charlotte Street) west at the entrance ramp for I-240 east.

04/22/17