U.S. 220 South - Virginia to Madison

North Carolina welcome sign posted just ahead of Price on U.S. 220 south. Martinsville Loop (SR 1378) follows an old alignment of U.S. 220 through Price nearby.

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A Norfolk Southern Railroad line parallels Martinsville Loop through Price before turning east across U.S. 220 at Price Road (SR 1535).

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Martinsville Loop (SR 1378) ties back into U.S. 220 south across from former U.S. 220 Business (SR 1603) south to Stoneville.

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The first distance sign posted for U.S. 220 in North Carolina precedes Paw Paw Road (SR 1376) west. Madison, a town of over 2,000, is ten miles to the south along U.S. 311. Greensboro is 33 miles away.

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Smith Road (SR 1360) and U.S. 220 come together at a diamond interchange in one mile.

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Smith Road loops west from parallel old U.S. 220 Business to Anglin Mill Road (SR 1356) amid forested hills and farm fields.

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The expressway along U.S. 220 continues south from SR 1360 eight miles to Madison and 31 miles to Greensboro.

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NC 770 crosses paths with U.S. 220 outside the town of Stoneville in one mile.

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Traveling 32.6 miles, NC 770 leads west to Ayersville and NC 704 near Sandy Ridge and east along Main Street through Stoneville to Eden, Fitzgerald and the Virginia state line south of Boyd Mountain.

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Southbound U.S. 220 at the diamond interchange with NC 770. The easternmost 13.8 miles of NC 770 around Eden was replaced by an extension of U.S. 311 north to U.S. 58 Business outside Danville, Virginia.

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Old U.S. 220 (SR 1603) vacates Stoneville to become U.S. 220 Business southwest into Mayodan beyond U.S. 220.

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U.S. 220 Business loops 7.08 miles west from U.S. 220 through both the towns of Mayodan and Madison.

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U.S. 220 south at the diamond interchange with U.S. 220 Business south to Mayodan and old U.S. 220 north back to Stoneville.

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U.S. 220 winds southwest by Cedder Mountain and next meets U.S. 311 north and NC 135 at a diamond interchange.

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U.S. 311 north overlaps with NC 135 east to Shiloh and NC 770 in west Eden. NC 135 extends west 1.91 miles to U.S. 220 Business (2nd Avenue) in Mayodan.

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NC 135 travels 11.2 miles overall, mostly along the 2003 extension of U.S. 311 to Eden. U.S. 311 was further lengthened to Virginia in January 2013.

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U.S. 220/311 south overlap nearly three miles to the east of Mayodan to NC 704 in southeast Madison.

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U.S. 311 splits with U.S. 220 south and joins U.S. 220 Business north and NC 704 west into Madison. The route previously concluded at Market and Academy Streets, where U.S. 220 Business turns north into the Madison business district.

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One half mile north of U.S. 220 Business north and NC 704 ahead of the Dan River on U.S. 220/311. NC 704 measures 38.76 miles from NC 89, east of Francisco, to NC 65, west of the Wentworth town line.

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Leaving U.S. 311, U.S. 220 south advances south to a ramp for Ellisboro Road (SR 1110).

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Ellisboro Road (SR 1110) angles southwest to Ellisboro en route to U.S. 158 in Stokesdale.

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Nine miles south of Madison, U.S. 220 transitions onto Interstate 73 beyond a U-turn for Newman Road (SR 2338).

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NC 68 branches southwest from forthcoming Exit 123 through the towns of Stokesdale and Oak Ridge while I-73/U.S. 220 stays southeasterly through Summerfield.

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Opened on July 3, 2017, construction for Interstate 73 along the US 220 / NC 68 Connector upgraded U.S. 220 to a freeway south to Summerfield, and built a new freeway leading southwest to NC 68 at Edgefield Road (SR 2011).

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NCDOT Project R-2413C upgraded U.S. 220 south to freeway standards from the separation with NC 68 to the Haw River. Projects R-2413A and R-2413B broke ground in April 2014 for the new I-73 southwest to NC 68. I-73 supplanted NC 68 as the main route to PTI Airport and High Point.

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NC 68 runs 30.48 miles south to Thomasville by way of Piedmont Triad International Airport (PTI) and High Point. U.S. 220 leads travelers southeast 17 miles to Downtown Greensboro.

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