User:Ncchild/Interstate 85 in North Carolina
Section of Interstate Highway in North Carolina, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Interstate 85 (I-85) is part of the Interstate Highway System that runs from Montgomery, Alabama to Richmond, Virginia. In North Carolina, I-85 travels 234.6 miles (377.6 km) through the Piedmont region of the state. I-85 enters North Carolina from South Carolina near Grover, North Carolina and travels eastward to Charlotte. In Charlotte, the highway transitons to a northeast-southwest routing and continues to Greensboro. I-85 transitions to an east-west routing between Greensboro and Durham while running concurrently with I-40 between Greensboro and Hillsborough. In Durham, I-85 transitions back to a northeast-southwest routing, serving the cities of Oxford and Henderson before reaching the Virginia state line near Wise, North Carolina. I-85 serves the Charlotte, Piedmont Triad, and Research Triangle regions of North Carolina, the three most populated in the state. There are three current auxillary Interstates in North Carolina related to I-85, in addition to one proposed auxillary Interstate, and one Business Loop I-85 (BL I-85) designation.
Route information | ||||
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Maintained by NCDOT | ||||
Length | 234.6 mi[1] (377.6 km) | |||
Existed | 1958–present | |||
NHS | Entire route | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | I-85 at the South Carolina line near Blacksburg, SC | |||
Major intersections | I-485 in Charlotte (twice) I-77 / US 21 in Charlotte I-285 / I-85 BL / US 29 / US 52 / US 70 near Lexington I-74 near Archdale I-73 / US 421 in Greensboro I-40 in Greensboro US 15 / US 501 in Durham US 1 in Henderson | |||
North end | I-85 at the Virginia line near Bracey, VA | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | North Carolina | |||
Counties | Cleveland, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Rowan, Davidson, Randolph, Guilford, Alamance, Orange, Durham, Granville, Vance, Warren | |||
Highway system | ||||
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