INTERSTATE 40 IN NORTH CAROLINA

'Interstate 40 in North Carolina' runs for 421 miles through the state of North Carolina from the Tennessee state line in the west to its eastern terminus in Wilmington. The middle segment of I-40 in the state is sometimes informally known as the "Tobacco Road" since it is the major thoroughfare linking the "Big Four" universities in the Tobacco Road sports rivalry.^[2]

Contents

Major cities

Intersections with other Interstates

Auxiliary routes in North Carolina

Exit list

See also

References

Major cities

Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities for signs.

★ 'Knoxville, Tennessee'

★ 'Asheville'

★ Hickory

★ 'Statesville'

★ 'Winston-Salem'

★ 'Greensboro'

★ Burlington

★ Chapel Hill

★ 'Durham'

★ 'Raleigh'

★ 'Benson'

★ 'Wilmington'

Intersections with other Interstates

★ Interstate 26 in Asheville

★ Interstate 240 in Asheville

★ Interstate 77 in Statesville

★ Future Interstate 274 in Winston-Salem

★ Future Interstate 74 in Winston-Salem

★ Future Interstate 73 in Greensboro

★ Future Interstate 840 and Interstate 785 near Greensboro

★ Interstate 85 in Greensboro (They stay merged until Hillsborough)

★ Interstate 540 between Durham and Raleigh

★ Interstate 440 in Raleigh (twice)

★ Interstate 95 in Benson

Auxiliary routes in North Carolina

	Interstate	City	Type	Notes
	Business Interstate 40	Winston-Salem	Business loop
	Interstate 140	Wilmington	Spur
	Interstate 240	Asheville	By-pass
	Interstate 440	Raleigh	Beltway
	Interstate 540	Raleigh	Beltway	Partially constructed beltway
	Interstate 840	Greensboro	Beltway	Under construction

Exit list

County	Location	#	Destinations	Notes
Interstate 40 continues into Tennessee
Haywood		7	Harmon Den
		15	Fines Creek
		20	US 276 south - Waynesville, Maggie Valley
		24	NC 209 - Lake Junaluska
		27	US 74 US 19/US 23 - Clyde, Waynesville	US 74 joins eastbound and leaves westbound
		31	NC 215 - Canton
		33	Newfound Road
Buncombe		37	Candler
	Asheville	44	US 19/US 23 - Enka-Candler, W Asheville
		46A	I-26 east/US 74 east - Hendersonville, Spartanburg (SC)	US 74 leaves eastbound and joins westbound
		46B	I-26 west/I-240 - Asheville	No access 40 westbound to 26 westbound or 26 eastbound to 40 eastbound
		47	NC 191 - West Asheville, Farmer's Market	40 Westbound: To I-26/240 Westbound
		50	US 25 - South Asheville, Asheville, Biltmore Estate	Westbound split into 50A and 50B
		51	US 25 Alternate - Asheville
		53A	US 74 - Blue Ridge Parkway, Bat Cave
	53B	I-240/US 74 I-26 west - East Asheville, Asheville
		55	to US 70 - East Asheville, V A Hospital
	Swannanoa	59	Swannanoa
	Black Mountain	64	NC 9 - Black Mountain, Montreat
		65	US 70 west - Black Mountain	US 70 joins eastbound and leaves westbound, westbound exit only
		66	Ridgecrest
McDowell		72	US 70 east - Old Fort	US 70 leaves eastbound and joins westbound, eastbound exit only
	Old Fort	73	Old Fort
		75	Parker Padgett Road
		81	Marion, Sugar Hills Road
		83	Ashworth Road
		85	US 221 - Marion, Rutherfordton
		86	NC 226 - Marion, Shelby
		90	Nebo, Lake James
Burke		94	Dysartsville Road
		96	Kathy Road
		98	Causby Road
	Glen Alpine	100	Jamestown Road - Glen Alpine
	Morganton	103	US 64 - Morganton, Rutherfordton
		104	Enola Road
		105	NC 18 - Morganton , Shelby
		107	NC 114 - Drexel
	Valdese	111	Valdese
		112	Mineral Springs Mtn Road
	Rutherford College	113	Rutherford College, Connelly Springs
	Icard	116	Old NC 10
	Hildebran	118	Old NC 10
		119	Henry River, Hildebran	Eastbound split into 119A and 119B
Catawba	Long View	121	Long View
	Hickory	123	US 321 to US 70/NC 127 - Hickory, Lenoir, Lincolnton
		125	Hickory, Lenoir-Rhyne College
		126	to US 70 - Hickory, Newton
	Fairgrove	128	Fairgrove Church Road
	Conover	130	Old US 70
		131	NC 16 - Conover, Taylorsville	Eastbound exit only
		132	to NC 16 - Conover, Taylorsville
		133	Rock Barn Road
	Claremont	135	Claremont
		138	NC 10 - Oxford School Road, Catawba
Iredell		141	Sharon School Road
		144	Old Mountain Road
		146	Stamey Farm Road
	Statesville	148	US 64/NC 90 - West Statesville, Taylorsville
		150	NC 115 - Statesville , North Wilkesboro
		151	US 21 - East Statesville, Harmony
		152A	I-77 south - Charlotte
		152B	I-77 north - Elkin
		153	US 64	Eastbound exit only
		154	to US 64 (Old Mocksville Road)
		162	US 64
Davie		168	US 64 - Mocksville
		170	US 601 - Mocksville, Yadkinville
		174	Farmington Road
		180	NC 801 - Tanglewood, Bermuda Run
Forsyth	Clemmons	182	Harper Road- Tanglewood, Bermuda Run	Westbound exit only
		184	Lewisville-Clemmons Road - Lewisville, Clemmons
	Winston-Salem	188	Interstate 40 Business/US 421 - Winston-Salem, W-S , Yadkinville	No access from 421 southbound to 40 westbound or 40 eastbound to 421 northbound
		189	US 158 (Stratford Road)
		190	Hanes Mall Boulevard	Wesbound exit only
		192	NC 150 (Peters Creek Parkway) -
		193C	Silas Creek Parkway, South Main Street	Westbound exit only
		193A	US 52 south/NC 8 south - Lexington
		193B	US 52 north/US 311 north/NC 8 north - Mount Airy	to Interstate 74 west, US 311 joins eastbound and leaves westbound
		195	NC 109 (Clemmonsville Road) - Thomasville
		196	US 311 south - High Point	US 311 leaves eastbound and joins westbound
		201	Union Cross Road
	Kernersville	203	NC 66 - Kernersville, High Point
Guilford		206	Interstate 40 Business/US 421 north - Kernersville, Winston-Salem	Westbound exit only, US 421 joins eastbound and leaves westbound
	Greensboro	208	Sandy Ridge Road, Farmer's Market
		210	NC 68 - PTI, High Point
		211	Gallimore Dairy Road
		213	Guilford College Road
		214	Wendover Avenue	Split into 214A (Wendover west) and 214B (Wendover east) eastbound
		216	NC 6 west - Greensboro, Coliseum Area	Eastbound exit only
		217	High Point Road - Coliseum Area
		218A	US 220 I-85 Business south - Asheboro	US 220 joins eastbound and leaves westbound
		218B	Freeman Mill Road - Coliseum Area
		219 36A	Bus 85 south/US 29 south/US 70 west - Charlotte	Business 85, US 29, and US 70 join eastbound and leave westbound, Exit 36A westbound
			Exit numbering scheme changes Eastbound: Bus 85 exit numbers — Westbound: I-40 exit numbers
		36	Randleman Road	Exit 36B westbound
		37	South Elm-Eugene Street -
		38	US 421 south/ML King Jr. Drive - Sanford	US 421 leaves eastbound and joins westbound
		39	US 29 north/US 70 east/US 220 north - Reidsville	US 29, US 70, and US 220 leave eastbound and join westbound, eastbound exit only
		41	NC 6 (East Lee Street) to US 29 north/US 220 north
		43	McConnell Road
	Greensboro	'45 131'	I-85 US 70 - High Point, Charlotte	I-85 joins eastbound and leaves westbound; end , Future I-840
			Exit numbering scheme changes Eastbound: I-85 exit numbers — Westbound: Bus 85 exit numbers
		132	Mount Hope Church Road
Alamance		140	University Drive - Elon
	Burlington	141	Huffman Mill Road
		143	NC 62 - Alamance
		145	NC 49 - Burlington , Liberty
	Graham	147	NC 87 - Graham, Pittsboro
		148	NC 54 - Graham, North Carolina, Chapel Hill
		150	Haw River
	Mebane	152	Trollingwood Road
		153	NC 119 - Mebane
		154	Mebane-Oaks Road - Mebane
Orange		157	Buckhorn Road
		160	Efland
		161	to US 70 east, NC 86 north
	Hillsborough	259 163	I-85 north - Durham	I-85 leaves eastbound and joins westbound
			Exit numbering scheme changes Eastbound: I-40 exit numbers — Westbound: I-85 exit numbers
		261	Hillsborough	Old NC 86
		263	New Hope Church Road
		266	NC 86 - Carrboro
Durham	Chapel Hill	270	US 15/US 501 - Chapel Hill, Durham
		273A-B	NC 54 - Chapel Hill, Durham	Eastbound combined to single exit 273
		274	NC 751 - Jordan Lake, Durham
		276	Fayetteville Road - Southpoint
		278	NC 55 to NC 54 - Apex, Durham
		279A-B	NC 147 (Durham Freeway)
	RTP	280	Davis Drive
		281	Miami Boulevard
		282	Page Road
		283A	NC 540 to NC 55 - Apex
		283B	I-540 to US 70
Wake		284A-B	Airport Blvd - RDU Airport	Westbound combined to single exit 284
		285	Aviation Parkway - RDU Airport
		287	Harrison Avenue - Cary
		289	Wade Avenue to I-440/US 1 north
	Cary	290	NC 54 - Cary
		291	Cary Towne Boulevard - Cary
		293A	US 1 south/US 64 west	US 64 joins eastbound and leaves westbound. Before truncation, I-440 joined eastbound, but this is now its western terminus; much signage still shows the old inner and outer signage instead of east and west.
		293B	I-440 east/US 1 north
		295	Gorman Street
		297	Lake Wheeler Road
	Raleigh	298A-B	US 401/US 70/NC 50 (S. Saunders Street) - Garner, Fayetteville
		299	Person Street/Hammond Road
		300	Rock Quarry Road
		301	I-440 west/US 64 east - Rocky Mount	US 64 leaves eastbound and joins westbound. I-440 left westbound and joined eastbound before truncation, but this is now its eastern terminus. Signage eastbound shows I-440 west and westbound shows I-440 outer
		303	Jones Sausage Road
		306A	US 70 west - Garner, Clayton
		306B	US 70 east - Smithfield
Johnston		312	NC 42 - Clayton, Fuquay-Varina
		319	NC 210 - Smithfield, Angier
	Benson	325	NC 242 toUS 301 - Benson
		328A	I-95 south - Benson, Fayetteville
		328B	I-95 north - Smithfield, Rocky Mount
		334	NC 96 - Meadow
Sampson	Newton Grove	341	NC 50/NC 55 to US 13 - Newton Grove
		343	US 701 to US 13 - Newton Grove, Clinton
		348	Suttontown Road
		355	NC 403 to US 117 - Faison, Goldsboro
Duplin		364	NC 24 west, NC 24 NC 50 - Warsaw, Clinton	NC 24 joins eastbound and leaves westbound
		369	US 117 - Warsaw
		373	NC 24 east/NC 903 - Magnolia, Kenansville	NC 24 leaves eastbound and joins westbound
		380	Rose Hill, Greenevers
		384	NC 11 - Teachey
		385	NC 41 - Wallace
Pender		390	US 117 - Wallace
		398	NC 53 - Burgaw, North Carolina, Jacksonville
		408	NC 210 - Topsail Island
New Hanover	Castle Hayne	414	New Hanover
		416A	I-140 west/US 17 south - Shallotte, Myrtle Beach
		416B	I-140 east/US 17 north - Topsail Island, Jacksonville
	Wilmington	420	US 117 north/NC 132 north (Gordon Road)	US 117 and NC 132 join eastbound and leave westbound, Exit split into 420A and 420B westbound
Ends. south continue

See also

★ Greensboro Urban Loop

★ Interstate 73

★ Interstate 74

★ Business I-85

References

1. Route Log - Main Routes of the Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways - Table 1
2. ABC Local "What is Tobacco Road?"