Greensboro Urban Loop

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Painter Boulevard
Greensboro Urban Loop
Length:	14.4 miles (23.25 km)
Formed:	2004 - To be completed: 2014
Direction:	East/West
From:	I-85/US 29/US 70/Bus 85 in Greensboro
Major junctions:	I-73/US 220 in Greensboro I-40/Bus 85 near Sedalia, NC
To:	US 70 in McLeansville, NC
Major cities:	Greensboro, NC
System:	Interstate Highway System

The Greensboro Urban Loop (also known as Painter Boulevard) is a planned approximate 41-mile (66-km) beltway around Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. The Urban Loop will carry Interstate 40 on its south half, and already carries Interstate 85 on its southeast half. It will also carry Interstate 73 from U.S. Route 220 south of downtown to Bryan Boulevard northwest of downtown and Interstate 785 from I-40/I-85 east of downtown to U.S. Route 29 northeast of downtown.

The only parts of Urban Loop that are currently open are the Interstate 85 southeast bypass and a portion of I-840 that runs 2 miles (3 km) from I-40/I-85 east of downtown north (signed west) to U.S. Route 70 (see below). It is signed with a FUTURE plate above the shield, as it does not yet connect to any major roads. Construction is in progress on the southwest part of the beltway (to be part of I-40 by 2007) and the part of I-840 on the west, from I-40 north to Bryan Boulevard. The latter section will provide better access to the Piedmont Triad International Airport, and is due to be completed in Summer of 2007. The remaining section, between Bryan Boulevard and US 70, is currently not scheduled to open until at least 2014.

1 Exit list
2 Interstate 840
3 Trivia
4 See also
5 References and external links

[edit] Exit list

This exit list covers the entire Greensboro Urban Loop that is constructed so far. Shields are shown at intersections with other Interstates.

Number	Destinations	Notes
19	US 70 - Greensboro/Burlington	counterclockwise exit and clockwise entrance
21	Interstate 40/Interstate 85 north/Interstate 85 Business south - Greensboro/Durham/Raleigh	the counterclockwise beltway takes exit 131 from I-85 north
129	Youngs Mill Road
128	Alamance Church Road
126	US 421 - Sanford	split into 126A and 126B
124	South Elm-Eugene Street
122	US 220 - Greensboro/Asheboro (Future Interstate 73 south)	clockwise exit and counterclockwise entrance; split into 122B and 122C; exit 122A is for Groometown Road and Grandover Parkway
	Interstate 85 US 29 US 70 south - Charlotte	clockwise exit and counterclockwise entrance

[edit] Interstate 840

Interstate 840
Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System

Length:

2 mi (3 km)

Formed:

Under construction

South end:

I-85/I-40/Bus I-85 in Greensboro, NC

North end:

in Greensboro, NC

Interstate 840 (abbreviated I-840) is a planned 21-mile (34 km) east-west auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System, forming the northern half of a beltway around Greensboro, North Carolina, United States.

The only part of I-840 that is currently open runs 2 miles (3 km) from I-40/I-85 east of downtown north (signed west) to U.S. Route 70. It is signed with a FUTURE plate above the shield, as it does not yet connect to any major roads. In addition to the construction in progress on the southwest part of the beltway, part of I-840 on the west between I-40 north to Bryan Boulevard is also under construction. This section will provide better access to the airport, and is due to be completed in summer 2007.

The rest of I-840 is not set to be finished until at least 2014.

[edit] Trivia

When Interstate 785 is completed, it will be the second occurrence in the nation of two three-digit interstates run concurrent, the other being Interstates 271 and 480 near Cleveland, Ohio.
When Interstate 73 is completed and signed along the Urban Loop, there will be a wrong-way concurrency with Interstate 85 for approximately one mile.