Interstate 785

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Interstate 785
Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System

Length:

45 mi (72 km)

Formed:

In planning

South end:

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

Major
junctions:

I-840 multiplex in Greensboro

in Greensboro, NC
NC 87 in Reidsville, NC
SR 86 in Danville, VA
US 58/US 360 in Danville, VA

North end:

US 29 in Danville, VA

Interstate 785 (abbreviated I-785) is the designation for a future interstate route that will run 45 miles (72 km) from Interstate 40 and Interstate 85 in Greensboro, North Carolina to U.S. Route 29 and U.S. Route 58/U.S. Route 360 in Danville, Virginia. The designation was approved in 1997 at the request of a coalition of counties in North Carolina and Virginia who saw it as a way of further developing that area's economy. Most of the route will be use existing U.S. Route 29 north of Greensboro. For its first few miles, however, Future I-785 will run between US 29 and its parent route, Interstate 85, east of Greensboro on the Greensboro Urban Loop, which will also carry the Interstate 840 designation. This highway is due to be constructed starting in 2011. The only current references to I-785 on US 29 are Future I-785 Corridor signs. While, with the upgrade of the Danville Expressway to a four lane route in 2004, the I-785 route in Virginia is complete (and has been given the interim designation State Route 785), US 29 still needs to be upgraded to interstate standards in North Carolina between the Greensboro Loop and Reidsville before the route can be signed as an Interstate. Currently there are no projects scheduled to do so by the North Carolina Department of Transportation. Given that in the spring of 2006 NCDOT put up mileposts and exit numbers along this stretch of road reflecting U.S. 29's mileage, any upgrading does not seem to be in their immediate plans.

[edit] See also

Interstate 785 in Virginia

[edit] References

I-785@Interstate-Guide.com, http://www.interstate-guide.com/i-785_ncva.html URL Accessed 25 September 2005.
Davis, Jeff. 2004. "Danville's I-785 Signs Await Road" The News & Advance (Danville, VA) Accessed from http://www.newsadvance.com 11 November 2005.
North Carolina Department of Transportation. State Transportation Improvement Plan, 2007-2013, Draft. p. 7-19. Accessed from http://www.ncdot.org/planning/development/TIP/TIP 8 September 2006.
Barbour, John. 2006. "DOT News - Big News for County." Eden Daily News (Eden, NC). October 10. Accessed from http://www.edendailynews.com/ 10 October 2006.

	edit Auxiliary routes of Interstate 85
I-185	Georgia - South Carolina
I-285	Georgia
I-385	South Carolina
I-485	North Carolina
I-585	South Carolina
I-985	Georgia
Business	I-85: North Carolina
Business	I-85: South Carolina
past/future	I-285: North Carolina
past/future	I-485: Georgia
past/future	I-785: North Carolina-Virginia