Business Loop Interstate 40 - North Carolina
As of September 2008, Business Loop Interstate 40 exists only along the original Interstate 40 freeway through Winston-Salem. This original Business Loop through Winston-Salem opened in 1992 as the Interstate 40 mainline was relocated from a through-city routing of Winston-Salem onto a new southerly bypass. Construction at Greensboro resulted in a new alignment of Interstate 40 around the city on February 21, 2008, resulting in the redesignating of the old freeway as an extension of the Winston-Salem business loop, or the second business loop. This designation lasted until mid-September 2008, when officials relocated Interstate 40 back onto its original in-city alignment due to confusion by area motorists. Historically speaking, a third Business Loop for Interstate 40 was planned for Raleigh.
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