Beyond the split with Interstate 40 east, Business Loop Interstate 40 east & U.S. 421 south pass underneath Future Interstate 840 & Interstate 73 via a new right-hand exit (Exit 212). The original carriageway was removed during the construction of the Painter Boulevard and Future Interstate 840-73 interchange. Exit 25 (former Exit 213) still joins Guilford College Road with the original Interstate 40 at the next interchange. Photo taken 07/24/04.
The lane gained from Painter Boulevard and Future Interstate 73 south & 840 west departs for Exit 25 to Guilford College Road. A folded-diamond interchange joins Business Loop Interstate 40 & U.S. 421 with the four-lane arterial south of Market Street in west Greensboro. Guilford College Road continues south to Guilford Technical Community College and U.S. 29 & 70 near High Point. Photo taken 07/24/04.
Wendover Parkway crosses paths with Business Loop Interstate 40 & U.S. 421 at the Exit 26 partial-cloverleaf interchange. The parkway constitutes a heavily traveled six to eight-lane commercial arterial leading east through west Greensboro toward downtown. Photo taken 07/24/04.
Exit 214A departs Business Loop Interstate 40 east & U.S. 421 south for Wendover Avenue west. Wendover Avenue ventures 4.7 miles west to its merge with North Carolina 68 (Eastchester Drive) at Deep River. Photo taken 07/24/04.
A loop ramp (Exit 214B) carries drivers onto Wendover Avenue east ahead of the Terra Cotta and Pomona communities. Wendover Avenue upgrades into a freeway at Spring Garden Street on the 5.8-mile drive to junction U.S. 220 (Battleground Avenue) near Lake Daniel and Irving Park. Photo taken 07/24/04.
Next in line for eastbound drivers is the Exit 28 (former Exit 216) partial "Y" interchange with North Carolina 6 (Patterson Street). North Carolina 6 almost acts like a business loop for Business Loop Interstate 40, traveling Patterson and Lee Streets through the Greensboro central business district. Photo taken 07/24/04.
Both North Carolina 6 (Patterson Street) and High Point Road serve the Greensboro Coliseum area at their intersection north of Business Loop Interstate 40 & U.S. 421. North Carolina 6 follows an industrial corridor parallel to the Norfolk-Southern Railroad line to High Point Road, where the highway turns onto Lee Street for downtown. Photo taken 07/24/04.
Continuing to within one half mile of Exit 29 six-ramp partial-cloverleaf interchange with High Point Road on Business Loop Interstate 40 east & U.S. 421 south. High Point Road represents the historic alignment of U.S. 29A & 70A, old alternate routes of U.S. 29-70 between High Point and Greensboro. The federal highway tandem was decertified in 1993.1 Photo taken 07/24/04.
Exit 29 carries drivers onto High Point Road from Business Loop Interstate 40 east & U.S. 421 south. High Point Road travels 1.4 miles north to junction North Carolina 6 (Patterson Court) at the Greensboro Coliseum. Southwestward, the six-lane arterial continues from the Four Seasons Town Centre mall area to the Oakwood and Sedge-Town communities of the city. Photo taken 07/24/04.
Passing under Vanstory Street, Business Loop Interstate 40 east & U.S. 421 move towards junction U.S. 220 south and Freeman Mill Boulevard north (Exits 30A/B). U.S. 220 follows a freeway southward to Asheboro and Ellerbe, a corridor that also carries both Interstates 73 and 74. Freeman Mill Boulevard stems north from Exit 30 to North Carolina 6 (Lee Street) and the Greensboro central business district. Photo taken 07/24/04.
Interstate 40 east & U.S. 421 southbound reassurance markers that were posted between Vanstory Street and junction U.S. 220. Business Loop Interstate 40 replaced the Interstate 40 mainline on February 21, 2008. Photo taken 07/24/04.
Interests to Interstate 85 (now Business Loop Interstate 85) are partitioned between Exit 30A (U.S. 220 south) and the Business Loop Interstate 40 eastbound mainline. U.S. 220 meets Business Loop Interstate 85 south of its interchange with Creek Ridge Road nearby. Business Loop Interstate 40 merges with Loop 85 in one mile, with U.S. 220 north joining the freeway eastward to O'Henry Boulevard. Asheboro lies 24 miles to the south. Photo taken 07/24/04.
Business Loops Interstate 40 East & Interstate 85 North
Randleman Road passes over the now six-way overlap of Business Loop Interstate 40 east & 85 north, U.S. 29-220 north, U.S. 70 east, and U.S. 421 south. Exit 37 departs within one-half mile for downtown Greensboro via South Elm-Eugene Street north. The central business district lies two miles northward. Photo taken 05/30/05.
Business Loop Interstate 40 east & 85 north and friends enter the Exit 37 diamond interchange with South Elm-Eugene Street south of downtown. Elm-Eugene Street ventures south 2.3 miles through Woodlea Lakes to junction Interstate 40 & 85. Area colleges served by the exit include Bennett College, UNC-Greensboro, North Carolina A&T University, and Greensboro College. Photo taken 05/30/05.
A six-way shield assembly for Business Loop Interstate 85, then Interstate 40, and U.S. 29-70-220-421 posted east of Exit 37. Photos taken 05/30/05 & 07/24/04.
An older art-deco bridge carries the Norfolk-Southern Railroad line across the Business Loop freeway ahead of Exit 38. U.S. 421 leaves the six-pack ahead for the Joseph M. Hunt, Jr. Expressway southeast to Julian. U.S. 421 continues from Guilford County to Liberty and Siler City. Photo taken 05/30/05.
One quarter mile west of the split with U.S. 421 on Business Loop Interstates 40 east & 85 north at the Patton Avenue over crossing. Martin Luther King Drive stems northwest from Exit 38 into downtown Greensboro. Photos taken 05/30/05 & 07/24/04.
The U.S. 421 (Joseph M. Hunt, Jr. Expressway south) and Martin Luther King Drive north diamond interchange intermingles with the split of U.S. 29-220 north & 70 east (Exit 39). U.S. 421 follows a four-lane divided highway 51 miles southeast to the city of Sanford (junction U.S. 1). The federal highway used to continue with the business loop freeway east to the O'Henry Boulevard off-ramp of Exit 39 with U.S. 29-70-220. Photos taken 05/30/05 & 07/24/04.
Business Loops Interstate 40 east & 85 north finally shed their U.S. highway counterparts at the Exit 39 partial "Y" interchange. The trio follow a substandard freeway northward through Nocho and Scott Parks to their split with Wendover Avenue (U.S. 70 east and U.S. 220 north). U.S. 29 continues northeast along the future Interstate 795 corridor to Reidsville and Danville, Virginia. Photo taken 05/30/05.
