Business Loop Interstate 85 & U.S. 29 north and 70 east continue a short distance from Vickory Chapel Road to their merge onto Interstate 85 north. A trumpet interchange provides access to Interstate 85 south for Kannapolis, Concord, and Charlotte. Photo taken 07/24/04.
What was the final Business Loop Interstate 85 northbound shield posted near High Point. Business Loop Interstate 85 now shares an implied overlap with Interstate 85 north into Greensboro. Photo taken 07/24/04.
Business Loop Interstate 85 north defaults onto Interstate 85 north ahead of the Groometown Road interchange (Exit 119). Interstate 85 south bypasses High Point through Archdale. Photo taken 07/24/04.
Business Loop Interstate 85 splits with Interstate 85 at its merge with Interstates 40 & 73. The Business loop carries U.S. 29 north & 70 east from High Point into Greensboro. The first interchange along the original Interstate 85 is that of Exit 34 with Holden Road. Holden Road heads north from Drummond Road and Glendale Drive nearby to the Pinecroft neighborhood of Greensboro. Photo taken 05/30/05.
Bridges that now carry the Interstate 40 & 73 mainline and the new westbound off-ramp from Interstate 85 as they appeared during construction in 2005. The lane gained from the Interstate 40 east & 73 southbound on-ramp forms an auxiliary lane to Exit 34 (Holden Road). Holden Road widens into a four-lane divided arterial from Business Loop Interstate 85 northward through the Latham Town and Starmount Forest communities of west Greensboro. Photo taken 05/30/05.
A folded-diamond interchange joins Business Loop Interstate 85 & U.S. 29-70 with Holden Road at Exit 34. Holden Road travels 2.2 miles north to High Point Road near the Four Seasons Town Centre mall. The next exit joins the Business Loop with the U.S. 220 freeway at Exits 35A/B. Photo taken 05/30/05.
A three-quarter cloverleaf interchange joins Business Loop Interstate 85 & U.S. 29-70 with U.S. 220 at Exits 35A/B. U.S. 220 heads south from Exit 35A and merges with Future Interstate 73 south at Interstates 40 & 85. Beyond their merge, the tandem head 24 miles south to junction U.S. 64 and Future Interstate 74 at Asheboro. Photo taken 05/30/05.
Exit 35A departs Business Loop Interstate 85 & U.S. 29 north & 70 east for U.S. 220 south. U.S. 220 north continues 1.25 miles to its merge with Business Loop Interstate 40 east & U.S. 421 south. Business Loop Interstate 40 west & U.S. 421 north otherwise continue west to Piedmont Triad International Airport (PTI) and Winston-Salem. Photo taken 05/30/05.
Exit 35B loops onto U.S. 220 north for its short journey to junction Business Loop Interstate 40 & U.S. 421. Freeman Mill Road stems north from the freeway end into Spring Valley and downtown Greensboro. Points of interest served from Exit 35B include the Greensboro Coliseum area via Freeman Mill Road north to Coliseum Boulevard and the Historic Blandwood Museum. Photo taken 05/30/05.
Rehobeth Church Road passes over Business Loop Interstate 85 & U.S. 29-70 at a folded-diamond interchange (Exit 35C). The north-south road heads north into Dellwood Park and south into Shannon Hills Park. Vandalia Road intersects Rehobeth Church Road at Shannon Hills nearby; the east-west ventures east to The Pines and Woodlea Lakes through south Greensboro. Photo taken 05/30/05.
Business Loop Interstate 85 & U.S. 29 north and U.S. 70 eastbound reassurance markers posted east of Exit 35C. Photo taken 05/30/05.
Business Loop Interstate 40 east, U.S. 220 north, and U.S. 421 south merge with Business Loop Interstate 85 & U.S. 29 north and U.S. 70 east next. Exit 36 to Randleman Road departs the six-way overlap beyond their combining. Photo taken 05/30/05.
Through traffic interests to Business Loop Interstates 40 east & 85 north and friends are directed to the left-hand lane as Exit 37 claims the right-hand lane to Randleman Road. A directional interchange, once known as "Death Valley" by locals, handles the movements between the two former Interstate mainlines. Photo taken 05/30/05.
An Interstate 40 eastbound trailblazer directed motorists onto the then-overlap with the cross-state freeway. Business Loop Interstate 40 replaced the through-city route on February 21, 2008. Photo taken 05/30/05.
Exit 36 of Business Loop Interstate 85 & U.S. 29 north and U.S. 70 east departs independent of the Business Loop Interstate 40 & U.S. 421 mainline. Randleman Road heads 1.9 miles north to through Oak Grove to Freeman Mill Road in downtown Greensboro. Photo taken 05/30/05.
A partial "Y" interchange with an added ramp to Business Loop Interstate 85 south from Business Loop Interstate 40 east facilitates the movements between the former Interstate 40 and 85 mainline. Meanwhile Exit 36 departs both carriageways ahead of their merge. Randleman Road continues south 1.2 miles through the Rocky Knoll section of the city to Vandalia Road. Photo taken 05/30/05.
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.
