Site Navigation Alabama Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee     Interstate 40 Westbound - Wake County Interstate 40 West Interstate 40 & U.S. 70 west near their split at Exit 306 (U.S. 70 Business east) in Garner. Photo taken 05/30/07. Exit 306B connects with U.S. 70 Business east through Clayton. A partial-cloverleaf interchange nearby joins the divided highway with Greenfield Drive. Motorists bound for Smithfield should take the new U.S. 70 Clayton Bypass now. Photo taken 05/30/07. A wide directional-cloverleaf interchange constitutes Exits 306B/A with Interstate 40 and U.S. 70. U.S. 70 Business meets the Clayton Bypass at U.S. 70's transition back into its old route. The Business loop however continues southeast into Smithfield while the U.S. 70 mainline heads toward Selma. Photo taken 05/30/07. Exit 306A loops onto U.S. 70 westbound into the suburban city of Garner. U.S. 70, along with U.S. 401, are the only two U.S. highways to remain on their surface routes through the Raleigh area. Interstate 40 will meet U.S. 70 again at Exit 298 (Saunders Street). Photo taken 05/30/07. A Norfolk-Southern Railroad line passes over Interstate 40 after its split with U.S. 70. Photo taken 05/30/07. Jones Sausage Road leads north from U.S. 70 parallel to Interstate 40 through to Exit 303. Photo taken 05/30/07. One half mile south of the Exit 303 diamond interchange with Jones Sausage Road. Interests to the Alltel Pavilion at Walnut Creek are directed onto Jones Sausage Road north to Rock Quarry Road west. There is no local access to the concert venue due to the proximity of Interstate 440 & U.S. 64's interchange. Photo taken 05/30/07. Interstate 40 west at the Exit 303 ramp departure to Jones Sausage Road. Jones Sausage Road ends at Rock Quarry Road nearby, with a crop of new subdivisions and industrial parks along the way. Photo taken 05/30/07. Nearing the Cliff Benson Beltline (Interstate 440) on Interstate 40 west. The freeway mainline briefly reduces two lanes at the tri-level stack interchange of Exit 301. Photo taken 05/30/07. Interstate 40 merges with U.S. 64 west on the south side of downtown Raleigh while U.S. 64 east travels Interstate 440 west (north) to the Knightdale bypass with U.S. 264. Interstate 440 used to overlap with Interstate 40 west for eight miles. The co-signing was eliminated in late 2008. Photo taken 05/30/07. Interstate 440 was originally signed as the Inner and Outer Beltline along with cardinal directions for the different directions it took. Now the signing is simplified with Interstate 440 traveling east/west and Interstate 40 traveling by itself. This diagrammatical overhead was typical of signs placed for the Cliff Benson Beltline from intersecting roads. Photo taken 05/30/07. Interstate 440's westbound beginning departs Interstate 40 west at Exit 301. Interstate 440 initially travels northeast with U.S. 64 to the Knightdale bypass (Exit 14). There U.S. 64 joins U.S. 264 east to Knightdale and Zebulon while Interstate 440 bends northwest toward U.S. 1. Interstate 540 currently ends at U.S. 64 & 264 east of the Neuse River. Photo taken 05/30/07. Interstate 40 North Carolina, Interstate 440 & U.S. 64 shield assembly that was posted ahead of the Cliff Benson Beltline merge onto Interstate 40 west. Photo taken 01/02/08. The next nine interchanges, from Interstate 440 east to Wade Avenue east, serve the city of Raleigh from Interstate 40 west. Photo taken 06/06/05. Aforementioned Rock Quarry Road passes over Interstate 40 south of Interstate 440 and then turns northward to meet the freeway directly at Exit 300. Photo taken 06/06/05. Exit 300B departs Interstate 40 & U.S. 64 west for Rock Quarry Road north into Raleigh. Photo taken 06/06/05. Exit 300A loops onto Rock Quarry Road south to Sanderford Road. Rock Quarry and Sanderford Roads serve a bevy of subdivisions south and west of Interstate 40. Photo taken 06/06/05. Hammond Road leads south from Blount & Person Streets to the city of Garner. Exit 299 joins the north-south road with Interstate 40 at a partial-cloverleaf interchange. Photo taken 06/06/05. Another shield assembly posted on the defunct Interstate 40 & 440 overlap with U.S. 64. Photo taken 01/02/08. Person Street north provides one of two routes from Interstate 40 to the North Carolina Capitol Complex. Hammond Road constitutes a four to six lane arterial south to U.S. 70 in Garner. Photo taken 01/02/08. Although not displayed here, Exit 298B carries drivers onto U.S. 70 west & 401-North Carolina 50 north into downtown Raleigh via South Saunders Street. The trio were signed along the freeways of Raleigh at one point, but were returned to their surface routes. All three continue together through the central business district to the interchange of Wade Avenue and Capital Boulevard. Photos taken 01/02/08. U.S. 70 east, U.S. 401 south, and North Carolina 50 south continue along South Saunders Street to Wilmington Street and a partial "Y" interchange, where they split on respective paths to Fuquay-Varina and central Garner. Photo taken 06/06/05 The Exit 300 on-ramp provides an auxiliary lane westbound to Exit 297 (Lake Wheeler Road). Photo taken 06/06/05. Interstate 40, 440, and U.S. 64 shield assembly posted after the Norfolk-Southern Railroad line. Photo taken 06/06/05. Lake Wheeler Road heads northeast from the Exit 297 diamond interchange to the North Carolina Farmers Market and South Saunders Street. Photo taken 06/06/05. Interstate 40 & U.S. 64 westbound markers posted south of the Lake Raleigh area. Photo taken 01/02/08. Gorman Street ventures south from the Wynnewood neighborhood to Exit 295 of Interstate 40 and Tryon Road. Photo taken 01/02/08. Exit 295 departs Interstate 40 & U.S. 64 west at the Trailwood Drive overpass. Gormon Street leads north to Avent Ferry Road and Meredith College; Avent Ferry Road connects to North Carolina State University and Reynolds Coliseum. Photo taken 01/02/08. Interstate 40 & U.S. 64 prepare to split at the Exit 293 full-cloverleaf interchange with Interstate 440 east & U.S. 1. Photo taken 01/02/08. Collector/distributor roadways handle the movements between Interstate 40 & U.S. 64 with Interstate 440 (Cliff Benson Beltline) and U.S. 1. U.S. 64 merges onto U.S. 1 south briefly to Apex. Interstate 440 east begins and carries U.S. 1 north around Raleigh to Capital Boulevard. Photo taken 01/02/08. Interstate 440 Inner Beltline shield assembly that was posted on the Exit 293 collector/distributor roadway. Photo taken 01/02/08. U.S. 1 joins the Raleigh area with Sanford as a full freeway; U.S. 64 heads west from Apex to Jordan Lake and Asheboro. Interstate 440 east & U.S. 1 lead toward Wake Forest. Photo taken 01/02/08. Now along the Exit 293 c/d roadway, Interstate 440's eastbound beginning departs Interstate 40 & U.S. 64 west. Interstate 440 bends northeast toward Wade Avenue and junction U.S. 70 & North Carolina 50 over the course of seven miles. Photo taken 01/02/08. U.S. 64 splits with Interstate 40 west for U.S. 1 south to Apex. U.S. 1, once proposed as Interstate 340, joins the Raleigh area with Sanford, Southern Pines, and Pinehurst along a four-lane corridor. Photo taken 01/02/08. Eight lanes of Interstate 40 east of the Exit 287 diamond interchange with Cary's Harrison Avenue. William B. Ulmstead State Park occupies land on the north side of the freeway. Photo taken 06/06/05. Exit 287 parts ways with Interstate 40 west for the north end of Harrison Avenue. Harrison Avenue carries four lanes southward into downtown Cary. Photo taken 06/06/05. Westbound Interstate 40 shield posted between Exit 287 and the Old Reedy Creek Road overpass. The freeway skims the north end of Lake Crabtree. Photo taken 06/06/05. Aviation Parkway travels north to Terminal Boulevard and Interstate 540 on the west side of Raleigh Durham International Airport. Photo taken 06/06/05. South of Exit 285, Aviation Parkway skims Lake Crabtree to an industrial park area at Evans Road. Morrisville lies at the parkway cross roads with North Carolina 54 (Chapel Hill Road). Photo taken 06/06/05. Page Updated October 20, 2008.