Site Navigation Alabama Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee     Interstate 40 Westbound - Greensboro and Winston-Salem Interstate 40 West Interstate 40 west & 85 south enter the Greensboro vicinity and expand to five lanes in anticipation of their split with Business Loops Interstate 40 & 85 (Exit 131). Business Loops Interstate 40 & 85 travel eight miles together to their split, the original Interstate 40 & 85 partition at what was known as "Death Valley". Photo taken by Jamie Dzencelowcz (02/23/08). Interstate 40 west & 85 south follow a bypass alignment south of Greensboro to junction Interstate 73; Business Loops Interstate 40 and 85 utilize the original alignments through central Greensboro, joining U.S. 29, 70, 220, and 421 in the process. Exit 131 also serves movements onto Future Interstate 840 west, which presently consists of a two-lane freeway between Interstates 40 & 85 and U.S. 70 (Wendover Avenue). Photo taken by Jamie Dzencelowcz (02/23/08). Entering the three-quarter cloverleaf interchange (Exit 122) with Future Interstate 73 south & U.S. 220 on Interstate 40 west & 85 south. Interstate 73 merges with Interstate 40 & 85 briefly between Exits 122 and 120. U.S. 220 & Future Interstate 73 south enter Greensboro from Randleman and Asheboro. Photo taken by Jamie Dzencelowcz (02/23/08). Exit 122 partitions into three ramps, the first of which serves U.S. 220 north to Business Loop Interstate 85 & U.S. 29-70 and Business Loop Interstate 40 west & U.S. 421 north. Exit 122C provides a direct route into downtown via Freeman Mill Road. Photo taken by Jamie Dzencelowcz (02/23/08). Interstate 40 west & 73 north part ways with Interstate 85 at Exit 121. Painter Boulevard continues as a six-lane freeway from Interstate 85 to Business Loop Interstate 40 near Piedmont Triad International Airport. Interstate 85 merges with U.S. 29 south & 70 west briefly toward High Point. Photo taken by Jamie Dzencelowcz (02/23/08). A second diagrammatical overhead lies ahead of the Interstate 40 & 73 west and Interstate 85 southbound split. Interstate 85 merges with Business Loop Interstate 85 at Exit 121 only to part ways again at Exit 118. Interstate 85 otherwise continues southwest to Kannapolis, Concord, and Charlotte. Photo taken by Jamie Dzencelowcz (02/23/08). The Exit 122 collector/distributor roadway continues through the Interstate 40-73-85 interchange with Business Loop Interstate 85 & U.S. 29-70. A loop ramp joins Interstate 85 south for its interchange with Groometown Road / Grandover Parkway. Photo taken by Jamie Dzencelowcz (02/23/08). Interstate 40 west & 73 north split with Interstate 85 south at Exit 121. Note the missing control city for Interstate 73 north. Photo taken by Jamie Dzencelowcz (02/23/08). Continuing beyond the Interstate 85 southbound split, Interstate 40 west & 73 north merge with the Exit 122 c/d roadway and continue toward west Greensboro and PTI Airport. Photo taken by Jamie Dzencelowcz (02/23/08). A second look at what was the end of Painter Boulevard (Exit 122A) at the loop ramp to the Business Loop Interstate 85 collector/distributor roadway for the Groometown Road interchange. Photo taken 07/24/04. The next exit of Interstates 40 west & 73 north join Painter Boulevard with Wendover Avenue at Exit 214. Wendover Avenue stems west from central Greensboro to North Carolina 68. Photo taken by Jamie Dzencelowcz (02/23/08). One mile east of the Exit 214 six-ramp partial-cloverleaf interchange with Wendover Avenue on Interstate 40 west & 73 north. Photo taken by Jamie Dzencelowcz (02/23/08). Exit 214 leaves Interstate 40 west & 73 north for Wendover Avenue. Wendover Avenue heads east to Bridford Parkway and Business Loop Interstate 40 and west to Piedmont Parkway and College Road. Photo taken by Jamie Dzencelowcz (02/23/08). Exit 212B provides return access to Business Loop Interstate 40 east & U.S. 421 south back into Greensboro. The freeway continues to College Road and Wendover Avenue. Exit 212A meanwhile continues the Greensboro beltway northward onto Future Interstate 73 north & Future Interstate 840 west to Piedmont Triad International Airport and Bryan Boulevard, an east-west freeway between Greensboro and North Carolina 68. Photo taken by Jamie Dzencelowcz (02/23/08). Three lanes default onto the original Interstate 40 freeway from Painter Boulevard. Interstate 40 & U.S. 421 continue six miles to their split at the Winston-Salem Business Loop Interstate 40. Future Interstate 73 & 840 are signed as just "TO Bryan Boulevard" presently. The freeway spurs three miles north to Fleming Road. Photo taken by Jamie Dzencelowcz (02/23/08). Shortly after the merge with Business Loop Interstate 40, Interstate 40 west & U.S. 421 north enter the single point urban interchange (SPUI) with Gallimore Dairy Road (Exit 211). Gallimore Dairy Road serves an industrial area south of Piedmont Triad International Airport (PTI). Photos taken 07/24/04. Entering the Exit 211 SPUI with Gallimore Dairy Road on Interstate 40 west & U.S. 421 north. Gallimore Dairy Road heads north to Market Street and southwest to Chimney Rock Road and junction North Carolina 68. Photo taken 07/24/04. Interstate 40 west & U.S. 421 north continue to the Exit 210 partial-cloverleaf interchange with Regional Road and North Carolina 68. North Carolina 68 constitutes a freeway north of Exit 210 to Airport Road and Piedmont Triad International Airport (PTI) and a four-lane divided highway southward into High Point. Photo taken 07/24/04. Exit 210 departs Interstate 40 west & U.S. 421 north for North Carolina 68. A loop ramp departs ahead for Regional Road, a local road spurring northeast from North Carolina 68 to industrial areas southwest of the airport at Friendship. North Carolina 68 continues north of the airport area along the Future Interstate 73 corridor to Oak Ridge. Photo taken 07/24/04. Page Updated March 8, 2008.