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Interstate 85 Southbound

Interstate 85 South
Interstate 85 southbound converges with Interstate Business Loop 85 & U.S. 29-70 southwest of downtown Greensboro. The two freeways merge at their interchange with future Interstate 40 near Groometown. A diagramatical overhead ushers in the advance signage for the end of the brief overlap between the four highways at Exit 118. Photo taken 07/24/04.
Interstate 85 & U.S. 29 south and U.S. 70 westbound reassurance markers posted after their merge at Exit 120. Business Loop Interstate 85 is unsigned along the two-mile overlap. Photo taken 07/24/04.
Interstate 85 maintains six lanes around the High Point and Thomasville area. Business Loop Interstate 85 & U.S. 29 south and U.S. 70 west depart Interstate 85 southbound via a four-lane expressway through High Point (pop. 85,839) and Thomasville (pop. 19,788). The expressway was once a part of Temporary Interstate 85. Photo taken 07/24/04.
A trumpet interchange facilitates the movements between Business Loop Interstate 85 & U.S. 29-70 and Interstate 85 at Exit 118. The trio continue from High Point and Thomasville to Lexington (pop. 19,953). They return to Interstate 85 with U.S. 52 (Future Interstate 285) at Exit 87 near Linwood. Photo taken 07/24/04.
Interstate 85 southbound at the Exit 19 ramp departure for North Carolina 7 (Ozark Avenue). The state highway snakes its way between Interstate 85 and U.S. 29 & 74 between the communities of Gastonia, Ranlo, Lowell, McAdenville, and Belmont. This stretch of Interstate 85 saw widening from four to six lanes between 1999 and 2001. Photo taken 10/05/01.

Page Updated December 8, 2004.