| Exit 2 departs Future Interstate 73 south & Future Interstate 840 west for Friendly Avenue. Friendly Avenue constitutes an east-west arterial from West Market Street near PTI Airport to West Market Street west of downtown Greensboro. Photo taken by Jamie Dzencelowcz (02/23/08). |
| Future Interstate 73 reduces to two through lanes for the continuation onto Interstate 40 (Painter Boulevard) east. The right-hand lane defaults onto the directional ramps (Exit 1) for Interstate 40 west & U.S. 421 north to Winston Salem and Business Loop Interstate 40 east & U.S. 421 south to downtown Greensboro. Photo taken by Jamie Dzencelowcz (02/23/08). |
| Exit 1 widens to two lanes as it leaves Future Interstate 73 south at Future Interstate 840's west end. Interstate 73 begins and joins Interstate 40 southeast along Painter Boulevard seven miles to junction Interstate 85 & U.S. 29-70. Photo taken by Jamie Dzencelowcz (02/23/08). |
| Exit 1 partitions into its respective ramps to Interstate 40 west and Business Loop Interstate 40 east. Interstate 40 & U.S. 421 travel six miles west to their split at the Winston-Salem Business Loop Interstate 40. Eastward the 2008-created Greensboro Business Loop Interstate 40 and U.S. 421 continue seven miles to their merge with Business Loop Interstate 85 & U.S. 29-70-220 south of downtown. Photo taken by Jamie Dzencelowcz (02/23/08). |
| Eastern Segment of Future Interstate 840 |
| Future Interstate 840 East |
| Future Interstate 840 east begins and travels over Old Burlington Road on its brief journey between U.S. 70 (Wendover Avenue) and junction Interstates 40 & 85. Photo taken by Jamie Dzencelowcz (02/23/08). |
| A two-lane off-ramp leaves Future Interstate 840 east ahead of its merge onto Interstate 40 west & 85 south. Exit 21 lies five miles east of downtown Greensboro and 32 miles west of the Interstate 40 & 85 split at Durham. Photo taken 07/24/04. |
| Taking the Exit 21 off-ramp, drivers partition into the respective ramps to Business Loops Interstate 40 west & 85 south and Interstate 40 east & 85 north. The Business Loop freeway heads seven miles to its split, carrying U.S. 29, 70, 220, and 421 in the process. Interstate 40 east & 85 north exit the Greensboro area for a 12-mile ride to Burlington. Photo taken 07/24/04. |
| Continuing onto Business Loops Interstate 40 west & 85 south, drivers quickly encounter the Exit 43 (former Exit 130) partial-cloverleaf interchange with McConnell Road. Six interchanges serve Greensboro before the Business loop partition. Photo taken 07/24/04. |
| Future Interstate 840 West |
| Future Interstate 840 west facilitates the movements from Interstate 40 east & 85 north onto Business Loops Interstate 40 west & 85 south back into Greensboro. Exit 21 consists of a loop ramp onto the Business Loop freeway west ahead of McConnell Road. Photo taken 07/24/04. |
| Presently Future Interstate 840 is signed as simply "TO U.S. 70" on all guide signs from Interstates 40 & 85 and Business Loops Interstate 40-85. Pictured here is the Exit 21 ramp departure for return access to Greensboro. Note the erroneous Interstate 85 shield that was posted in lieu of Business Loop Interstate 85. Photo taken 07/24/04. |
| Traveling northward, the only Future Interstate 840 reassurance marker along the east segment of the Greensboro Beltway lies north of Interstates 40 & 85. Photo taken 07/24/04. |
| A U.S. 70 trailblazer lies beyond the Future Interstate 840 sign, indicating the sole connection of the two-mile freeway spur. Photo taken 07/24/04. |
| One mile south of the Exit 19 interchange with U.S. 70 (Wendover Avenue). U.S. 70 follows a multi-lane divided highway eastward from Greensboro to a point east of Future Interstate 840. Photo taken 07/24/04. |
| Future Interstate 840 crosses over Old Burlington Road south of its end at U.S. 70. Bridges that will eventually carry the freeway mainline over Old Burlington Road and U.S. 70 (Wendover Avenue) have yet to be constructed. Photo taken 07/24/04. |
| Traffic defaults onto the Exit 19 off-ramp to U.S. 70 (Wendover Avenue) as Future Interstate 840 west ends. U.S. 70 travels seven miles east into Burlington and four miles west to its merge with the U.S. 29 & 220 (Henry Boulevard) expressway. Photo taken 07/24/04. |
| U.S. 70 shield and guide sign posted at the Exit 19 ramp end from Future Interstate 840 west. A loop ramp carries motorists over Wendover Avenue to the federal highway. Photo taken 07/24/04. |
| Bryan Boulevard (Future Interstate 73) |
| Bryan Boulevard (Future Interstate 73) eastbound on the approach to Future Interstate 840 east. Future Interstate 73 departs Bryan Boulevard east for Future Interstate 840 east to Interstate 40. Photo taken by Jamie Dzencelowcz (02/23/08). |
| Eastbound Bryan Boulevard at the directional-cloverleaf interchange with Future Interstate 840. Future Interstate 73 heads south three miles to junction Interstate 40. Fleming Road continues south from the premature north end of the Greensboro Beltway to a diamond interchange with Bryan Boulevard in one half mile. Photo taken by Jamie Dzencelowcz (02/23/08). |
| Westbound Bryan Boulevard as it nears junction Future Interstate 840 west & Future Interstate 73 south. A loop ramp carries drivers southward to Interstate 40, U.S. 421, and Business Loop Interstate 40. Bryan Boulevard west otherwise merges with Future Interstate 73 north en route to Piedmont Triad International Airport (PTI). Photo taken by Jamie Dzencelowcz (02/23/08). |
| Drivers depart Bryan Boulevard for the westbound beginning of Future Interstate 840 to Interstate 40. Future Interstate 73 upgrades to Interstate 73 and combines with Interstate 40 east to junction Interstate 85 near High Point. Bryan Boulevard otherwise continues a short distance to Inman Road. Photo taken by Jamie Dzencelowcz (02/23/08). |
Page Updated March 3, 2008.
