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Ascending eastward along Wendover Avenue between Cridland Road and Virginia Street. Photo taken 12/21/08. |
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Drivers bound for Elm Street southbound must use the Carolina Street turn-off to make the connection. Elm Street continues from its underpass of U.S. 220 into the heart of downtown Greensboro. Photo taken 12/21/08. |
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Passing over Elm Street along U.S. 220 (Wendover Avenue) south. Photo taken 12/21/08. |
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Magnolia Street south to Bessemer Avenue west connects motorists with Elm Street northbound to Buffalo Lake and its surrounding subdivisions. Photo taken 12/21/08. |
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Church Street crosses paths with U.S. 220 (Wendover Avenue) near Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital. Photo taken 12/21/08. |
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U.S. 220 spans the Norfolk Southern Railroad line and Yanceville Road ahead of the Proximity neighborhood of Greensboro. Photo taken 12/21/08. |
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Cypress Street ties into U.S. 220 (Wendover Avenue) midway between the Yanceyville Street on-ramp and Summit Avenue off-ramp. Photo taken 12/21/08. |
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Cypress Street south to Bessemer Avenue west provides a connection to Yanceyville Road. Yanceyville Road travels south to War Memorial Stadium and north to the Revolution community. Photo taken 12/21/08. |
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A condensed partial-cloverleaf interchange facilitates the movements between Summit Avenue and U.S. 220 (Wendover Avenue). Summit Avenue constitutes an arterial route between downtown Greensboro and U.S. 29 northbound at East White Oak. Photo taken 12/21/08. |
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U.S. 220 south prepares to depart Wendover Avenue for the U.S. 29 expressway leading south to Interstate 40. Photo taken 12/21/08. |
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Junction U.S. 29 & 70 shield assembly on Wendover Avenue east at Westside Drive. U.S. 29 and 70 share pavement from Lexington northeast to the Wendover Avenue cloverleaf interchange. Photo taken 12/21/08. |
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Lindsay Street first intersects U.S. 220 before the interchange with U.S. 29. The north-south street serves a residential area to the north and North Carolina A&T University to the south. Photo taken 12/21/08. |
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Ramps between Wendover Avenue and U.S. 29 (O'Henry Boulevard) lie within a warehouse district. The southbound connection utilizes Arnold Street between U.S. 220 and Bessemer Avenue. Photo taken 12/21/08. |
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U.S. 29 & 220 south and 70 west share O'Henry Boulevard south to their merge onto Interstate 40 west & Business Loop Interstate 85 south. Wendover Avenue gains U.S. 70 leading east toward Burlington. Photo taken 12/21/08. |
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A loop ramp departs Wendover Avenue east for U.S. 29 north to Reidsville and Danville, Virginia. Photo taken 12/21/08. |
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U.S. 70 merges onto industrialized Wendover Avenue east to English Street. U.S. 29 (O'Henry Boulevard) continues northeast as an expressway through outer reaches of Greensboro. The highway is slated for an upgrade to Interstate 785 from the planned Interstate 840 beltway to Virginia. Photo taken 12/21/08. |
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Traveling the "onramp" to U.S. 29 north, drivers are provided with a reassurance marker of the connection. Photo taken 12/21/08. |
| U.S. Highway 29-220 South & 70 West |
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U.S. 220 south & 70 west join U.S. 29 south along O'Henry Boulevard and quickly encounter a folded-diamond interchange with Bessemer Avenue. Bessemer Avenue parallels Wendover Avenue through a large warehouse district. Photo taken 06/05/05. |
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U.S. 29-220 south & 70 westbound reassurance shield assembly posted as O'Henry Boulevard lines the east side of North Carolina A & T State University. Photo taken 06/05/05. |
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The off-ramp for Sullivan Street by way of Lutheran Street west to Benbow Road north was severed from U.S. 29-70-220 (O'Henry Boulevard) southbound between 2005 and 2008. Photo taken 06/05/05. |
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The northbound ramp to Sullivan Street remains in use; southbound O'Henry Boulevard drivers must use the Market Street off-ramp to Benbow Road for N.C. A & T University or the Bessemer Avenue off-ramp to Lindsay Street south for Sullivan Street. Sullivan Street otherwise heads west to Summit Avenue and the Summit Shopping Center and east to warehouses at English Street. Photo taken 06/05/05. |
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Mid-2000s roadwork reconfigured the folded-diamond interchange with Market Street by replacing it's overpass above U.S. 29-70-220 and modernizing the ramps to and from the arterial route. Market Street represents the former alignment of U.S. 70 into downtown from Bessemer. Photo taken 06/05/05. |
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U.S. 29-220 south & 70 (O'Henry Boulevard) west at Market Street. Market Street constitutes a multi-lane arterial west to one-way couplet split with Friendly Avenue and east to the split of Burlington Road and Huffine Mill Road south of modern U.S. 70. Photo taken 06/05/05. |
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A look at the original Market Street overpass above U.S. 29-70-220. A Norfolk Southern Railroad line parallels the southbound side of the bridge. Photo taken 06/05/05. |
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Traveling through the reconstructed section of U.S. 29-70-220 south near the McConnell Road overpass. The next interchange joins O'Henry Boulevard with North Carolina 6 (Lee Street) east of Bennett College. Photo taken 06/05/05. |
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South of the new McConnell Road overpass, U.S. 29-70-220 enter a rebuilt and modified full-cloverleaf interchange (shown here under construction) with North Carolina 6 (Lee Street). North Carolina 6 provides a kind of business loop for Interstate 40 outside southern reaches of the central business district on its eight-mile routing. Photo taken 06/05/05. |
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Continuing south, U.S. 29-220 south & 70 west pass under Tuscaloosa Street near the former off-ramp to Florida Street. Photo taken 06/05/05. |
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Reconstruction of O'Henry Boulevard resulted in the closure of the southbound on and off-ramps at Eton Drive for Florida Street. Photo taken 06/05/05. |
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Drivers otherwise continues directly into the junction with Interstate 40 & Business Loop Interstate 85 at Martin Luther King Jr. Drive north and Joseph M. Hunt Expressway (former U.S. 421) south. U.S. 421 was relocated onto Interstate 85 and Interstate 73 (Painter Boulevard) around the city when Interstate 40 was returned to its in-city routing in September 2008. Old U.S. 421 is now just an unnumbered arterial route. Photo taken 06/05/05. |
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U.S. 29-220 south & 70 west split into ramps for Interstate 40 west & Business Loop Interstate 85 south and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive (Old U.S. 421) with connections to Interstate 40 east & Business Loop I-85 north. U.S. 29-70-220 join the westbound freeway for 1.75 miles before splitting as well. Photo taken 06/05/05. |
| U.S. Highway 220 South |
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U.S. 220 follows a freeway leading south from the interchange of Freeman Mill Road and Interstate 40 in central Greensboro. The freeway joins the city with Asheboro and Ellerbe in the southern part of the state. Pictured here is a U.S. 220 & Future Interstate 73 shield. It is unclear if the Interstate 73 shield is valid now that Interstate 73 is fully signed along the southwest leg of Painter Boulevard with U.S. 421. Photo taken 07/24/04. |
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Exits 80B/A join the U.S. 220 freeway with Creek Ridge Road at the Dellwood Park neighborhood of Greensboro. Creek Ridge Road west continues a short distance to Pinecroft and its end at Vandalia Road. Photo taken 07/24/04. |
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Creek Ridge Road east intersects Rehobeth Church Road nearby before continuing to Randleman Road in the industrial area of Rocky Knoll. Rehobeth Church Road interchanges with Business Loop Interstate 85 to the southeast; U.S. 220 also meets the former Interstate 85 at Exit 79. Photo taken 07/24/04. |
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Interstate 85 southbound trailblazer posted ahead of the Exit 79 three-quarter cloverleaf interchange with Business Loop Interstate 85 & U.S. 29-70. Access to Interstate 85 south for High Point is possible via both the Business Loop freeway south or by remaining along U.S. 220 south to junction Interstates 73 & 85. Photo taken 07/24/04. |
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Another Future Interstate 73 & U.S. 220 southbound reassurance shield assembly, posted after the Cedar Ridge Road on-ramp. Photo taken 07/24/04. |
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Exit 79 provides southbound access only to Business Loop Interstate 85 & U.S. 29-70. The trio merge with Interstate 85 within three miles outside of High Point. Photo taken 07/24/04. |
Page Updated April 29, 2009.
