Route information | ||||
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Maintained by NCDOT | ||||
Length | 1,381.55 mi[1] (2,223.39 km) | |||
Existed | 1958[2]–present | |||
NHS | Entire route | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | ![]() | |||
East end | ![]() | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | North Carolina | |||
Highway system | ||||
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County | Location | mi | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes | |
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Haywood | State line | 0.0 | 0.0 | ![]() ![]() | Continuation into Tennessee | ||
| 6.7 | 10.8 | 7 | Cold Springs Creek Road – Harmon Den | |||
| 14.8 | 23.8 | 15 | Fines Creek Road | |||
Cove Creek | 20.5 | 33.0 | 20 | ![]() ![]() | |||
| 24.2 | 38.9 | 24 | ![]() | |||
| 27.3 | 43.9 | 27 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | West end of US 74 overlap | ||
Canton | 31.2 | 50.2 | 31 | ![]() | |||
33.2 | 53.4 | 33 | Newfound Road – Canton | ||||
Buncombe | | 37.4 | 60.2 | 37 | Wiggins Road – Candler, East Canton | ||
Asheville | 44.3 | 71.3 | 44 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
45.9 | 73.9 | 46 A-B | A: ![]() ![]() ![]() B: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Signed as exits 46A (east) and 46B (west); east end of US 74 overlap No westbound exit 46B; left exits on both directions | |||
46.7 | 75.2 | 47 | ![]() | To Farmers Market | |||
50.2 | 80.8 | 50 | ![]() | Signed as exits 50A (south) and 50B (north) westbound | |||
51.3 | 82.6 | 51 | ![]() | ||||
52.8 | 85.0 | 53 A-B | A: ![]() ![]() B: ![]() ![]() ![]() | Signed as exits 53A (east) and 53B (west) | |||
55.1 | 88.7 | 55 | ![]() ![]() | To VA Hospital | |||
| 58.8 | 94.6 | 59 | Patton Cove Road – Swannanoa | |||
Black Mountain | 63.8 | 102.7 | 64 | ![]() | |||
64.8 | 104.3 | 65 | ![]() ![]() | West end of US 70 overlap; westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |||
| 65.7 | 105.7 | 66 | Dunsmore Avenue – Ridgecrest | |||
McDowell | Old Fort | 71.4 | 114.9 | 72 | ![]() ![]() | East end of US 70 overlap; eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |
72.4 | 116.5 | 73 | Catawaba Avenue – Old Fort | ||||
74.8 | 120.4 | 75 | Parker Padgett Road | ||||
Marion | 81.2 | 130.7 | 81 | Sugar Hill Road – Marion | |||
83.4 | 134.2 | 83 | Ashworth Road | ||||
84.6 | 136.2 | 85 | ![]() | ||||
86.3 | 138.9 | 86 | ![]() | ||||
| 89.8 | 144.5 | 90 | Harmony Grove Road – Nebo, Lake James | |||
Burke | | 94.1 | 151.4 | 94 | Dysartsville Road | ||
| 95.8 | 154.2 | 96 | Kathy Road | |||
Glen Alpine | 97.5 | 156.9 | 98 | Causby Road – Glen Alpine | |||
99.5 | 160.1 | 100 | Jamestown Road / Dixie Boulevard – Glen Alpine | ||||
Morganton | 102.9 | 165.6 | 103 | ![]() | |||
104.1 | 167.5 | 104 | Enola Road | ||||
105.1 | 169.1 | 105 | ![]() | ||||
| 106.2 | 170.9 | 106 | Bethel Road | |||
| 107.4 | 172.8 | 107 | ![]() | |||
Valdese | 110.7 | 178.2 | 111 | Abees Grove Church Road / Milestone Avenue – Valdese | |||
111.4 | 179.3 | 112 | Mineral Springs Mountain Road – Valdese | ||||
Rutherford College | 112.3 | 180.7 | 113 | Rutherford College Road / Malcom Boulevard – Connelly Springs, Rutherford College | |||
Icard | 116.2 | 187.0 | 116 | Old NC 10 – Icard | |||
Hildebran | 117.9 | 189.7 | 118 | Old NC 10 | |||
118.8 | 191.2 | 119 | Henry River Road / Center Street – Henry River, Hildebran | Signed as exits 119A (Henry River) and 119B (Hildebran) eastbound | |||
Catawba | Long View | 120.6 | 194.1 | 121 | 33rd Street – Long View | ||
Hickory | 122.8 | 197.6 | 123 A-B | A: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() B: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Signed as exits 123A (south) and 123B (north) To Appalachian State University and Hickory Regional Airport | ||
125.1 | 201.3 | 125 | Lenoir Rhyne Boulevard – Hickory | To Lenoir-Rhyne University | |||
126.2 | 203.1 | 126 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
Conover | 128.1 | 206.2 | 128 | Fairgrove Church Road | To Hickory Motor Speedway | ||
130.2 | 209.5 | 130 | Old US 70 | ||||
131.6 | 211.8 | 132 | ![]() | ||||
132.6 | 213.4 | 133 | Rock Barn Road | ||||
Claremont | 134.3 | 216.1 | 135 | Oxford Street – Claremont | |||
Catawba | 138.1 | 222.3 | 138 | ![]() ![]() | |||
Iredell | | 140.4 | 226.0 | 141 | Sharon School Road | ||
| 144.0 | 231.7 | 144 | Old Mountain Road – West Iredell | |||
| 145.4 | 234.0 | 146 | Stamey Farm Road | |||
Statesville | 147.7 | 237.7 | 148 | ![]() ![]() | |||
149.5 | 240.6 | 150 | ![]() | ||||
151.2 | 243.3 | 151 | ![]() | ||||
152.0 | 244.6 | 152 A-B | A: ![]() ![]() B: ![]() ![]() | Signed as exits 152A (south) and 152B (north) | |||
152.9 | 246.1 | 153 | ![]() | Permanently closed as of October 1, 2012; was an eastbound exit and westbound entrance[3][4] | |||
153.7 | 247.4 | 154 | ![]() | ||||
| 161.8 | 260.4 | 162 | ![]() | |||
Davie | Mocksville | 167.8 | 270.0 | 168 | ![]() | ||
169.5 | 272.8 | 170 | ![]() | ||||
| 173.5 | 279.2 | 174 | Farmington Road | |||
| 179.8 | 289.4 | 180 | ![]() | |||
Forsyth | Clemmons | 182.1 | 293.1 | 182 | Harper Road – Tanglewood, Bermuda Run | ||
183.5 | 295.3 | 184 | Lewisville–Clemmons Road – Lewisville, Clemmons | ||||
Winston-Salem | 187.7 | 302.1 | 188 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | No access from I-40 east to US 421 south | ||
188.6 | 303.5 | 189 | ![]() | ||||
189.3 | 304.6 | 190 | Hanes Mall Boulevard | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |||
191.3 | 307.9 | 192 | ![]() | ||||
192.5 | 309.8 | 193C | Silas Creek Parkway, South Main Street | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |||
193.2 | 310.9 | 193 A-B | A: ![]() ![]() ![]() B: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | North end of US 311 overlap Signed as exits 193A (south) and 193B (north) | |||
194.3 | 312.7 | 195 | ![]() | ||||
195.9 | 315.3 | 196 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | South end of US 311 overlap | |||
| ![]() | Future interchange (unfunded)[5][6] | |||||
Kernersville | 200.7 | 323.0 | 201 | Union Cross Road | |||
203.5 | 327.5 | 203 | ![]() | ||||
Guilford | | 206.4 | 332.2 | 206 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | North end of US 421 overlap; westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |
Greensboro | 207.4 | 333.8 | 208 | Sandy Ridge Road | |||
209.7 | 337.5 | 210 | ![]() | ||||
210.7 | 339.1 | 211 | Gallimore Dairy Road | ||||
212.1 | 341.3 | 212 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | East end of US 421 overlap; signed as exits 212A (Bryan Boulevard) and 212B (I-73/US 421) | |||
213.0 | 342.8 | 213 | Guilford College Road | ||||
213.8 | 344.1 | 214 | Wendover Avenue | Signed as exits 214A (east) and 214B (west) eastbound | |||
215.3 | 346.5 | 216 | Patterson Street | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |||
216.8 | 348.9 | 217 | High Point Road, Koury Boulevard | ||||
218.2 | 351.2 | 218 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | West end of US 220 overlap; signed as exits 218A (US 220) and 218B (Freeman Mill Road) | |||
219.0 | 352.4 | 219 | Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a nil value). | South end of US 29/I-85 Bus. and west end of US 70 overlap | |||
219.3 | 352.9 | 220 | Randleman Road | ||||
219.9 | 353.9 | 221 | South Elm-Eugene Street – Downtown Greensboro | ||||
221.0 | 355.7 | 222 | Martin Luther King Jr. Drive | ||||
221.1 | 355.8 | 223 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | North end of US 29//US 220 and east end of US 70 overlap; northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
223.3 | 359.4 | 224 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | To Bennett College, UNC Greensboro, A&T University and Greensboro College | |||
225.7 | 363.2 | 226 | McConnell Road | ||||
226.5 | 364.5 | 227 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | South end of I-85 and north end of I-85 Bus. overlap; hidden north I-785 and west I-840 | |||
I-40 overlaps with Interstate 85 (exits 131 to 163) | |||||||
Orange | Hillsborough | 258.3 | 415.7 | 259 | ![]() ![]() | North end of I-85 overlap | |
260.8 | 419.7 | 261 | Old NC Highway 86 – Hillsborough | ||||
262.9 | 423.1 | 263 | New Hope Church Road | ||||
265.8 | 427.8 | 266 | ![]() | ||||
Durham | Chapel Hill | 269.9 | 434.4 | 270 A-B | A: ![]() ![]() ![]() B: ![]() ![]() ![]() | Signed as exits 270A (south) and 270B (north) | |
272.7 | 438.9 | 273 | ![]() | Signed as exits 273A (west) and 273B (east) westbound | |||
Durham | 274.2 | 441.3 | 274 | ![]() | |||
275.6 | 443.5 | 276 | Fayetteville Road – Southpoint, North Carolina Central University | ||||
277.8 | 447.1 | 278 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
| 279.1 | 449.2 | 279 A-B | ![]() ![]() A: ![]() ![]() B: ![]() ![]() | Signed as exits 279A (Toll NC 147 South) and 279B (NC 147 North) | ||
| 280.1 | 450.8 | 280 | Davis Drive | |||
Durham | 280.8 | 451.9 | 281 | Miami Boulevard | |||
281.4 | 452.9 | 282 | Page Road | ||||
282.3 | 454.3 | 283 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Signed westbound as exits 283A (East I-540) and 283B (West NC 540) | |||
Wake | Morrisville | 283.5 | 456.2 | 284 | Airport Boulevard – RDU International Airport | Signed eastbound as exits 284A (west) and 284B (east) | |
Cary | 284.7 | 458.2 | 285 | Aviation Parkway – Morrisville, RDU International Airport | |||
287.0 | 461.9 | 287 | Harrison Avenue – Cary | ||||
Raleigh | 288.6 | 464.5 | 289 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | To PNC Arena, Carter–Finley Stadium, State Fairgrounds, NCSU Veterinary College, and NC Museum of Art | ||
290.5 | 467.5 | 290 | ![]() | ||||
291.4 | 469.0 | 291 | Cary Towne Boulevard – Cary | ||||
292.6 | 470.9 | 293 A-B | A: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() B: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | West end of US 64 overlap; signed as exits 293A (south/west) and 293B (north/east) | |||
295.0 | 474.8 | 295 | Gorman Street | ||||
297.1 | 478.1 | 297 | Lake Wheeler Road | ||||
298.0 | 479.6 | 298 A-B | A: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() B: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Signed as exits 298A (east/south) and 298B (west/north) | |||
298.8 | 480.9 | 299 | Hammond Road, Person Street | ||||
300.3 | 483.3 | 300 | Rock Quarry Road | Signed as exits 300A (south) and 300B (north) westbound | |||
301.1 | 484.6 | 301 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | East end of US 64 overlap; Eastbound exit is a left exit | |||
| 303.5 | 488.4 | 303 | Jones Sausage Road | |||
Garner | 305.6 | 491.8 | 306 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | West end of US 70 overlap; signed as exits 306A (west) and 306B (east) westbound | ||
309.6 | 498.3 | 309 | ![]() ![]() | East end of US 70 overlap | |||
Johnston | | 311.8 | 501.8 | 312 | ![]() | ||
| 318.6 | 512.7 | 319 | ![]() | |||
Benson | 325.4 | 523.7 | 325 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
327.8 | 527.5 | 328 A-B | A: ![]() ![]() B: ![]() ![]() | Signed as exits 328A (south) and 328B (north) | |||
| 333.6 | 536.9 | 334 | ![]() | |||
Sampson | Newton Grove | 341.0 | 548.8 | 341 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
343.3 | 552.5 | 343 | ![]() | ||||
| 348.0 | 560.1 | 348 | Suttontown Road | |||
| 355.4 | 572.0 | 355 | ![]() | |||
Duplin | Warsaw | 364.5 | 586.6 | 364 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | West end of NC 24 overlap | |
369.6 | 594.8 | 369 | ![]() | ||||
| 372.9 | 600.1 | 373 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | East end of NC 24 overlap | ||
Rose Hill | 380.0 | 611.6 | 380 | Charity Road – Rose Hill | |||
| 384.1 | 618.1 | 384 | ![]() | |||
| 385.4 | 620.2 | 385 | ![]() | |||
Pender | | 390.2 | 628.0 | 390 | ![]() | ||
Burgaw | 398.5 | 641.3 | 398 | ![]() | |||
Rocky Point | 408.1 | 656.8 | 408 | ![]() | To Moores Creek National Battlefield | ||
New Hanover | Castle Hayne | 414.5 | 667.1 | 414 | Holly Shelter Road – Castle Hayne | ||
Murraysville | 416.9 | 670.9 | 416 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Signed as exits 416A (south) and 416B (north) | ||
Wilmington | 419.9 | 675.8 | 420 | ![]() ![]() | Signed as exits 420A (Gordon Road) and 420B (US 117/NC 132) westbound | ||
423.6 | 681.7 | 423 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
425.2 | 684.3 | 425 | ![]() | ||||
Trans-Carolina Tunnel Crossing Into East Virginia | |||||||
Conway | Blue Harbour | 743.6 | 1,196.7 | 1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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- ^ Staff (October 31, 2002). "Table 1: Main Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways as of October 31, 2002". Route Log and Finder List. Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved May 20, 2012.
- ^ "I-40 Fact Sheet" (PDF). North Carolina Department of Transportation. June 21, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 21, 2008. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
- ^ Vieser, Dave (September 24, 2012). "I-40 Exit Will Close as Part of Interchange Improvements". Charlotte Observer. Retrieved October 1, 2012.[dead link]
- ^ Spencer, Preston (September 19, 2012). "Part of Greenway Trail to Close until 2015; Exit 153 Eliminated". Statesville Record & Landmark. Retrieved October 1, 2012.[dead link]
- ^ "SPOT ID: H129625-AB" (PDF). North Carolina Department of Transportation. May 30, 2014. Retrieved August 31, 2014.
- ^ U-2579 Project Breakdown (PDF) (Map). North Carolina Department of Transportation. November 26, 2013. Retrieved August 31, 2014.