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The middle section of the Triangle Expressway, N.C. 540, will open across southern Wake County this summer. The final leg, from between Interstates 40 and 87 on the east side, is scheduled to be ...
The portion of NC 540 from NC 55 to I-40 was scheduled to be open to traffic in 2023 but was later pushed to Spring 2024. [ 47 ] [ 48 ] After further delays, the extension was set to have its official ribbon-cutting and opening on August 27, 2024. [ 49 ]
Just before the July 2007 opening of the 4.5-mile (7.2 km) I-540 section between I-40 and NC 55, I-540 signs came down, replaced with NC 540 signs. Using the designation NC 540, a decision made in May 2007, was less confusing than giving the road an entirely new number.
The 18-mile leg of the Triangle Expressway will connect N.C. 55 near Apex and Holly Springs with Interstate 40 near the Johnston County line.
The N.C. Turnpike Authority had hoped to open the road before Labor Day weekend, but Tropical Storm Debby forced a delay. New date set for opening NC 540 across southern Wake County. For real this ...
Interstate 540 may mean: Interstate 540 (Arkansas) , a spur from Interstate 40 to Fort Smith, Arkansas; formerly also to Bentonville, Arkansas (now part of Interstate 49) Interstate 540 (North Carolina) , the free portion of a partially tolled loop road around Raleigh, North Carolina.
Sometimes, as in NC 540/I-540; the two routes are given the same number because they are seen as a continuous route. Other times, as in NC 295 , the number is a place holder for when the highway is eventually upgraded to an Interstate route when it meets certain standards.
Before the trees were cut and the bulldozers moved in to build NC. 540 across southern Wake County, archaeologists followed the route, looking for places people might have lived thousands of years ...