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The Winston-Salem Northern Beltway is a partially completed freeway loop around the city of Winston-Salem in North Carolina.The western section has been designated as North Carolina Highway 452 (NC 452), which will become I-274 when completed, and the eastern section of the beltway will is designated as North Carolina Highway 74 (NC 74), which will become part of I-74 when completed.
In the future, as the freeway is upgraded, the I-285 designation will be extended north through Winston-Salem to meet the interchange with the Winston-Salem Northern Beltway. North of that point, I-74 will leave the beltway to join US 52 and the two will remain cosigned until reaching the current short segment of I-74 located south of Mount Airy.
On May 20, 2019, AASHTO approved a request by NCDOT to establish Future I-285 north from its current northern terminus to a future I-74/I-274 interchange Winston-Salem Northern Beltway. The justification for the 11.3-mile (18.2 km) extension was that Winston-Salem was a major transfer point for motor freight services and that numerous freight ...
I-40/US 52/US 311/NC 8 in Winston-Salem, NC: 2018: current An unconfirmed section of Future I-285 is to continue north of I-40 for 10 miles (16 km) along US 52, through downtown Winston-Salem, to the proposed Winston-Salem Northern Beltway. [16] [17] I-485: 66.68: 107.31 Beltway around Charlotte, NC: 1988: current I-685 — —
I-40/US 421 in Winston-Salem: I-40/US 421 in Colfax: 1992 [31] 2020 Was a freeway-grade business loop I-40 BL: 16.40: 26.39 I-40/US 1/US 64 in Raleigh: I-40/US 64/US 70/US 401 in Raleigh — 1991 [32] Was a freeway-grade, unsigned, designated business loop along the northern half of the Raleigh beltway; replaced by I-440: I-85 BL
The Pershing Map FDR's hand-drawn map from 1938. The United States government's efforts to construct a national network of highways began on an ad hoc basis with the passage of the Federal Aid Road Act of 1916, which provided $75 million over a five-year period for matching funds to the states for the construction and improvement of highways. [8]
U.S. Route 52 (US 52) is a major U.S. Highway in the Central United States that extends from the northern to southeastern region of the United States.Contrary to most other even-numbered U.S. Highways, US 52 primarily follows a northwest–southeast route, and it is signed north–south or east–west depending on the local orientation of the route.
Winston-Salem is a city in and the county seat of Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. [7] At the 2020 census, the population was 249,545, making it the fifth-most populous city in North Carolina and the 91st-most populous city in the United States. [8] The population of the Winston-Salem metropolitan area was estimated to be 695,630 ...