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Interstate 240 (I-240), also known as the Billy Graham Freeway, is a 9.1-mile-long (14.6 km) Interstate Highway loop in the US state of North Carolina.It serves as an urban connector for Asheville and runs in a semicircle around the north of the city's downtown district between exits 53B and 46B of I-40.
Bent Creek Campus of the Appalachian Forest Experiment Station is a national historic district located near Asheville, in the Appalachian Mountains, Buncombe County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 16 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure associated with the Bent Creek Experimental Forest of the Pisgah National Forest .
Soon after, Asheville's traffic system experienced rapid growth, and new highways and roads cut off access points to the river. [12] Industries began leaving the area in the 1940s due to flooding. [1] Over time, the French Broad defaulted to an unregulated dumping site and leisure enjoyment was impossible and forgotten. [12]
The Coastal Plain is the largest geographic area of the state, and covers roughly 45% of North Carolina. The Coastal Plain begins along the fall line , a line that marks the boundary between metamorphic/igneous rocks of the Piedmont province (to the west) and sedimentary rocks of the Coastal Plain province (to the east).
For trail runners, the Shut-In Trail is a 17-mile point-to-point route that starts beside the North Carolina Arboretum in Asheville and ends at the Upper Mt. Pisgah parking lot. It shares its name ...
Here's a quick wrap-up of how recently passed redistricting in North Carolina will affect Asheville and other parts of Western N.C. Redistricting rundown: How new maps and gerrymandering will ...
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The Asheville metropolitan area is a metropolitan area centered on the principal city of Asheville, North Carolina. The U.S. Office of Management and Budget defines the Asheville, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area , a metropolitan statistical area used by the United States Census Bureau and other entities, as comprising the four counties of ...