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The 18 miles of new highway is the first of a two-phase effort to complete the 540 Outer Loop around Raleigh. Construction has just begun on the final phase , which will extend the toll road 10 ...
Raleigh Fire Dept battle house fire on the 700 block of Cooper Road
Interstate 540 (I-540) and North Carolina Highway 540 (NC 540) are part of a partially completed beltway around the city of Raleigh in the US state of North Carolina, forming the Raleigh Outer Loop. When complete, the route will completely encircle the city, meeting its parent route of I-40 in two locations.
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.
There are 22 Interstate Highways—9 primary and 13 auxiliary—that exist entirely or partially in the U.S. state of North Carolina.As of January 2020, the state had a total of 1,410 miles (2,270 km) of Interstates and 70 miles (110 km) of Interstate business routes, all maintained by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT).
NC 540: 16.4: 26.4 NC 55 Byp. in Apex: I-40/I-540 near Morrisville: 2008: current Part of the Triangle Expressway: NC 561: 101.0: 162.5 US 401/NC 39 in Louisburg: NC 45 in Harrellsville: 1925: current NC 562: 32.2 [40] 51.8 NC 56 in Wilton: SR 59 at the Virginia state line 1932: 1940 Replaced by NC 96: NC 581 — — Bailey: Rocky Mount
This kind of turn is what traffic engineers call a continuous flow intersection, which are rare in North Carolina. Ligon Road will be realigned to meet U.S. 401 at the second intersection about ...
The section between I-440 and I-540 is heavily commercial, saturated with shopping centers, anchored by Triangle Town Center, a large shopping mall near the interchange with I-540. There is one interchange about half-way between I-440 and I-540, where US 401 splits on to Louisburg Road, leaving only US 1 on Capital Boulevard.