I-40 East - Greensboro to Durham - North Carolina - 4K Highway Drive

Interstate 40 eastbound leaving Greensboro with the concurrency with Interstate 85 into the Triangle (Raleigh-Durham) Area.
Filmed: October 2020
From Wikipedia:
Interstate 40 enters the Greensboro area at the I-73/US 421/I-840 interchange. This interchange is the east end of the US 421 concurrency with I-40 and is also the planned western terminus of Interstate 840.From there Interstate 40 heads through southwestern Greensboro. Interstate 40 passes Wendover Place and Four Seasons Town Centre before having another large interchange with US 220.1 mile after the interchange with US 220 US 29/US 70 all merge into I-40/US 220 for one large concurrency. The road is generally a six-lane freeway throughout.
This 2.5-mile (4.0 km) corridor with concurrent routes ends in the east at the US 29/US 70/US 220/Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard junction. Both the beginning and ending interchanges of this corridor are quite unusual in design and are often operating at above full capacity, leading to frequent traffic jams and traffic incidents.
I-40 through Greensboro officially bears the name Preddy Boulevard. The nickname "Death Valley" has been given to the area of Interstate 40 where Interstate 40 and Business Interstate 85 splits. The locals have given that area that name because of the high number of deaths due to car crashes in that area. One major problem with the highway is that the US 29/US 70/US 220 southbound lanes merge from the right, and exit to the left. Thus, through traffic on I-40 west and US 29 south (a major route from Virginia to Charlotte) must all merge to the other side of the freeway. A study conducted by state traffic engineers from May 1, 2006 to April 30, 2008 (the period between the I-85 relocation and I-40's relocation) concluded that "the Death Valley area" had an accident rate "higher than average for urban interstates ... but the [route] was safe anyway." There were no fatalities during the study period, but a large number of rear-end collisions.
I-40/I-85 through Burlington
I-40 merges with I-85 east of Greensboro. I-40 and I-85 have a 31 miles (50 km) concurrency through Guilford, Alamance, and Orange Counties. The concurrency section uses I-85 exit numbers instead of I-40 exit numbers. The section goes south of Elon, Burlington, Graham, and Mebane. Interstate 40 breaks ways from Interstate 85 at exit 163, south of Hillsborough.
After I-40 breaks away from I-85 it heads in a very southeasterly direction towards Chapel Hill. I-40 parallels NC 86 until NC 86 crosses I-40 at exit 266. I-40 is routed along northern Chapel Hill and then through southern Durham. I-40 enters the Research Triangle Park after an interchange with NC 147. The Interstate varies in width, from four-lane to eight-lane depending on the location. It serves as a major route between Raleigh, Cary and Durham (the other being US 70). After leaving the Research Triangle area Interstate 40 has an interchange with Interstate 540 near the Raleigh-Durham International Airport. Several Interstate 40 exits serve Raleigh-Durham including, Aviation Parkway, Airport Blvd, and Interstate 540. I-40 continues to head southeast towards Downtown Raleigh. Interstate 40 is routed north of Cary and south of Umstead State Park. At Wade Avenue Interstate 40 bears right to head south. US 1, US 64, Interstate 440, and I-40. I-40 then runs a concurrency with US 64 along the south side of Raleigh. The concurrency ends at an interchange with Interstate 87, Interstate 440, and US 64 (exit 301) where Interstate for bears to the south.

[@carlahead5072]

What another great video my good friend Mike!! I’ve been through there many times and I have friends who live in the Greensboro area . I have family who live off of 540 . Thanks for another relaxing ride in the great state I live in . NC has so much to offer- mountains in the west and ocean in the east . Thumbs up great job !! 🙂🙂🙂👍👍👍

[@jimmybee7966]

No talk? No crappy "dubstep" music? Just footage? Liked and subbed!

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Thanks. The videos are definitely better without all that other stuff.

[@jamesanthonygreen8233]

I loved watching this video. I greatly remember that sign at the 1:08 mark (Greensboro Next 10 interchanges) on the opposite side prior to the new I-85 Greensboro loop in 2004.

[@leonation89]

Wow The 85/40 corridor of North Carolina is growing alot I see.

[@MileageMikeTravels]

True indeed

[@ireece]

Cool🙂

[@d234baum]

I know that route! use it all the time from 85.

[@itsyourboytrippy6201]

nice are you going to make some delaware videos or never

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Maybe sometime next year.

[@itsyourboytrippy6201]

will 295 beltway will be coming out next year or later

[@kennypalermo9071]

@@MileageMikeTravels Where did you see a guy from Florida?

[@kennypalermo9071]

@@MileageMikeTravels What section of freeway is this?

[@Red-pt6rs]

@@kennypalermo9071 “where did you a guy from Florida”?