Silas Creek Parkway (Winston-Salem)

Silas Creek Parkway
Silas Creek Parkway
Route information
Length	9.4 mi (15.1 km)
Component; highways	NC 67 from Peters Creek Parkway to Reynolda Road;
Major junctions
North end	Bethabara Road/North Point Boulevard
	US 421 (Salem Parkway); US 158 (Stratford Road); NC 150 (Peters Creek Parkway); I-40 ;
South end	South Main Street
Location
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
Counties	Forsyth
Highway system
	North Carolina Highway System ; Interstate ; US ; State ; Scenic ;

Last updated April 21, 2024

Silas Creek Parkway is a road in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, designed as a partial loop around several neighborhoods, from northwestern Winston-Salem to the southeast area of the city. The route is an expressway as it has grade-separated interchanges and is a popular connector to Interstate 40 and US 421 to other locations in the city such as Wake Forest University, Hanes Mall, and the LJVM Coliseum. The route also has several at-grade intersections with major arterial thoroughfares, especially in the southeast section, in which the route uses a boulevard grade, giving more direct accesses to several commercial districts.

Route description

The route starts at an intersection with Main Street as a four-lane arterial route. It then passes an access road to Interstate 40 that gives only access to eastbound before it enters into a commercially developed area. The road passes an intersection with Peters Creek Parkway (NC 150) where NC 67 now overlaps with the road. It then passes the campus of Forsyth Technical Community College before leaving the busy district where the road then meets Bolton Street at a folded diamond interchange. The road again becomes commercially developed as it passes Hanes Mall Boulevard, in a busy shopping district, and the Forsyth Medical Center. The road upgrades to an increasing expressway shortly after passing the mall, with shoulders on the side of route. It passes the Stratford Road (US 158) and the Salem Parkway (US 421) exits. The road continues north as it passes the Country Club Road interchange. Shortly after, it passes an exit with Robinhood Road. The road then passes a residential area to the east. The road then heads toward the Wake Forest University campus, coming to an exit with Reynolda Road, via Wake Forest Road, in which NC 67 leaves the road heading west toward Yadkin County, also giving access to the campus. At this point, the speed limit increases to 50 MPH, passing an intersection with Fairlawn Drive, which also acts as an interchange connector to Reynolda Road. The route terminates at an intersection with Bethabara Road. From here, the road continues as North Point Boulevard.

History

Initial plans

In 1946, the Silas Creek Parkway was first proposed. The highway was initially constructed to run from Robinhood Road to what is now Reynolds Boulevard. There were among other changes in routing before 1956 when it was finalized.^[1]

Early Construction

On October 5, 1959, the North Carolina Department of Transportation (known as the State Highway Commission at the time) approved spending $500,000 to build a partial loop on the outskirts of Winston-Salem. It would run between the what was then the new Forsyth Memorial Hospital and the Western Electric Company plant at Reynolda Road. The parkway would be ushering in suburban development on the western side of the city and pushing the city's borders west. The parkway opened on November 4, 1961. In 1963, there were major changes to the route, the parkway was being widened to four lanes all along its route and the at grade intersections at Stratford Road and Robinhood Road were reutilized to grade-separated interchanges improving congestion along its route. In 1968, the Bolton Street intersection was also reutilized to an interchange.^[2]

Extensions and reroutings

During the 1980s, there were several major changes to the route. In 1988, Corporation Parkway which was a route in the city became an extension of Silas Creek Parkway. Also, there was an area plan The Polo Road-Reynolda Road Area Plan, prepared by the City-County Planning Board was adopted by the city-County Planning Board and the Winston-Salem Board of Winston-Salem Board of Aldermen following a public hearing. There was an endorsement of a new bypass of the Wake Forest University campus and areas surrounding the campus. Silas Creek Parkway adopted the 1983 study, which was planned to be finished between 1991 and 1993.^[3] The bypass was completed in 1992 as a 1.7 mile partial controlled access highway and an extension of Silas Creek Parkway. Unlike the rest of the road, the extension uses the 50 MPH speed limit with new overpasses that carry Reynolda Road and Polo Road. On the extension, a new extension of Fairlawn Drive was built connecting the new extension with Reynolda Road giving drivers access to and from Reynolda Road from the new highway. The former northern terminus at Reynolda Road was turned into Y-Junction, using the name Wake Forest Road. Junction signs to Reynolda Road were installed southbound at Fairlawn Drive and in both directions at Wake Forest Road. In 1995, NC 67 was rerouted from going through downtown to going onto Silas Creek Parkway between the junctions at Reynolda Road to Peters Creek Parkway (NC 150)^[4]^[5]

Major junctions

The entire route is in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County. All exits are unnumbered.

mi	km	Destinations	Notes
0.0	0.0	South Main Street	At-grade intersection, Southern Terminus
0.5	0.80	I-40 east to US 52 – Greensboro
1.0	1.6	NC 150 (Peters Creek Parkway) / NC 67 ends to I-40	Eastbound end of NC 67; at-grade intersection
3.0	4.8	Bolton Street	Folded diamond interchange
3.3	5.3	Hanes Mall Boulevard	At-grade intersection
3.9	6.3	US 158 (Stratford Road)	Folded diamond interchange
4.4	7.1	US 421 (Salem Parkway)	Cloverleaf interchange, US 421 exit 237
5.0	8.0	Country Club Road	Two Quadrants Interchange; northbound via Tiseland Drive
6.6	10.6	Robinhood Road	Right-in/right-out interchange
7.5	12.1	NC 67 west (Reynolda Road) – Wake Forest University	Westbound end of NC 67; interchange with connector roads (Wake Forest Road and Fairlawn Drive).
9.3	15.0	Bethabara Road / North Point Boulevard	At-Grade Intersection, Northern terminus, Continuation as North Point Boulevard.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

↑ Silas Creek Parkway Completetion, Winston-Salem. 1987.
↑ HISTORIC ARCHITECTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY REPORT ADDENDUM: SILAS CREEK PARKWAY, PETERS CREEK PARKWAY, AND UNIVERSITY PARKWAY NATIONAL REGISTER ELIGIBILITY EVALUATION (PDF). 2016. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
↑ Silas Creek Parkway Completion, Winston-Salem: Environmental Impact Statement (in Esperanto). 1987. p. 12. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
↑ North Carolina Department of Transportation (1993). North Carolina Transportation Map (Map) (1993–1994 ed.). 1:823,680. Raleigh: North Carolina Department of Transportation – via University of North Carolina University Libraries.
↑ North Carolina Department of Transportation (1995). North Carolina State Transportation Map (Map) (1995 ed.). 1:823,680. Raleigh: North Carolina Department of Transportation – via University of North Carolina University Libraries.

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[Google_Books-1] Silas Creek Parkway Completetion, Winston-Salem. 1987.

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[1993–1994_map-4] North Carolina Department of Transportation (1993). North Carolina Transportation Map (Map) (1993–1994 ed.). 1:823,680. Raleigh: North Carolina Department of Transportation – via University of North Carolina University Libraries.

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