Wendover Avenue (Greensboro)

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Wendover Avenue

Wendover Avenue (Greensboro)
Wendover Avenue highlighted in red
Route information
Length15.068 mi (24.250 km)
HistoryCompleted in 1972 [1]
Component
highways
  • US 220.svg US 220 from Battleground Avenue to O'Henry Boulevard
  • US 70.svg US 70 from O'Henry Boulevard to Burlington Road
Major junctions
West endNC 68.svg NC 68 (Eastchester Drive)
Major intersections
East endUS 70.svg US 70 (Burlington Road)
Location
Country United States
State North Carolina
Counties Guilford
Highway system

Wendover Avenue is a road in Guilford County, North Carolina, United States. Most of the road is hybrid in character: it is like an expressway in that it has a mix of interchanges and traffic light-controlled intersections, but like a boulevard in that there is direct access to many of the adjacent properties; the central segment of the road is a curvy freeway. It serves as a partial loop around downtown Greensboro and a popular connector to major routes like I-40, I-73, US 421, US 29, US 220, US 70, and NC 68. It also links urban areas in the Piedmont Triad region like High Point to small communities like McLeansville.

Contents

Route description

Wendover Avenue is divided into a "West" segment and an "East" segment.

West Wendover Avenue

Wendover Avenue's western terminus is at NC 68 in High Point. From this terminus, Wendover travels northeast out of High Point past the Palladium Shopping Center. Continuing northeast as a four-lane expressway, Wendover passes a predominantly residential area. After passing a right-in/right-out interchange with Guilford College Road and an interchange with I-73, the road crosses into the Greensboro city limits and later widens to a 6–8 lane boulevard, entering the city's busiest shopping district ("The Bump"). Traffic jams are common along this stretch of road. Wendover crosses I-40 in this area; Wendover Avenue is one of I-40's busiest exits in North Carolina.

After passing Clifton Road (there was a fork in the road until late 2013 or early 2014),[ citation needed ] Wendover becomes a 4–6 lane divided freeway with a speed limit of 45 miles per hour (72 km/h). After passing exits for Spring Garden Street, Holden Road (an inverted SPUI interchange) and Market Street, Wendover comes to partial interchanges with Friendly Avenue, Green Valley Road, and Benjamin Parkway, giving access to Friendly Center.

Continuing past the exit for Westover Terrace, the freeway comes to an interchange with Battleground Avenue and US 220, where the freeway downgrades back to a boulevard with many at-grade intersections. US 220 then joins Wendover Avenue in an easterly direction (signed SOUTH 220) through northern Greensboro to a parclo interchange with US 29 and US 70 in northeast Greensboro. US 220 leaves Wendover here, heading south with US 29 south and US 70 west, but US 70 east joins Wendover here.

East Wendover Avenue

US 70 takes US 220's place, following Wendover Avenue east toward McLeansville. About 2.5 miles (4.0 km) further, Burlington Road merges into US 70 and Wendover Avenue. At this point, East Wendover Avenue ends, while US 70 continues east with Burlington Road. Shortly after this intersection, US 70 has an interchange with the Future I-840 before going on to McLeansville and Burlington.

Major junctions

The entire route is in Guilford County. All exits are unnumbered.

LocationmikmDestinationsNotes
High Point 0.000.00NC 68.svg NC 68 (Eastchester Drive)At-grade intersection; western terminus of Wendover Avenue
2.614.20Piedmont ParkwayAt-grade intersection
3.064.92Guilford College Road Jamestown Two-quadrant interchange
Greensboro South plate blue.svg
I-73.svg
South plate.svg
US 421.svg
I-73 south / US 421 south Asheboro
North plate blue.svg
I-73.svg
North plate.svg
US 421.svg
I-73 north / US 421 north Winston-Salem
Partial cloverleaf interchange; I-73 exit 102
4.146.66Bridford ParkwayAt-grade intersection
4.767.66I-40.svg I-40 (Fordham Boulevard) Greensboro, Winston-Salem Partial cloverleaf interchange; I-40 exit 214
6.4110.32Begin freeway
6.6010.62Spring Garden StreetFolded Diamond interchange
7.3111.76South Holden RoadInverted diamond interchange
8.4513.60Market Street  – DowntownInterchange; Downtown only signed eastbound; eastbound on-ramp from frontage road
9.0114.50Friendly AvenueInterchange; access via frontage roads; access from westbound via Benjamin Parkway south exit
9.4915.27Benjamin Parkway south – Shopping center
Benjamin Parkway north
Modified cloverleaf interchange; shopping center only signed from westbound
10.0916.24North plate.svg
US 220.svg
US 220 north / Westover Terrace / Battleground Avenue north
Interchange; US 220 and Battleground Avenue only signed from eastbound
10.3616.67North plate.svg
US 220.svg
US 220 north (Battleground Avenue) Roanoke
Interchange; western terminus of US 220 concurrency; US 220 only signed from westbound; access from eastbound to Battleground Avenue north via Grecade Street or Westover Terrace
10.4716.85Grecade StreetInterchange; eastbound exit and entrance only
End freeway
11.4718.46Elm StreetGrade-separated; access via Carolina and Magnolia Streets
11.8419.05Yanceyville StreetInterchange; no eastbound exit; access from eastbound via Cypress Street
12.2819.76Summit AvenueInterchange; westbound separated into exits for northbound and southbound Summit Avenue
12.7420.50North plate.svg
US 29.svg
US 29 north (O'Henry Boulevard) Reidsville
South plate.svg
US 29.svg
West plate.svg
US 70.svg
South plate.svg
US 220.svg
US 29 south (O'Henry Boulevard) / US 70 west / US 220 south High Point
Cloverleaf interchange combined with local streets; eastern terminus of US 220 concurrency and western terminus of US 70 concurrency
14.2122.87Huffine Mill RoadInterchange
15.0724.25East plate.svg
US 70.svg
US 70 east (Burlington Road)
At-grade intersection; eastern terminus of Wendover Avenue
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

  1. "Greensboro | NCpedia".