Wendover Avenue | |
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Wendover Avenue highlighted in red | |
| Route information | |
| Length | 15.068 mi (24.250 km) |
| History | Completed in 1972[1] |
| Component highways | |
| Major junctions | |
| West end |  NC 68 (Eastchester Drive) |
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| East end |  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.
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), 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.
| Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Point | 0.00 | 0.00 | NC 68 (Eastchester Drive) | At-grade intersection; western terminus of Wendover Avenue | |
| 2.61 | 4.20 | Piedmont Parkway | At-grade intersection | ||
| 3.06 | 4.92 | Guilford College Road – Jamestown | Two-quadrant interchange | ||
| Greensboro |     I-73 south / US 421 south – Asheboro  I-73 north / US 421 north – Winston-Salem | Partial cloverleaf interchange; I-73 exit 102 | |||
| 4.14 | 6.66 | Bridford Parkway | At-grade intersection | ||
| 4.76 | 7.66 |  I-40 (Fordham Boulevard) – Greensboro, Winston-Salem | Partial cloverleaf interchange; I-40 exit 214 | ||
| 6.41 | 10.32 | Begin freeway | |||
| 6.60 | 10.62 | Spring Garden Street | Folded Diamond interchange | ||
| 7.31 | 11.76 | South Holden Road | Inverted diamond interchange | ||
| 8.45 | 13.60 | Market Street – Downtown | Interchange; Downtown only signed eastbound; eastbound on-ramp from frontage road | ||
| 9.01 | 14.50 | Friendly Avenue | Interchange; access via frontage roads; access from westbound via Benjamin Parkway south exit | ||
| 9.49 | 15.27 | Benjamin Parkway south – Shopping center Benjamin Parkway north | Modified cloverleaf interchange; shopping center only signed from westbound | ||
| 10.09 | 16.24 |  US 220 north / Westover Terrace / Battleground Avenue north | Interchange; US 220 and Battleground Avenue only signed from eastbound | ||
| 10.36 | 16.67 | 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 | ||
| 10.47 | 16.85 | Grecade Street | Interchange; eastbound exit and entrance only | ||
| End freeway | |||||
| 11.47 | 18.46 | Elm Street | Grade-separated; access via Carolina and Magnolia Streets | ||
| 11.84 | 19.05 | Yanceyville Street | Interchange; no eastbound exit; access from eastbound via Cypress Street | ||
| 12.28 | 19.76 | Summit Avenue | Interchange; westbound separated into exits for northbound and southbound Summit Avenue | ||
| 12.74 | 20.50 |  US 29 north (O'Henry Boulevard) – Reidsville 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 | ||
| 14.21 | 22.87 | Huffine Mill Road | Interchange | ||
| 15.07 | 24.25 |  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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