Interstate 540 (North Carolina)
Auxiliary Interstate Highway in Durham and Wake counties in North Carolina, United States
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 form the loop the city, meeting its parent route of I-40 in 2 locations. And NC-540 is a tollway road while I-540 is a freeway road.
I-540 | ||||
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| Raleigh Outer Loop | ||||
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| Auxiliary route of I-40 | ||||
| Length | 42.2 mi[1][2][3] (67.9 km) I-540: 25.84 mi (41.59 km)[4] NC 540: 16.4 mi (26.4 km) | |||
| Existed | 1997–present | |||
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| NHS | Entire route | |||
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| Beltway around Raleigh | ||||
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| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | North Carolina | |||
| Counties | Durham, Wake | |||
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References
change- ↑ Google (March 4, 2014). "Interstate 540 (North Carolina)" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
- ↑ Google (March 4, 2014). "North Carolina Highway 540" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
- ↑ Siceloff, Bruce (August 2, 2012). "Toll collection starts Thursday on 9 miles of 540 Outer Loop". The News & Observer. Raleigh, NC. Archived from the original on August 3, 2012. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
- ↑ "Table 2 – Auxiliary Routes – FHWA Route Log and Finder List – Interstate Highway System – National Highway System – Planning – FHWA". www.fhwa.dot.gov. Archived from the original on July 3, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2019.