Greensboro Urban Loop - I-840 - North Carolina Highway Drive

Early morning drive around the full length of the Greensboro, NC Urban Loop. This drive starts at North Elm Street and travels I-840, I-73, I-85, and finally I-785 around the city ending at US 29 North where construction is still ongoing. The fully completed loop is expected to open in the spring of 2023. Filmed in July 2022 with a GoPro 9.

From Wikipedia:

The current terminus of the route is an interchange with US 29, from which the Urban Loop heads southeast as I-785/Future I-840. Turning south at an interchange with Huffine Mill Road, the road intersects US 70 shortly after. 2.2 miles (3.5 km) later, the Urban Loop comes to an interchange with I-40, I-85, and Business 85, at which point I-785 and Future I-840 both end and I-85 enters the Urban Loop as it heads southwest.

The road winds its way southwest as I-85, intersecting Youngs Mill Road and Alamance Church Road before joining with US 421 and turning west. After meeting Elm-Eugene Street, the Urban Loop comes to an interchange complex with I-73/US 220 and Business 85/US 29/US 70. Here, I-73 joins the Urban Loop from the south as I-85 leaves it to the southwest. The two interstates officially share a wrong-way concurrency for approximately 1 mile (1.6 km), though the collector-distributor roads of the interchanges cause the two routes to not share the same roadbed in either direction.

Winding its way northwest, the Urban Loop intersects Gate City Boulevard with a diverging diamond interchange and Wendover Avenue with a partial cloverleaf interchange before reaching another interchange with I-40. US 421 leaves the Urban Loop as I-840 begins, and the road continues due north as I-73/I-840. After a single-point urban interchange with Friendly Avenue, the road curves north-northeast before coming to an interchange with Bryan Boulevard. Here, I-73 leaves the Urban Loop to the west, and the road continues as I-840, running northeast and east for 6.82 miles (10.98 km). The loop intersects US 220 and Lawndale Drive with a pair of single-point urban interchanges before terminating at North Elm Street.

A 3.86-mile (6.21 km) section currently under construction runs between North Elm Street and US 29, intersecting Yanceyville Street

Timestamps:
00:00 N Elm Street
00:23 I-840
6:06 I-73 South
14:18 I-85 North
22:23 I-785 North