OKRoads
Trip pages:
Summaries:
Days 6-8
(Palm Bay to Charlotte)
Day One:
Oklahoma: I-44
Texas: I-44 | U.S. 287 |
I-35W | I-820 |
I-30 | I-20
Day Two:
Texas: I-20
Louisiana: I-20 |
I-49 |
I-220/LA 3132
Day Three:
Louisiana: I-49 | I-10
Mississippi: I-10
Alabama: I-10
Florida: I-10
Day Four:
Florida: I-10 | I-75 |
I-4
Day Five:
Florida: I-4 | I-75 |
FL 826 | FL 836 |
I-95
Day Six:
Florida: I-95
Georgia: I-95 |
I-16 | I-75
Day Seven:
Georgia: I-475 | I-75 |
I-85
South Carolina: I-85
North Carolina: I-85 |
I-485 | I-277 |
NC 16
Day Eight:
North Carolina: U.S. 74 |
U.S. 1 | U.S. 220 |
I-73 |
I-40 | Bus. I-40 |
U.S. 52 |
I-74 | I-77
Day Nine:
North Carolina: I-85
South Carolina: I-85 |
Business Loop I-85 | I-585
Georgia: I-85 | I-285 |
I-75
Tennessee: I-75 | I-24
Day Ten:
Tennessee: I-24
Kentucky: I-24
Illinois: I-24 | I-57
Missouri: I-57 | I-55
Arkansas: I-55
Day Eleven:
Arkansas: I-40
Oklahoma: I-40 | I-240
Delaware State Highway
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Roadtrips:
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2003
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FLORIDA TRIP
Interstate 85 North Carolina (Page One)
Interstate 85 is a busy interstate that sees lots of truck traffic as it goes from Montgomery, Alabama, to Portsmouth, Virginia. The highway goes through the cities of Montgomery, Atlanta, Greenville, Spartanburg, Charlotte, Greensboro, and Portsmouth. On Day Seven of the Florida Trip, I drove Interstate 85 from Interstate 75 in north Atlanta to Charlotte, North Carolina, and on Day Nine, I drove Interstate 85 from Charlotte to Interstate 285 in northeast Atlanta.
This page covers pictures of Interstate 85 taken on Day Seven. To see pictures from Day Nine, click here.
South Carolina State Line to
Charlotte
Pictures taken December 17, 2003
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"Welcome to North
Carolina" sign as Interstate 85 enters the Tar Heel State. |
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Interstate 85 North at
Exit 2 - NC 216 - Kings Mountain National Military Park. |
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Interstate 85 North at
Exit 5 - Dixon School Rd. |
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Interstate 85 North at
Exit 8 - NC 161 - Kings Mountain. |
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Interstate 85 North at
Exit 10A - U.S. 29 (North)/ U.S. 74 East. Notice the button-copy exit tab. |
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Interstate 85 North at
Exit 10B - U.S. 74 West - Kings Mountain/Shelby. |
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Interstate 85 North at
Exit 13 - Edgewood Rd./Bessemer City. |
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Interstate 85 North at
Exit 14 - NC 274 - E. Bessemer City/W. Gastonia. |
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Interstate 85 North at
Exit 17 - U.S. 321 - Gastonia/Lincolnton. |
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Interstate 85 North at
Exit 19 - NC 7 - E. Gastonia. |
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Interstate 85 North at
Exit 20 - NC 279 - Dallas/New Hope Rd. |
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Interstate 85 North at Exit 21 - Cox Rd./Ranlo. |
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Interstate 85 North at
Exit 22 - Cramerton/ Lowell. |
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Interstate 85 North at
Exit 23 - NC 7 - Lowell/ McAdenville. |
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Interstate 85 North at
Exit 26 - Mt. Holly/ Belmont/Belmont Abbey College. |
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Interstate 85 North at
Exit 27 - NC 273 - Belmont/Mt. Holly. |
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Interstate 85 North at
Exit 29 - Sam Wilson Rd. The extra space on the gantry will be home to an advance sign for Interstate 485, which is being built a mile east of this exit. |
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Interstate 85 North at Exit 32 - Little Rock Rd. |
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Interstate 85 North at
Exit 33 - U.S. 521 - Billy Graham Parkway/Charlotte/Douglas International Airport. |
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Interstate 85 North at
Exit 34 - NC 27 - Freedom Dr./Tuckaseegee Rd. |
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Interstate 85 North at Exit 35 - Glenwood Dr. |
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Interstate 85 North at
Exit 36 - NC 16 TO U.S. 74 East - Brookshire Blvd./Downtown. |
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Interstate 85 North
approaching Exit 37 - Beatties Ford Rd. - 1 mile, and Exit 38 - Interstate 77/U.S. 21 - 1 1/2 miles. |
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Interstate 85 North at
Exit 37 - Beatties Ford Rd. Interstate 77 is 1/2 mile ahead. |
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Interstate 85 North
approaching Exit 38 - 1/4 mile. |
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Interstate 85 North at
Exit 38 - Interstate 77/ U.S. 21 - Statesville/Columbia. |
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Interstate 85 North at Exit 39 - Statesville Ave. |
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Interstate 85 North at Exit 40 - Graham St. |
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Interstate 85 North at
Exit 41 - Sugar Creek Rd. |
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Interstate 85 North at
unmarked Exit 42 - TO U.S. 29/TO NC 49. |
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The split of the
I-85/U.S. 29 connector. U.S. 29 North traffic goes to the left, and NC 49 North stays right. |
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Interstate 85 North at
Exit 49 - Speedway Blvd./Concord Mills Blvd. |