Interstate 785 in Virginia
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| Maintained by NCDOT | ||||
| Length: | 2.21 mi (3.56 km) | |||
| Existed: | 2013 – present | |||
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| South end: |
   I‑40 / I‑85 / I‑85 Bus. in Greensboro, NC
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| North end: |
 US 70 in Greensboro, NC
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| States: | North Carolina | |||
| Counties: | NC: Guilford | |||
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Interstate 785 (I-785) is an Interstate Highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Currently traversing 2.21 miles (3.56 km) in eastern Guilford County, in concurrency with Interstate 840; when completed, it will connect Greensboro to Danville, Virginia.
I-785 begins at the interchange of I-40/I-85/I-85 Bus. Heading north, it connects with US 70, where it currently ends. The entire route is in concurrency with I-840.
Future corridor signs of I-785 are marked along US 29 between Greensboro and Danville.
SR 785 is the unsigned interim route number until I-785 is built to interstate standards.
The designation was approved in 1997 at the request of a coalition of counties in North Carolina and Virginia who saw it as a way of further developing that area's economy. Most of the route will use existing US 29 north of Greensboro; however, for a few miles I-785 will run between US 29 and its parent route, I-85 on the Greensboro Urban Loop, which will also carry the I-840 designation. Construction of this highway was due to begin in 2011. With the upgrade of the Danville Expressway to a four-lane route in 2004, the I-785 route in Virginia is complete (and has been given the interim designation SR 785), but US 29 still needs to be upgraded to Interstate standards in North Carolina between the Greensboro Loop and Reidsville before the route can be signed as an Interstate. Currently, there are no projects scheduled by the North Carolina Department of Transportation to do so. Given that in the spring of 2006 NCDOT put up mileposts and added numbers to some exit signs from Reidsville to the Virginia border reflecting US 29's mileage, an upgrade of this highway to an interstate does not seem to be in their immediate plans.
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