US 311

U.S. Route 311

Route information

Length:

102.3 mi (164.6 km)

Existed:

1927 – present

Major junctions

South end:

I‑73 / US 220 in Randleman, NC

I‑74 near Sophia, NC
I‑85 near Archdale, NC
I‑85 Bus. / US 29 / US 70 in High Point, NC
I‑40 in Winston-Salem, NC
US 52 / NC 8 in Winston-Salem, NC
US 220 near Madison, NC

North end:

US 58 Bus. in Bachelors Hall, VA

Location

States:

North Carolina, Virginia

Counties:

NC: Randolph, Guilford, Forsyth, Stokes, Rockingham
VA: Pittsylvania

Highway system

United States Numbered Highway System

← NC 308	NC	US 321 →
← SR 310	VA	SR 311 →

U.S. Route 311 Business
Location:	High Point, North Carolina
Length:	6.0 mi (9.7 km)
Existed:	1997–2009

U.S. Route 311 is a United States highway that runs for 102.3 mi (164.6 km) from Randleman, North Carolina to near Danville, Virginia. Along the route, it connects the cities of High Point, Winston-Salem, Madison, and Eden. The route can be considered an alternate route of US 220, which provides a more direct route.

US 311 begins at the I-73/US 220 interchange in Randleman. Heading northwest, it connects with Interstate 74, at Cedar Square Road. In concurrency with Interstate 74, it bypasses north of High Point before heading west towards Winston-Salem. In Winston-Salem, US 311 zig-zags through the city, connecting first westbound on Interstate 40 and then northbound with US 52/NC 8, before exiting onto Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, then finally onto New Walkertown Road. Heading northeast along a two-lane road, it connects the towns of Walkertown, Walnut Cove, and Madison. West of Madison, it shares a concurrency with Future Interstate 73/US 220 briefly to Mayodan, then going northeast, through Eden, into Virginia, where it ends at US 58, west of Danville. The last two digits suggest that US 311 was supposed to be an auxiliary US route of US 11, but may have been never extended to US Route 11. This may suggest that US 311 is a stand-alone route.

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