Exit number signs on Business 40 set to change
As work continues on the Business 40 Improvement Project, not only does the corridor get a new name, Salem Parkway, but it also gets new exit numbers. Current signage shows the Business 40 numbers. However, if weather permits, crews will be closing lanes on the eastbound Business 40 from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. between Tuesday, Dec. 17, and Friday, Dec. 20. While the lanes are closed, workers will be changing the exit numbers to show those for U.S. 421.
Signs will be changed between the splits. Eastbound Business 40 traffic will notice the new signs first, beginning at U.S. 52. Crews will work to change all of the eastbound signs before moving to the westbound direction.
Larry Shaver, NCDOT Resident Engineer, explained that drivers will not be seeing double exit number signs. However, because all of the work will not take place in one night, drivers will see the new U.S. 421 exit signs and then suddenly begin seeing the old Business 40 exit signs.
“We do not want to startle drivers. We want to alert them that this is a work in progress and to expect sudden exit sign changes from the new to the old. We anticipate the work from U.S. 52 to eastern split and back will be complete by the end of the week, depending on the weather. Crews will then move to the west side of the project and change the exit numbers between Cloverdale Avenue and I-40.”
Since last summer, NCDOT has received inquiries from area companies and Visit Winston-Salem regarding the exit numbers for when the new road opens. Most of the companies print maps and promotional materials that needed to be updated with the new exit numbers.
Shaver added that the name Business 40 will no longer be used. Before the project is completed, new signs will show the road to be Salem Parkway/U.S. 421.
Below is the list of old and new exit numbers. They can also be found on Business40nc.com after Monday and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/business40nc/.
Eastbound US-421 exits (from west to east) with their old and new numbering:
Eastbound US-421 to I-40 East will become Exit # 238 (previously no exit number)
Exit # 2A, US-421 to Silas Creek Parkway South, will become Exit # 237B
Exit # 2B, US-421 to Silas Creek Parkway North, will become Exit # 237A
Exit # 3A, US-421 to Knollwood Street, will become Exit # 236
Exit # 3B, US-421 to US-158/Stratford Road, will become Exit # 235
Exit # 4, US-421 to Cloverdale Avenue, will become Exit # 234C
Exit # 5A, US-421 to Peters Creek Parkway, will become Exit # 234A
Exit # 5C, US-421 to Marshall Street and Cherry Street, will become Exit # 233B
Exit # 6A, US-421 to US-52 South, will become Exit # 232C
Exit # 6B, US-421 to US-52 North, will become Exit # 232B
Exit # 6C, US-421 to Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, will become Exit # 232A
Exit # 7, US-421 to Lowery Street, will become Exit # 231
Exit # 8, US-421 to US-158/Walkertown/Reidsville, will become Exit # 230
Exit # 10, US-421 to Linville Road, will become Exit # 228
Exit # 12, US-421 to NC-74 West, will become Exit # 227
Exit # 14, US-421 to Kernersville/South Main Street, will become Exit # 224
Exit # 15, US-421 to NC-66/NC-150/Kernersville/Walkertown, will become Exit # 222
Exit # 17, US-421 to Macy Grove Road, will become Exit # 221
Westbound US-421 exits (from east to west) with their old and new numbering:
Exit # 17, US-421 to Macy Grove Road, will become Exit # 221
Exit # 15, US-421 to NC-66/NC-150/Kernersville/Walkertown, will become Exit # 222
Exit # 14, US-421 to Kernersville/South Main Street, will become Exit # 224
Exit # 12, US-421 to NC-74 West, will become Exit # 227
Exit # 10, US-421 to Linville Road, will become Exit # 228
Exit # 7, US-421 to 5th Street, will become Exit # 231
Exit # 6C, US-421 to Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, will become Exit # 232A
Exit # 6B, US-421 to US-52 North, will become Exit # 232B
Exit # 6A, US-421 to US-52 South, will become Exit # 232C
Exit # 5D, US-421 to Main Street, will become Exit # 233A
Exit # 5C, US-421 to Cherry Street and Marshall Street, will become Exit # 233B
Exit # 5A, US-421 to Peters Creek Parkway, will become Exit # 234A
Exit # 4B, US-421 to West First Street, will become Exit # 234B
Exit # 4A, US-421 to Cloverdale Avenue, will become Exit # 234C
Exit # 3C, US-421 to Stratford Road North, will become Exit # 235A
Exit # 3B, US-421 to Stratford Road South, will become Exit # 235B
Exit # 3A, US-421 to Knollwood Street, will become Exit # 236
Exit # 2B, US-421 to Silas Creek Parkway North, will become Exit # 237A
Exit # 2A, US-421 to Silas Creek Parkway South, will become Exit # 237B
Exit # 1, US-421 to I-40, will become Exit # 238
