Bryan Boulevard

Bryan Boulevard
Major junctions
West end: NC 68 near PTIA
  I73 / I840 near PTIA
East end: Benjamin Parkway in Greensboro
Location
Counties: Guilford
Highway system

Joseph M. Bryan Boulevard (often signed as just Bryan Blvd) is a limited-access corridor connecting North Carolina Highway 68 with Benjamin Parkway in Greensboro, North Carolina. Segments of this road may be used as the Future Interstate 73 corridor. The four-lane highway serves as the main entrance for Piedmont Triad International Airport and was once named "Airport Parkway". A construction project in 2006 relocated a segment of Bryan Boulevard to make room for the airport's new FedEx hub and third runway; flyover ramps for the airport's entrances and exits have been the most recent additions to Bryan Blvd.

Bryan Boulevard is designated Secondary Road 2085.[1]

Bryan Boulevard was named after Greensboro resident Joseph McKinley Bryan, an insurance executive and broadcasting pioneer. Bryan sat on executive boards of many different insurance companies like the Greensboro-based Jefferson-Pilot Corporation (now Lincoln National Corporation). In 1934, he became president of WBIG, which was Greensboro's only radio station at the time. Later on, Bryan's company founded WBTV, the first television station in the Carolinas.[2]

This is one of five freeway corridors in Greensboro to use the "Boulevard" designation; the Greensboro Urban Loop is sometimes known as Painter Boulevard, O'Henry Boulevard carries a stretch of US 29 east of downtown, I-40 (formerly Business I-40) is routed along Fordham Boulevard, and Business I-85 is also signed as Preddy Boulevard. Bryan Boulevard is the only one to be called by name rather than by number by locals.

Exit list

The entire route is in Guilford County.

LocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Greensboro NC 68 Oak Ridge, High PointWestern terminus
 Old Oak Ridge Road Piedmont Triad International Airport
  I73 south / I840 south AsheboroI-73/I-840 exit 107
GreensboroFleming Road
New Garden Road, Horse Pen Creek Road
Westridge Road
Holden Road
Benjamin ParkwayEastern terminus; at-grade intersection
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. NCDOT GIS - County Map TIFs
  2. Biography of Joseph M. Bryan
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