I-40 eastbound through the Raleigh-Durham (Research Triangle) Metro Area. Video begins in Orange County just outside of Chapel Hill and continues through Durham, Cary, and Raleigh before ending in Garner.
Filmed: October 2020

From Wikipedia:
After I-40 breaks away from I-85 it heads in a very southeasterly direction towards Chapel Hill. I-40 parallels NC 86 until NC 86 crosses I-40 at exit 266. I-40 is routed along northern Chapel Hill and then through southern Durham. I-40 enters the Research Triangle Park after an interchange with NC 147. The Interstate varies in width, from four-lane to eight-lane depending on the location. It serves as a major route between Raleigh, Cary and Durham (the other being US 70). After leaving the Research Triangle area Interstate 40 has an interchange with Interstate 540 near the Raleigh-Durham International Airport. Several Interstate 40 exits serve Raleigh-Durham including, Aviation Parkway, Airport Blvd, and Interstate 540. I-40 continues to head southeast towards Downtown Raleigh. Interstate 40 is routed north of Cary and south of Umstead State Park. At Wade Avenue Interstate 40 bears right to head south. US 1, US 64, Interstate 440, and I-40. I-40 then runs a concurrency with US 64 along the south side of Raleigh. The concurrency ends at an interchange with Interstate 87, Interstate 440, and US 64 (exit 301) where Interstate for bears to the south.

Begun in 2013, an extensive project known as "Fortify" (a play on the route number "40") overhauled I-40 along the southern edge of Raleigh, from the I-40/U.S. 1/U.S. 64 interchange (Exit 293) near Cary Crossroads through the I-40/I-440 split (Exit 301) in Southeast Raleigh, including the easternmost 2 miles of I-440 as well. The project necessitated a complete tear down and rebuild of the roadway, widening of the roadway, rehabilitation and widening of bridges and overpasses along the entire route, and extension and widening of several highly congested exit and entrance ramps.

The project was divided into two phases, the first (completed in the summer of 2015) was a rebuilding and repaving of I-40 and I-440 from I-40 Exit 301 to I-440 exit 14. The second phase, completed in late 2018, was the more extensive rebuild of I-40 from Exit 293 to Exit 301

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