DOT to add lanes to I-40 in Orange County
After years of planning, the state Department of Transportation is preparing to widen Interstate 40 in Orange County.
Posted — UpdatedI-40 has three lanes in each direction between Durham and Chapel Hill, but it shrinks to two lanes west of Exit 270, the U.S. Highway 15/501 interchange.
The evening commute is especially rough on westbound drivers traffic leaving Durham and Research Triangle Park squeezes into those two lanes.
The DOT plans to add a third lane in each direction for the 11-plus miles between the Durham/Orange county line and Interstate 85 in Hillsborough.
Work begins next year and should be finished in 2025.
Meanwhile, crews are widening I-40 through Garner. When both projects are completed, drivers will have at least three lanes in either direction of I-40 from Johnston County all the way to Greensboro.
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