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Why A Stretch of Interstate 85 is Backward in North Carolina

Thomasville

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May 21, 2024

Why A Stretch of Interstate 85 is Backward in North Carolina

For a few miles, the lanes on the right flip over to the left and vice versa. This happens almost nowhere else in the country. Why here? We tracked down the designer a half-century later to find out.

Jeremy Markovich
Jeremy Markovich
Charlotte (squints) has to focus on roads so it doesn’t turn into (checks notes) Atlanta?

Tim Moore

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Mar 7, 2024

Charlotte (squints) has to focus on roads so it doesn’t turn into (checks notes) Atlanta?

Building new roads and widening others almost always makes traffic worse. Ask, um, Atlanta.

Jeremy Markovich
Jeremy Markovich

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