Just as future Interstate 74 gets ready to open along another segment of the Winston-Salem Northern Beltway, there’s now a push to have U.S. 421 west of Winston-Salem declared a future interstate.
Traffic flows on U.S. 421 North in Yadkin County, Oct. 24. Business and civic leaders are pushing for a redesignation of the highway between Winston-Salem and Wilkesboro to interstate status.
U.S. 421 winds past a row of newly built chicken houses in Ronda in eastern Wilkes County on Oct. 26. Business and civic leaders are pushing for a redesignation of the highway between Winston-Salem and Wilkesboro to interstate status.
Traffic flows on U.S. 421 and the Mickey G. Hutchens Bridge over the Yadkin River.
Walt Unks photos, Winston-Salem Journal
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U.S. 421 winds past a row of newly built chicken houses in Ronda in eastern Wilkes County on Oct. 26. Business and civic leaders are pushing for a redesignation of the highway between Winston-Salem and Wilkesboro to interstate status.
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Traffic flows on U.S. 421 North in Yadkin County, Oct. 24. Business and civic leaders are pushing for a redesignation of the highway between Winston-Salem and Wilkesboro to interstate status.
Traffic flows on U.S. 421 North in Yadkin County, Oct. 24. Business and civic leaders are pushing for a redesignation of the highway between Winston-Salem and Wilkesboro to interstate status.
U.S. 421 winds past a row of newly built chicken houses in Ronda in eastern Wilkes County on Oct. 26. Business and civic leaders are pushing for a redesignation of the highway between Winston-Salem and Wilkesboro to interstate status.