Bryan Boulevard

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 are now Interstate 73. 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
Bryan Boulevard highlighted in red
Route information
Length4.84 mi (7.79 km)
Major junctions
West end I-73 / I-840 (Greensboro Urban Loop) near PTI Airport
East endBenjamin Parkway in Greensboro
Location
CountiesGuilford
Highway system

In May 2017, Bryan Boulevard was closed at Old Oak Ridge - Piedmont Triad International Airport for construction of the Future I-73 Corridor. Bryan Blvd west of the I-73 interchange was re-signed as "Old Bryan Blvd" and terminates at Ted Johnson Pkwy/PTI Airport.[1]

Bryan Boulevard is designated Secondary Road 2085.[2]

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.[3]

This is one of five freeways/expressways 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, Business I-85 is also signed as Preddy Boulevard, and one section of West Gate City Boulevard has an expressway grade. Bryan Boulevard is the only one to be called by name rather than by number by locals.

Exit list

The entire road is in Guilford County. No mile makers are posted and all exits are unnumbered.

LocationmikmDestinationsNotes
​0.000.00 I-73 north – PTI-GSO Airport, Martinsville
I-73 south / I-840 west (Greensboro Urban Loop) to I-40 – Winston-Salem, Asheboro, Raleigh
I-840 east to US 220 (Greensboro Urban Loop)		Western terminus; I-73 exit 107 and I-840 exit 3
Greensboro0.931.50Fleming Road
1.732.78New Garden Road – Guilford College
3.385.44Westridge Road
4.377.03Holden RoadSeparate north/south exit ramps from eastbound
4.847.79Benjamin ParkwayEastern terminus; at-grade intersection, no eastbound access to Benjamin Parkway north
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See also

References
  1. Reports, Staff. "Part of Bryan Boulevard closing for 60 days at midnight Saturday". Greensboro News & Record. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  2. NCDOT GIS - County Map TIFs Archived 2007-08-24 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Biography of Joseph M. Bryan Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
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