Interstate 240 (North Carolina)

Interstate 240 (I-240) is a 9.1-mile-long (14.6 km) Interstate Highway loop in the US state of North Carolina. It serves as an urban connector for Asheville and runs in a semicircle around the north of the city's downtown district between exits 53B and 46B of I-40. Between those points, I-40 continues in an east–west direction further south of the city, roughly parallel to the Swannanoa and French Broad rivers. The western segment of I-240 is now being cosigned with I-26 as part of a larger project extending I-26 from its former western terminus at I-40/I-240 to U.S. Highway 23 (US 23) near Kingsport, Tennessee. However, NCDOT officially identifies this part of I-26 as Future 26.

Interstate 240

Billy Graham Freeway
I-240 highlighted in red
Route information
Auxiliary route of I-40
Maintained by NCDOT
Length9.14 mi (14.71 km)
Existed1980–present
NHSEntire route
Major junctions
West end I-26 / I-40 / US 74 near Asheville
Major intersections
  • US 19 / US 23 / US 74A in Asheville

  •  Future I-26 / US 19 / US 23 / US 70 in Asheville
East end I-40 / US 74A in eastern Asheville
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountiesBuncombe
Highway system
  • Main
  • Auxiliary
  • Suffixed
  • Business
  • Future
  • North Carolina Highway System
  • Interstate
  • US
  • State
  • Scenic
← NC 231→ NC 241

Years prior to the loop's completion, I-240 was known as I-140; however, no signage was ever posted for I-140. The I-140 designation has now been given to a spur route in Wilmington.

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