I-85 Rest Area North and Southbound Bound Milemarker 100
I-85 Rest Area North and Southbound Bound Milemarker 100
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City: Thomasville
Neighbourhood: Between Lexington and Thomasville
Address: Interstate 85
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Rating: 4100
Description: At milepost 98, the northbound lanes of I-85 cross under the southbound lanes, and cross back over them near milepost 102. This results in motorists driving on the "wrong side of the road" for three-plus miles: while you're driving this stretch, the opposing lanes are on your right. One reason this was done was to allow right-hand exits for the N.C. Vietnam Veterans' Memorial, which lies in the spread median between the two roadways at milepost 100. There are also two rest areas [1] in the middle of the road here, one serving each direction. Furthermore, the Hamby Creek runs between the two roadways, and engineers may have chosen the switchover design and wide separation to best preserve the creek.
As a practical matter, the "wrong-way" switch is not very noticeable, because the roadways are separated by several hundred feet of woods in this area.
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