Joseph M. Bryan Boulevard (often signed as just Bryan Blvd) is a controlled-access corridor connecting

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and Interstate 840 with Benjamin Parkway in

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. The road formerly extended westward along

and Cornerstone Drive to connect with

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. It also used to serve as the main entrance for

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until I-73 was designated, 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

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hub and third runway. In May 2017, Bryan Boulevard was closed west of I-840 for construction of the Future I-73 Corridor. Bryan Blvd southwest of I-73 was re-signed as "Cornerstone Drive" and terminates at Regional Road. A portion of the road was also removed. Bryan Boulevard is designated Secondary Road 2085. Bryan Boulevard was named after Greensboro resident Joseph McKinley Bryan, an

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executive and

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pioneer. Bryan sat on executive boards of many different

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like the Greensboro-based

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Corporation (now

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). In 1934, he became president of WBIG, which was Greensboro's only

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at the time. Later on, Bryan's company founded

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, the first

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in the

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.Biography of Joseph M. Bryan
This is one of five

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in Greensboro to use the "Boulevard" designation; the

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is sometimes known as Painter Boulevard, O'Henry Boulevard carries a stretch of

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east of downtown,

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(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

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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

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. No mile makers are posted and all exits are unnumbered. {{jctbtm, keys=incomplete

References

Freeways in North Carolina Transportation in Greensboro, North Carolina Interstate 73 Transportation in Guilford County, North Carolina

Exit list

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