Wade Avenue (western segment also known as Raleigh-Chapel Hill Expressway or Wade Avenue Extension) is a route in The Triangle region of

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that links

Interstate 40 Interstate 40 (I-40) is a major east–west Interstate Highway running through the south-central portion of the United States. At a length of , it is the third-longest Interstate Highway in the country, after I-90 and I-80. From west to ea ...

(I-40), I-440, and downtown

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. The western segment of this road is a four-lane

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and the eastern segment is an urban

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with a mix of at-grade intersections and grade-separated interchanges; I-440 (known locally as the Beltline) splits the segments. Wade Avenue provides a shortcut to

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for I-40 traffic (to and from

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) via I-440; thus, along the west segment the eastbound direction is signed as TO I-440 and the westbound direction is signed as TO I-40. Wade Avenue's eastern terminus is at U.S. Route 401 (US 401; Capital Boulevard), shortly after an interchange with

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(Glenwood Avenue) and

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(NC 50; Creedmoor Road). The Wade Avenue/I-440/

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interchange is subject to frequent

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s, as is the Wade Avenue/I-40 interchange. The first exit off Wade Avenue traveling east (Edwards Mill Road) is commonly used as a way to get to the

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and

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, which are easily visible from the freeway. The Blue Ridge Road exit is commonly used as a route to get to the

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grounds, and the

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. Wade Avenue is designated Secondary Road 1728 (SR 1728) from I-40 to Glenwood Avenue. The short piece east of Glenwood Avenue carries

and

NC 50 North Carolina Highway 50 (NC 50) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It goes from Topsail Beach, North Carolina, Topsail Beach in the south to Creedmoor, North Carolina, Creedmoor in the north, connecting the ...

. Prior to the completion of I-40 to South Raleigh (and on to Wilmington), and the southern portion of the Beltline (I-440), I-40 was temporarily signed along Wade Avenue's western segment, where it terminated at the Raleigh Beltline, which was then just

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/ 64. The road is named after Stacy Wilson Wade. He was the North Carolina Secretary of State from 1933 to 1936. He was also a member of the board of trustees for North Carolina State University.

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grounds *

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Wade Ave on Wake County Roads

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