marcus welz

I-440 wraps around Raleigh

I currently live in the triangle area in North Carolina. This morning, actually, just a few minutes ago, I overheard the announcer on the NBC17 news say that I440, the circular interstate that wraps around Raleigh, will be renamed.

At the moment the naming convention is "the inner beltline" for the lane that moves clockwise, and "the outer beltline" for the lane that moves counter-clockwise. It makes sense logically, because there's no real distinct north. east, south, or west.

But apparently this convention is confusing people and so the road names will change to be I440 east and I440 west, a modification that'll apparently cost around 40 million dollars.

Although it makes sense, it'll be strange being on the southern half of I440 east which is actually moving west and vice versa.