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Piedmont Triad

The Piedmont Triad (or simply the Triad) is a metropolitan region in the north-central part of the U.S. state of North Carolina anchored by three cities: Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point. This close group of cities lies in the Piedmont geographical region of the United States and forms the basis of the Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point, NC Combined Statistical Area. As of 2012, the Piedmont Triad has an estimated population of 1,611,243 making it the 33rd largest combined statistical area in the United States.[1]

Piedmont Triad
Images from top to bottom, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point
Nickname(s): 
The Triad, PT, The 336
Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point, NC CSA
Country United States
State North Carolina
Largest cityGreensboro
CountiesAlamance
Caswell
Davidson
Davie
Forsyth
Guilford
Montgomery
Randolph
Rockingham
Stokes
Surry
Yadkin
Area
 • Land15,420 km2 (5,954 sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area codes336, 443

The metropolitan area is connected by Interstates 40, 85, 73, and 74 and is served by the Piedmont Triad International Airport. Long known as one of the primary manufacturing and transportation hubs of the southeastern United States, the Triad is also an important educational, healthcare, and cultural region and occupies a prominent place in the history of the American Civil Rights Movement.[2]

Counties edit

As part of a redefining of metropolitan areas by the US Census Bureau, the old Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point Metropolitan Statistical Area was broken up in 2003 into five separate areas—three Metropolitan Statistical Areas and two Micropolitan Areas. In some ways, however, the region still functions as a single metropolitan area.[3]

County 2021 Estimate 2020 Census Change
Guilford County[4] 542,410 541,299 +0.21%
Forsyth County[5] 385,523 382,590 +0.77%
Alamance County 173,877 171,415 +1.44%
Davidson County 170,637 168,930 +1.01%
Randolph County 145,172 144,171 +0.69%
Rockingham County[6] 91,266 91,096 +0.19%
Surry County 71,152 71,359 −0.29%
Stokes County 44,553 44,520 +0.07%
Davie County 43,533 42,712 +1.92%
Yadkin County 37,192 37,214 −0.06%
Total 1,705,315 1,699,123 +0.36%

Municipalities edit

 
Definitions of the Piedmont Triad:
  Additional included area according to Piedmont Triad Council of Governments and Piedmont Triad Partnership
The name in italics is the county in which the city is located.

Primary cities edit

Secondary cities over 10,000 in population edit

Other municipalities under 10,000 in population edit

† Indicates municipalities in Montgomery and Caswell (counties usually locally included as part of Piedmont Triad)

Education edit

K–12 education edit

The area is served by Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, Rockingham County Schools, Alamance-Burlington School System, Caswell County Schools, Davidson County Schools, Randolph County School System, Stokes County Schools, Surry County Schools, Yadkin County Schools, and Guilford County Schools. The area is home to a number of religious schools, as well as a number of independent schools including Wesleyan Christian Academy[22] and High Point Christian Academy[23] in High Point, Summit School[24] in Winston-Salem, Forsyth Country Day School in Lewisville, Greensboro Day School and Greensboro Montessori School in Greensboro.[25][26]

Educational institutions edit

More than 20 institutions of higher education are located within the Triad, including:

 
Deese Clock Tower at North Carolina A&T State University
 
Cottrell Hall at High Point University
 
Wait Chapel at Wake Forest University

Three prominent boarding schools also call the Triad home: Salem Academy, Oak Ridge Military Academy, and the American Hebrew Academy.

Museums edit

Major art and historical museums contribute to the cultural climate of the region, including the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), The Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Old Salem, High Point Historical Museum, Mendenhall Plantation, the Weatherspoon Museum of Modern Art (located on the campus of UNCG), Blandwood Mansion and Gardens, the Greensboro Historical Museum, Guilford Battleground National Military Park, and the Charlotte Hawkins Brown State Museum. The area also has its fair share of scientific museums, such as SciWorks, the International Civil Rights Center and Museum, the Wake Forest Museum of Anthropology, and the Greensboro Science Center. The North Carolina Zoo, the world's largest open-air natural habitat zoo, is located just outside the Randolph County city of Asheboro.

Economy edit

The economy in the Piedmont Triad is a mixed economy.[44]

Industry and manufacturing edit

The Triad area is notable for large textile, tobacco, and furniture corporations. The Triad remains a national center for textile manufacturing, represented by corporations including Hanes based in Winston-Salem, Glen Raven, Inc. based in Glen Raven, and International Textile Group, based in Greensboro. Tobacco remains a prominent crop in the Triad's rural areas and many tobacco companies like Lorillard Tobacco Company of Greensboro and Reynolds American, based in Winston-Salem, call the Piedmont Triad home. Numerous furniture manufacturers are also headquartered in the Triad area, especially in the cities of High Point (deemed the "Furniture Capital of the World"), Thomasville (known as the "Chair City"), and Lexington. The furniture and textile industries have in turn spawned large trucking, logistics, and warehousing businesses in the area. Popular brands like "Thomasville" and "Lexington" are derived from the names of these cities. Recently, however, many furniture and tobacco factories have been closing and/or laying off workers across the region in response to escalating industrial globalization.

Technology and biotechnology edit

After many of the old industries in the area began to die out, many Piedmont Triad cities began encouraging technological businesses to move into the Triad. Winston-Salem, for instance, founded within its downtown the Piedmont Triad Research Park, now known as Wake Forest Innovation Quarter, a highly interactive, 200-acre, master-planned innovation community developed to support life science and information technology research and development. Dell, Inc., in the early 2000s struck a deal with local officials allowing for the construction of a new computer assembly plant near the Triad city of Kernersville. Dell pulled out of its contract with the city, however, and left after only a few years. Additionally, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, the largest institution of higher learning in the region, and North Carolina A&T State University have joined forces to establish the Gateway University Research Park, a technology-based entity that will focus its efforts on a host of biological, life, and environmental science research projects. Upon full build out of the project, it is expected to be housed by two 75-acre (300,000 m2) campuses, employ approximately 2,000 people, and generate $50 million per year to the Triad economy. LabCorp, one of the largest clinical laboratories in the world, has its corporate headquarters and several of its testing facilities in Burlington.

Other companies headquartered in the region edit

Shopping edit

The following are the most prominent regional shopping centers/malls in the Piedmont Triad region:

Transportation edit

 
Major roads and cities in the Piedmont Triad and two other nearby counties. The blue triangle represents the three points of the "Triad".

Primary highways edit

The Triad is home to an extensive freeway network, which is in the process of undergoing a major expansion. Four major Interstate highways and numerous secondary Interstate routes and US routes serve the region:

Interstate highways
  •   I-40, the primary east–west route across the region. In the eastern Triad, it is conjoined with I-85. The two routes split in Greensboro.
    •   I-840 (Painter Boulevard), part of the Greensboro Urban Loop, currently under construction. When complete, I-840 will form the northern half of the loop.
  •   I-73, the primary north–south route across the region, much of which has yet to be constructed. The route mostly carries portions of US 220 along it, with the exception of the portion along Bryan Boulevard, and another segment that shares the southwestern portion of the Greensboro Outer Loop, and was briefly designated as I-40 before its opening in February, 2008. This portion was originally designated as I-40, with the current and original I-40 being re-designated as Business 40.
  •   I-74, running across the region from southeast to northwest. Like I-73, much of the route has yet to be constructed, but several disjointed segments are currently open and signed as either I-74 or "FUTURE I-74". The route enters the region from the south conjoined with I-73, and diverges from there north of Asheboro toward High Point. The southern segment presently terminates at an intersection with I-40 east of Winston-Salem; new freeway is being built that will form the eastern segment of the Winston-Salem Beltway. The northern segment leaves US 52 in Mount Airy, heading northwest out of the region.
    •   I-274, currently only in the planning stages, is the proposed designation for the western half of the Winston-Salem Beltway.
  •   I-85, connects the region to Charlotte and points southwest. Enters from the east conjoined with I-40, and splits from that route in Greensboro.
    •   I-85 Business (Green-85), a business route between Lexington and Greensboro, consists of a former temporary alignment of I-85 that is a partial-controlled access highway. A former northern segment, which received its designation when a new I-85 was opened as part of the Greensboro Urban Loop, is entirely freeway.
    •   I-285, connecting Winston-Salem to Lexington, is currently part of the US 52 freeway being upgraded to Interstate standards.
    •   I-785, connecting Greensboro to Danville, Virginia, the route is under development. It is currently part of US 29, much of which is not Interstate standard.
US highways
  •   US 29 runs roughly northeast to southwest across the region. Most of the route is either concurrent with, or parallel to Interstate highways, including I-785 (when completed) and I-85 (parallel).
  •   US 52 runs north–south through the region, serving as the main north–south freeway route through Winston-Salem. The entire freeway is planned for upgrade to Interstate standards. North of Winston-Salem most of the route is scheduled to become part of I-74 (until Exit 140 where existing I-74 starts and travels west along its own freeway, and US 52 continues north into town via expressway), while south of the city it is cosigned with I-285.
  •   US 64 is an east–west highway through the southern Triad, connecting Asheboro, Lexington, and Mocksville.
  •   US 70 is an east–west highway that closely parallels I-85 through the entire region.
  •   US 158 runs roughly northeast–southwest across the region, terminating in Mocksville at US 601 and US 64, just south of I-40.
  •   US 220 is currently the primary north–south route through Greensboro, and travels nearly symmetrically through the middle of the region; most of the route runs along I-73, except between Greensboro and Summerfield where it is named "Battleground Avenue" .
  •   US 311 is a nominally north–south route that runs northeast–southwest between Danville, VA and Winston-Salem. The former alignment south of Winston-Salem has been fully signed as I-74; work has begun on US 311 signage removal on this alignment.
  •   US 421 enters the region from the southeast, and joins I-85 in Greensboro. It then takes I-85 South to I-73 North to western Greensboro. The route is then co-signed with I-40 briefly. After leaving Greensboro, it continues westward through Winston-Salem, the rural area of Yakdinville, and continues into Wilkesboro.
Other routes and highways

Air edit

Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO) edit

Mass transportation edit

Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation (PART) is the Triad's 10-county regional organization with the goal of enhancing all forms of transportation through regional cooperation. PART Express Bus provides express service to each major Triad city from Piedmont Triad International Airport, while Connections Express connects the Triad to Duke and UNC Medical Centers. PART also has Express Bus service to outlying counties that surround the Triad including Surry, Stokes, Davidson, Yadkin, and Randolph Counties and soon to be Davie County. PART is also administering and developing several rail service studies that include both commuter and intercity rail.[58]

Government edit

The region is served by the Piedmont Triad Regional Council (PTRC). The PTRC was formed by the merger of the Northwest Piedmont Council of Governments and Piedmont Triad Council of Governments on July 1, 2011. The PTRC is a membership organization of the 12 counties and 62 municipalities in the Triad region.[59]

Protected areas edit

The Piedmont Triad has several protected areas, which lay entirely or partly in the region:

Media edit

Newspapers edit

The following are prominent newspapers in the Piedmont Triad region and the counties each newspaper covers.

Other edit

  • The Old Gold & Black, a free daily student newspaper at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem

Television stations edit

All of the Piedmont Triad region belongs to the Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point television designated market area (DMA). The following are stations that broadcast to this DMA. These stations are listed by call letters, virtual channel number, network and city of license.

Radio edit

FM stations edit

AM stations edit

See also edit

References edit

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35°57′21″N 80°00′19″W / 35.9557°N 80.0053°W / 35.9557; -80.0053

External links edit

  • Piedmont Triad Regional Council
  • Piedmont Triad Partnership
  • Guilford County Schools

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This article is about the north central Greensboro Winston Salem High Point region of North Carolina For the Raleigh Durham Chapel Hill region of North Carolina see Research Triangle The Piedmont Triad or simply the Triad is a metropolitan region in the north central part of the U S state of North Carolina anchored by three cities Greensboro Winston Salem and High Point This close group of cities lies in the Piedmont geographical region of the United States and forms the basis of the Greensboro Winston Salem High Point NC Combined Statistical Area As of 2012 the Piedmont Triad has an estimated population of 1 611 243 making it the 33rd largest combined statistical area in the United States 1 Piedmont TriadImages from top to bottom Greensboro Winston Salem and High PointNickname s The Triad PT The 336Greensboro Winston Salem High Point NC CSA Greensboro High Point MSA Winston Salem MSA Burlington MSA Mount Airy µSA City of Greensboro City of Winston Salem City of High PointCountryUnited StatesStateNorth CarolinaLargest cityGreensboroCountiesAlamance Caswell Davidson Davie Forsyth Guilford Montgomery Randolph Rockingham Stokes Surry YadkinArea Land15 420 km2 5 954 sq mi Time zoneUTC 5 EST Summer DST UTC 4 EDT Area codes336 443The metropolitan area is connected by Interstates 40 85 73 and 74 and is served by the Piedmont Triad International Airport Long known as one of the primary manufacturing and transportation hubs of the southeastern United States the Triad is also an important educational healthcare and cultural region and occupies a prominent place in the history of the American Civil Rights Movement 2 Contents 1 Counties 2 Municipalities 2 1 Primary cities 2 2 Secondary cities over 10 000 in population 2 3 Other municipalities under 10 000 in population 3 Education 3 1 K 12 education 3 2 Educational institutions 3 3 Museums 4 Economy 4 1 Industry and manufacturing 4 2 Technology and biotechnology 4 3 Other companies headquartered in the region 4 4 Shopping 5 Transportation 5 1 Primary highways 5 2 Air 5 2 1 Piedmont Triad International Airport GSO 5 3 Mass transportation 6 Government 7 Protected areas 8 Media 8 1 Newspapers 8 2 Other 8 3 Television stations 8 4 Radio 8 4 1 FM stations 8 4 2 AM stations 9 See also 10 References 11 External linksCounties editAs part of a redefining of metropolitan areas by the US Census Bureau the old Greensboro Winston Salem High Point Metropolitan Statistical Area was broken up in 2003 into five separate areas three Metropolitan Statistical Areas and two Micropolitan Areas In some ways however the region still functions as a single metropolitan area 3 County 2021 Estimate 2020 Census ChangeGuilford County 4 542 410 541 299 0 21 Forsyth County 5 385 523 382 590 0 77 Alamance County 173 877 171 415 1 44 Davidson County 170 637 168 930 1 01 Randolph County 145 172 144 171 0 69 Rockingham County 6 91 266 91 096 0 19 Surry County 71 152 71 359 0 29 Stokes County 44 553 44 520 0 07 Davie County 43 533 42 712 1 92 Yadkin County 37 192 37 214 0 06 Total 1 705 315 1 699 123 0 36 Municipalities edit nbsp Definitions of the Piedmont Triad Census statistical area Additional included area according to Piedmont Triad Council of Governments and Piedmont Triad PartnershipThe name in italics is the county in which the city is located Primary cities edit Greensboro Guilford 299 035 7 Winston Salem Forsyth 249 545 8 High Point Guilford Forsyth Davidson amp Randolph 114 059 9 Secondary cities over 10 000 in population edit Burlington Alamance amp Guilford 55 481 10 Thomasville Davidson 27 183 11 Asheboro Randolph 27 156 12 Kernersville Forsyth amp Guilford 26 449 13 Clemmons Forsyth 21 163 14 Lexington Davidson 19 632 15 Eden Rockingham 15 527 16 Reidsville Rockingham 14 520 17 Graham Alamance 14 153 18 Lewisville Forsyth 12 639 19 Archdale Randolph amp Guilford 11 415 20 Mebane Alamance amp Orange 11 393 21 Mount Airy Surry 10 388 Summerfield Guilford 10 232Other municipalities under 10 000 in population edit Alamance Alamance 951 Bermuda Run Davie 1 725 Bethania Forsyth 328 Biscoe Montgomery 1 700 Boonville Yadkin 1 222 Candor Montgomery 840 Cooleemee Davie 960 Danbury Stokes 189 Denton Davidson 1 636 Dobson Surry 1 586 East Bend Yadkin 612 Elkin Surry 4 001 Elon Alamance 9 419 Franklinville Randolph 1 164 Gibsonville Guilford amp Alamance 6 410 Glen Raven Alamance 2 750 Green Level Alamance 2 100 Haw River Alamance 2 298 Jamestown Guilford 3 382 Jonesville Yadkin 2 285 King Stokes amp Forsyth 6 904 Liberty Randolph 2 656 Madison Rockingham 2 246 Mayodan Rockingham 2 478 Midway Davidson 4 783 Milton Caswell 166 Mocksville Davie 5 051 Mount Gilead Montgomery 1 181 Oak Ridge Guilford 6 185 Ossipee Alamance 543 Pilot Mountain Surry 1 477 Pleasant Garden Guilford 4 489 Ramseur Randolph 1 692 Randleman Randolph 4 113 Rural Hall Forsyth 2 937 Saxapahaw Alamance 1 648 Seagrove Randolph 228 Sedalia Guilford 623 Staley Randolph 393 Star Montgomery 876 Stokesdale Guilford amp Rockingham 5 047 Stoneville Rockingham 1 056 Swepsonville Alamance 1 154 Tobaccoville Forsyth 2 441 Trinity Randolph 6 614 Troy Montgomery 3 189 Wallburg Davidson 3 047 Walkertown Forsyth 4 675 Walnut Cove Stokes 1 425 Welcome Davidson 4 162 Wentworth Rockingham 2 807 Whitsett Guilford 590 Yadkinville Yadkin 2 959 Yanceyville Caswell 2 039 Indicates municipalities in Montgomery and Caswell counties usually locally included as part of Piedmont Triad Education editK 12 education edit The area is served by Winston Salem Forsyth County Schools Rockingham County Schools Alamance Burlington School System Caswell County Schools Davidson County Schools Randolph County School System Stokes County Schools Surry County Schools Yadkin County Schools and Guilford County Schools The area is home to a number of religious schools as well as a number of independent schools including Wesleyan Christian Academy 22 and High Point Christian Academy 23 in High Point Summit School 24 in Winston Salem Forsyth Country Day School in Lewisville Greensboro Day School and Greensboro Montessori School in Greensboro 25 26 Educational institutions edit More than 20 institutions of higher education are located within the Triad including nbsp Deese Clock Tower at North Carolina A amp T State University nbsp Cottrell Hall at High Point University nbsp Wait Chapel at Wake Forest UniversityAlamance Community College 27 Bennett College 28 Bridges Christian College Carolina University 29 Davidson Davie Community College 30 Elon University 31 Forsyth Technical Community College 32 Greensboro College 33 Guilford College 34 Guilford Technical Community College 35 High Point University 36 North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University 37 University of North Carolina School of the Arts 38 Randolph Community College 39 Rockingham Community College 40 Salem College Surry Community College University of North Carolina at Greensboro 41 Wake Forest University 42 Winston Salem State University 43 Three prominent boarding schools also call the Triad home Salem Academy Oak Ridge Military Academy and the American Hebrew Academy Museums edit Major art and historical museums contribute to the cultural climate of the region including the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art SECCA The Reynolda House Museum of American Art Old Salem High Point Historical Museum Mendenhall Plantation the Weatherspoon Museum of Modern Art located on the campus of UNCG Blandwood Mansion and Gardens the Greensboro Historical Museum Guilford Battleground National Military Park and the Charlotte Hawkins Brown State Museum The area also has its fair share of scientific museums such as SciWorks the International Civil Rights Center and Museum the Wake Forest Museum of Anthropology and the Greensboro Science Center The North Carolina Zoo the world s largest open air natural habitat zoo is located just outside the Randolph County city of Asheboro Economy editThe economy in the Piedmont Triad is a mixed economy 44 Industry and manufacturing edit The Triad area is notable for large textile tobacco and furniture corporations The Triad remains a national center for textile manufacturing represented by corporations including Hanes based in Winston Salem Glen Raven Inc based in Glen Raven and International Textile Group based in Greensboro Tobacco remains a prominent crop in the Triad s rural areas and many tobacco companies like Lorillard Tobacco Company of Greensboro and Reynolds American based in Winston Salem call the Piedmont Triad home Numerous furniture manufacturers are also headquartered in the Triad area especially in the cities of High Point deemed the Furniture Capital of the World Thomasville known as the Chair City and Lexington The furniture and textile industries have in turn spawned large trucking logistics and warehousing businesses in the area Popular brands like Thomasville and Lexington are derived from the names of these cities Recently however many furniture and tobacco factories have been closing and or laying off workers across the region in response to escalating industrial globalization Technology and biotechnology edit After many of the old industries in the area began to die out many Piedmont Triad cities began encouraging technological businesses to move into the Triad Winston Salem for instance founded within its downtown the Piedmont Triad Research Park now known as Wake Forest Innovation Quarter a highly interactive 200 acre master planned innovation community developed to support life science and information technology research and development Dell Inc in the early 2000s struck a deal with local officials allowing for the construction of a new computer assembly plant near the Triad city of Kernersville Dell pulled out of its contract with the city however and left after only a few years Additionally the University of North Carolina at Greensboro the largest institution of higher learning in the region and North Carolina A amp T State University have joined forces to establish the Gateway University Research Park a technology based entity that will focus its efforts on a host of biological life and environmental science research projects Upon full build out of the project it is expected to be housed by two 75 acre 300 000 m2 campuses employ approximately 2 000 people and generate 50 million per year to the Triad economy LabCorp one of the largest clinical laboratories in the world has its corporate headquarters and several of its testing facilities in Burlington Other companies headquartered in the region edit Biscuitville 45 Cook Out 46 Columbia Forest Products FedEx 47 HanesBrands Honda Aircraft Company Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Kontoor Brands K amp W Cafeterias 48 Lowes Foods 49 The Fresh Market 50 Texas Pete Toyota Motor North America 51 Volvo Trucks of North America 52 53 WranglerShopping edit The following are the most prominent regional shopping centers malls in the Piedmont Triad region Four Seasons Town Centre Greensboro 54 Friendly Center Greensboro 55 Hanes Mall Winston Salem 56 Alamance Crossing Burlington Burlington Outlet Village Burlington Holly Hill Mall Burlington Tanger Outlets Mebane Marketplace Mall Winston Salem Randolph Mall Asheboro 57 Transportation edit nbsp Major roads and cities in the Piedmont Triad and two other nearby counties The blue triangle represents the three points of the Triad Primary highways edit Further information North Carolina Highway System The Triad is home to an extensive freeway network which is in the process of undergoing a major expansion Four major Interstate highways and numerous secondary Interstate routes and US routes serve the region Interstate highways nbsp I 40 the primary east west route across the region In the eastern Triad it is conjoined with I 85 The two routes split in Greensboro nbsp I 840 Painter Boulevard part of the Greensboro Urban Loop currently under construction When complete I 840 will form the northern half of the loop nbsp I 73 the primary north south route across the region much of which has yet to be constructed The route mostly carries portions of US 220 along it with the exception of the portion along Bryan Boulevard and another segment that shares the southwestern portion of the Greensboro Outer Loop and was briefly designated as I 40 before its opening in February 2008 This portion was originally designated as I 40 with the current and original I 40 being re designated as Business 40 nbsp I 74 running across the region from southeast to northwest Like I 73 much of the route has yet to be constructed but several disjointed segments are currently open and signed as either I 74 or FUTURE I 74 The route enters the region from the south conjoined with I 73 and diverges from there north of Asheboro toward High Point The southern segment presently terminates at an intersection with I 40 east of Winston Salem new freeway is being built that will form the eastern segment of the Winston Salem Beltway The northern segment leaves US 52 in Mount Airy heading northwest out of the region nbsp I 274 currently only in the planning stages is the proposed designation for the western half of the Winston Salem Beltway nbsp I 85 connects the region to Charlotte and points southwest Enters from the east conjoined with I 40 and splits from that route in Greensboro nbsp I 85 Business Green 85 a business route between Lexington and Greensboro consists of a former temporary alignment of I 85 that is a partial controlled access highway A former northern segment which received its designation when a new I 85 was opened as part of the Greensboro Urban Loop is entirely freeway nbsp I 285 connecting Winston Salem to Lexington is currently part of the US 52 freeway being upgraded to Interstate standards nbsp I 785 connecting Greensboro to Danville Virginia the route is under development It is currently part of US 29 much of which is not Interstate standard US highways nbsp US 29 runs roughly northeast to southwest across the region Most of the route is either concurrent with or parallel to Interstate highways including I 785 when completed and I 85 parallel nbsp US 52 runs north south through the region serving as the main north south freeway route through Winston Salem The entire freeway is planned for upgrade to Interstate standards North of Winston Salem most of the route is scheduled to become part of I 74 until Exit 140 where existing I 74 starts and travels west along its own freeway and US 52 continues north into town via expressway while south of the city it is cosigned with I 285 nbsp US 64 is an east west highway through the southern Triad connecting Asheboro Lexington and Mocksville nbsp US 70 is an east west highway that closely parallels I 85 through the entire region nbsp US 158 runs roughly northeast southwest across the region terminating in Mocksville at US 601 and US 64 just south of I 40 nbsp US 220 is currently the primary north south route through Greensboro and travels nearly symmetrically through the middle of the region most of the route runs along I 73 except between Greensboro and Summerfield where it is named Battleground Avenue nbsp US 311 is a nominally north south route that runs northeast southwest between Danville VA and Winston Salem The former alignment south of Winston Salem has been fully signed as I 74 work has begun on US 311 signage removal on this alignment nbsp US 421 enters the region from the southeast and joins I 85 in Greensboro It then takes I 85 South to I 73 North to western Greensboro The route is then co signed with I 40 briefly After leaving Greensboro it continues westward through Winston Salem the rural area of Yakdinville and continues into Wilkesboro Other routes and highwaysThe Greensboro Urban Loop is a fully completed freeway that loops around Greensboro The routes I 73 I 85 I 785 I 840 and US 421 are currently designated as part of the loop The Winston Salem Beltway is an under construction freeway that will loop around Winston Salem As of 2022 the stretch between US 421 Salem Parkway in Kernersville to NC 66 University Parkway near Rural Hall is opened and is designated as NC 74 Wendover Avenue is primarily a four to six lane limited access corridor that traverses through Greensboro from High Point The route also bypasses downtown Greensboro The road connects NC 68 to Interstate 73 U S 421 Interstate 40 US 220 US 29 and it continues as US 70 towards the east end of the route Silas Creek Parkway is primarily a four lane limited access corridor that serves as the partial loop that traverses in the western area of Winston Salem Most of the road runs with NC 67 and serves as a convenient way to Wake Forest University Forsyth Tech and Hanes Mall for drivers on Interstate 40 and US 421 Air edit Piedmont Triad International Airport GSO edit Main article Piedmont Triad International Airport Mass transportation edit Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation PART is the Triad s 10 county regional organization with the goal of enhancing all forms of transportation through regional cooperation PART Express Bus provides express service to each major Triad city from Piedmont Triad International Airport while Connections Express connects the Triad to Duke and UNC Medical Centers PART also has Express Bus service to outlying counties that surround the Triad including Surry Stokes Davidson Yadkin and Randolph Counties and soon to be Davie County PART is also administering and developing several rail service studies that include both commuter and intercity rail 58 Government editThe region is served by the Piedmont Triad Regional Council PTRC The PTRC was formed by the merger of the Northwest Piedmont Council of Governments and Piedmont Triad Council of Governments on July 1 2011 The PTRC is a membership organization of the 12 counties and 62 municipalities in the Triad region 59 Protected areas editThe Piedmont Triad has several protected areas which lay entirely or partly in the region Blue Ridge Parkway partly within Surry and Wilkes counties Boone s Cave Park Davidson County Deep River State Trail partly within Guilford and Randolph counties Guilford Courthouse National Military Park Guilford County Hanging Rock State Park Stokes County High Rock Lake Davidson and Rowan counties Haw River State Park Guilford and Rockingham counties Mayo River State Park Rockingham County Mountains to Sea Trail partly within Alamance Forsyth Guilford Stokes Surry and Wilkes counties Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail partly within Surry and Wilkes counties Pilot Mountain State Park Surry and Yadkin counties Uwharrie National Forest Davidson Montgomery and Randolph counties Wil Cox Bridge at Yadkin River Park Davidson County Yadkin River State Trail partly within Davidson Davie Forsyth Surry Wilkes and Yadkin countiesMedia editNewspapers edit The following are prominent newspapers in the Piedmont Triad region and the counties each newspaper covers Greensboro News amp Record Guilford County 60 The Carolina Peacemaker Guilford County 61 Hola Noticias The Triad 62 Winston Salem Journal Forsyth County Burlington Times News Alamance County Mebane Enterprise Alamance County Courier Tribune Randolph County Thomasville Times Davidson County The Dispatch Davidson County High Point Enterprise High Point Guilford County Archdale Trinity News Randolph County The Stokes News Stokes County The Reidsville Review Rockingham County The Tribune Surry Wilkes and Yadkin counties Mount Airy News Surry County Que Pasa The Triad YES Weekly Guilford County Forsyth County Triad City Beat Guilford County Forsyth County The Jamestown News Guilford County The Stokesdale News Guilford County Northwest Observer Guilford CountyOther edit The Old Gold amp Black a free daily student newspaper at Wake Forest University in Winston SalemTelevision stations edit All of the Piedmont Triad region belongs to the Greensboro Winston Salem High Point television designated market area DMA The following are stations that broadcast to this DMA These stations are listed by call letters virtual channel number network and city of license WFMY TV 2 CBS Greensboro WGHP 8 Fox High Point WXII 12 NBC Winston Salem Spectrum News 14 Greensboro Charter Communications WGPX 16 Ion Burlington WCWG 20 CW Lexington WUNL TV 26 PBS UNC TV Winston Salem WLXI TV 43 TCT Greensboro WXLV TV 45 ABC Winston Salem WGSR LD 47 Independent Reidsville WMYV 48 My GreensboroRadio edit FM stations edit WFDD 88 5 News Talk Classical music NPR affiliate operated by Wake Forest University WBFJ FM 89 3 Contemporary Christian WNAA 90 1 Variety operated by North Carolina A amp T State University WSNC 90 5 Jazz operated by Winston Salem State University WQFS 90 9 Variety operated by Guilford College WXRI 91 3 Southern gospel WKRR 92 3 Classic rock WPAW 93 1 Country music WWLV 94 1 Contemporary Christian WPTI 94 5 Talk radio WHPE FM 95 5 Christian talk WQMG 97 1 urban Adult contemporary WIST FM 98 3 Regional Mexican WSMW 98 7 Adult hits WMAG 99 5 Adult contemporary WMKS 100 3 Contemporary hit radio WYMY 101 1 Regional Mexican WJMH 102 1 Rhythmic contemporary WUAG 103 1 Variety operated by University of North Carolina at Greensboro WTQR 104 1 Country music WFOZ LP 105 1 Variety operated by Forsyth Technical Community College WVBZ 105 5 Mainstream rock WKZL 107 5 Top 40 Mainstream AM stations edit WSJS 600 sports WZOO 700 classic hits WPAQ 740 Americana and bluegrass WBLO 790 Spanish adult contemporary WTRU 830 Christian talk WPIP 880 religious WPCM 920 sports WPET 950 religious WTOB 980 classic hits WSGH 1040 Spanish WGOS 1070 Spanish religious WKTE 1090 oldies WMFR 1230 sports WCOG 1320 oldies WPOL 1340 gospel music WLXN 1440 Southern gospel WWBG 1470 oldies WLOE 1940 news talk WSMX 1500 Contemporary Christian WEAL 1510 gospel music WDSL 1520 classic country bluegrass and gospel WBFJ 1550 Christian talk WYZD 1560 Christian WYSR 1590 Spanish See also edit nbsp United States portalI 85 Corridor Piedmont Atlantic Piedmont CrescentReferences edit Population Estimates 2012 Combined Statistical Areas April 1 2010 to July 1 2012 U S Census Bureau Archived from the original on March 17 2013 Retrieved 2013 03 14 Greensboro Sit In HISTORY Retrieved 2020 04 10 Catanoso Justin Commute patterns rescue Triad MSA Triad Business Journal The Business Journals Retrieved 23 November 2021 Guilford County 1771 North Carolina History Project Retrieved June 3 2020 Forsyth County 1849 North Carolina History Project Retrieved June 3 2020 Rockingham County 1785 North Carolina History Project Retrieved June 3 2020 Greensboro NC Homepage Greensboro nc gov Retrieved May 23 2023 City of Winston Salem NC Official Website cityofws org Retrieved May 23 2023 High Point NC Official Website highpointnc gov Retrieved May 23 2023 Burlington NC Webpage Burlingtonnc gov Retrieved May 23 2023 Thomasville NC Homepage Thomasville nc gov Retrieved May 23 2023 Asheboro NC webpage Asheboronc gov Retrieved May 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worldwide financial HQ to expanded facility in Greensboro MyFox8 com Retrieved October 23 2023 Four Seasons Town Centre Shopping Mall in Greensboro NC shopfourseasons com Retrieved July 19 2022 Friendly Center Greensboro friendlycenter com Retrieved July 19 2022 Hanes Mall shophanesmall com Retrieved July 19 2022 Asheboro Mall shopasheboromall com Retrieved July 19 2022 About Us Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation partnc org Retrieved February 5 2024 Who We Are And What We Do Piedmont Triad Regional Council ptrc org Retrieved February 5 2024 Greensboro News amp Record Homepage Greensboro com Retrieved October 17 2023 The Carolina Peacemaker website peacemakeronline com Retrieved October 17 2023 Hola Noticias Homepage holasnews com Retrieved October 17 2023 35 57 21 N 80 00 19 W 35 9557 N 80 0053 W 35 9557 80 0053External links editPiedmont Triad Regional Council Piedmont Triad Partnership Guilford County Schools Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 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