Directions and Parking

The NC State Fairgrounds is easily accessible from the I-440 Beltline, Interstate 40, as well as from Blue Ridge Road, NC Highway 54 (Hillsborough Street) and now Edwards Mill Road. Click here for an area map.

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From Greensboro, Durham, Chapel Hill
I-40 East into Raleigh
Exit Wade Ave., Exit 289
First Exit Edwards Mill Road

From Fayetteville, Lumberton, South Carolina
I-95 North to I-40 West
Exit Wade Ave., Exit 289
First Exit Edwards Mill Road

From Goldsboro, Kinston
US 70 West to I-40 West
Exit I-440 Inner Beltline to Exit 289 Wade Ave.
First Exit Edwards Mill Road

From Rocky Mount
US 64 West to Raleigh
Exit I-440 Outer Beltline
Exit Wade Ave., Exit 4-B
Second Exit Edwards Mill Road

From Wilmington, Jacksonville
I-40 West to Raleigh
Exit Wade Ave., Exit 289
First Exit Edwards Mill Road

From Wilson, Greenville
US 264 West to 64 West to Raleigh
I-440 Outer Beltline
Exit Wade Ave., Exit 4-B
Second Exit Edwards Mill Road

From Charlotte, Kannapolis, Salisbury
I-85 North to I-40 East to Raleigh
Exit Wade Ave., Exit 289
First Exit Edwards Mill Road

From Richmond, Petersburgh, Virginia Area
I-95 South to I-85 South to US 1 South to Raleigh
I-440 Outer Beltline
Exit Wade Ave., Exit 4-B
Second Exit Edwards Mill Road