Letter from Brian

The N.C. State Fairgrounds is easily accessible from the I-440 Beltline, Interstate 40, as well as from Blue Ridge Road, N.C. Highway 54 (Hillsborough Street) and now Edwards Mill Road (see directions below). 

From Greensboro, Durham, Chapel Hill, or RDU Airport
I-40 East into Raleigh
Exit Wade Avenue, Exit #289
First Exit Edwards Mill Road*

From Fayetteville, Lumberton, South Carolina
I-95 North to I-40 West
Exit Wade Avenue, 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 Avenue
First Exit Edwards Mill Road*

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

From Wilmington, Jacksonville
I-40 West to Raleigh
Exit Wade Avenue, Exit #289
First Exit Edwards Mill Road*

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

From Charlotte, Kannapolis, Salisbury
I-85 North to I-40 East to Raleigh
Exit Wade Avenue, 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 Avenue, Exit #4-B
Second Exit Edwards Mill Road*

*From Edwards Mill Road, you will pass the Arena/Stadium Complex on the left. Proceed to the intersection of Edwards Mill and Trinity Road. Take a left at the stoplight onto Trinity Road. then turn at the James B. Hunt, Jr. Horse Complex onto Youth Center Drive and proceed to Gate 6.

From I-40/Wade Avenue, if you miss Edwards Mill Road, you can take the next exit, Blue Ridge Road. Take a right at top of ramp. The fairgrounds is located at the intersection of Blue Ridge and Trinity Road (second light from exit ramp).   Gate 6 is on Youth Center Drive (connector road between Trinity and Hillsborough).