Piedmont Triad

Coordinates: 35°57′21″N 80°00′19″W / 35.9557°N 80.0053°W / 35.9557; -80.0053
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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.
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The Piedmont Triad (or simply the Triad) is a metropolitan region in the north-central part of the

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]

The

Civil Rights Movement.[2]

Counties

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

Census statistical area
  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

Secondary cities over 10,000 in population

Other municipalities under 10,000 in population

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

Education

K–12 education

The area is served by

Greensboro.[25][26]

Educational institutions

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:

American Hebrew Academy
.

Museums

Major art and historical museums contribute to the cultural climate of the region, including the

Asheboro
.

Economy

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

Industry and manufacturing

The Triad area is notable for large

laying off
workers across the region in response to escalating industrial globalization.

Technology and biotechnology

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.

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

Shopping

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

Transportation

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

Further information: North Carolina Highway System

The Triad is home to an extensive

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-40
    being re-designated as Business 40.
  • 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

Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO)

Main article: Piedmont Triad International Airport

Mass transportation

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

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

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

Media

Newspapers

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

Other

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

Television stations

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

FM stations

AM stations

See also

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