page_title: U.S. Route 311
section_title: Route description
hierarchical_section_title: U.S. Route 311 / Route description
caption_attribution_description: English: View south along U.S. Route 311 (Berry Hill Road) at U.S. Route 58 Business (Martinsville Highway) in Callahans Hills, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
context_page_description: U.S. Route 311 is a United States highway that runs for 62 mi from Winston-Salem, North Carolina to near Danville, Virginia. Along the route, it connects the cities of Winston-Salem, Madison, and Eden. The route runs northeast from Winston-Salem to Danville.
  U.S. 311 begins in Winston-Salem, at US 52 in the downtown area, and proceeds northeast of the city. Starting in the vicinity of Madison, US 311 follows a number of different North Carolina state highways in short succession along with another major US Highway, US 220 before crossing the Virginia line. In Virginia, the route terminates shortly after crossing the border at the western end of the Danville Expressway.
  In May 2018, North Carolina applied for, and received, permission from AASHTO to remove US 311 from the southernmost 37 miles of the route, bringing it to its current routing from Winston-Salem to Danville.
context_section_description: US 311 begins at exit 110B from the US 52/NC 8 freeway in Winston-Salem, NC and leads into the downtown area. It follows N Martin Luther King Jr Dr for a short time before continuing northeast along New Walkertown Road. It travels northeast and intersects NC 66 at the edge of Walkertown, then turns to follow Harley Drive and turns again to follow Main Street through town.  Leaving Walkertown, the road takes the local name of Walnut Cove Road.  At the southern edge of the town of Walnut Cove NC 65 joins for a short 0.7 miles (1.1 km) concurrency.  At the northern boundary of Walnut Cove, NC 89 has its terminus at US 311, and the highway turns northeast.  North Carolina Highway 772 terminates at US 311 near Pine Hall and entering the town of Madison, US 311 takes an easterly route, meeting up with  NC 704 along the way.  East of Madison, it leaves NC 704 and joins with the Future Interstate 73/US 220 by-pass briefly to Mayodan, then leaving the freeway, it joins with NC 135 towards Eden.  Three other NC routes join with 311 in Eden in short succession: NC 770, NC 87 and NC 14, then the 4 joined routes cross the Dan River along Van Buren Street in Eden.  US 311 leaves Van Buren Street on a grade-separated interchange onto Meadow Road near the Eden Mall, heading northeast into a rural area before crossing into Virginia.
  After the passing through the small communities of Berry Hill and Buford, it turns due west joining US 58 Business before the northern terminus of US 311 occurs at US 58, west of Danville at the western end of the Danville Expressway.
caption: View south at the north end of US 311 at US 58 Bus. just west of Danville, Virginia
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