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Toward the west is the area usually referred to as the Piedmont Triad Region, which <br />includes the cities of Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point. Alamance County is <br />often associated with the eastern edge of this small megalopolis, but is in many ways <br />characterized as the point where the "Triangle" meets the "Triad." Guilford County, just <br />west of Alamance, had a population of 451,905 in 2006. Within a fifty mile radius of <br />Chapel Hill, there are an estimated 1.8 million people. <br /> <br />w ~~ ' <br />' Fiurli <br /> <br />_ <br />- <br />tO <br />, 21 - - -- -- - <br />~ Carr } b - - <br />2 <br />5 <br />~'', <br />t .~ Rc <br />" .l <br />~ <br />Unton <br />Rtd <br />c a i , 57 <br />86 t <br />, J <br />Attamahati <br />I <br />~ g ~ <br />Caidwell,:_ 1 c <br />~ <br />r slpee; <br />. 6 e' 49 <br />a <br />Burlington r i2 a ;; <br />7 1 Cedar Gro~ie Schley <br />i o R <br />~ N j <br />y~ 26 <br /> .a <br />~ E <br />iE(Qn , Rave <br />~~. <br />a GiYel <br />?Q ~s <br />~.-. ~ F <br />dJleban e ~ <br />~ Ise <br />e <br />ID 7: , ® Etiandl ~ Hi~ISborou$h ~ <br />j~~ <br />c on[ I <br />18ttatna ~~~,,~f.R~sterrt <br />r.~~~ <br />2stot~r IBttt(ie <br />agtr;~1,~. i~t•J <br />1:~ <br /> <br />~i ~~ a G aham~~~ n~~u~ 2 <br />5wensnnvllle ' ~t <br />ALAMA`NC E ~- 3_~~ _"t~: <br />,z; P~ 2u Chapel Hill ~° . <br />'..; <br />wile 49: ~afCbOfO s, <br />r ~ Saxapat.aw 5 ~ ~: 3°I <br />' Snow ~ ~ <br />1 Camp ~ 54 , <br />~ ;' la EIt 9 Unlcersity f ~jjf <br />Whitn°Y .,_, Lake L ~;, <br />' a7 I `r ~`~^~ 5 ~] l x <br />r ..-_ <br />Y <br />t : ; Crutchfield Fcarringgton l;Fa~ ,~' <br />~l.`~ 1 Si1k.Hope, 13 Z+~j orlon T51> <br />81ey ~~ 5 Luke` wk ,+ t <br />I, ~~y Educ.S ~~: <br />~~~ ~~ !2 3 '~Y Fa-es ~ 6~ ' 3 <br />p 2 ' P'1 <br />F N~ 3 $I 1~ z 8 ~ Ydl v <br />II <br />' '"~"~ ~ ~ 8 tvrrct~ 1 <br />1 C .: H A '~ ~r~. T H ~~ Af~ amlV[ i <br />V81.7.f " 1 <br />~~ ., <br />~~3i: ;3'. <br />~{ ' i <br />~1~ ~ H~ <br />I Maunt Vernon , ~ <br />5 9D& <br />~$prings ~r <br />15, <br />~a~ <br /> <br />., { ~ D t -_ <br />Bon New .; . X <br />aks ? 5 H 'Springs 4~!1 <br />' Bonle <br />`Bear ~. <br />I f,tancure <br />- "'i ~ <br />87 ~' <br />„ram ~~ c $-' <br />~ <br /> <br />,, .w <br />_. ~ " ;. <br />>Gree <br /> <br />1 ` ,~ .. <br />4 <br />~• Haywa~d' <br />~Fu <br />,. , <br />quay-Varna : Ns <br />GoIdSFOn <br />Bennett 1p ` 9QZ <br />`Cumnock <br />-- <br />` <br />~ 3 <br />gnckhav ~ C ri ilt ~;~.`• - ~ S <br />en <br />55 ;. <br />~~ curt <br />t ~ c <br />: ~ <br />~• <br />4 ~ <br />r ~ <br />r-' <br />' .Duncan:' '~• <br />4 [1 CartionEon ~~ •~ a~ ~ <br />~; ,. A , <br />6 ~' <br />-~ ~----- " <br /> <br />' <br />' 1~ 421 1 CoIRp 4 ; n <br /> <br />b <br />.. <br />Chalybaa,e n <br />. <br />Sptlt-gs . A 61er <br />3 Hls;h~Feils_ op~~ <br />~ __ ~ : ~ <br />North Carolina Highway Map (close-up of four-county area), 2007 <br />The area enjoys a highly developed transportation system. The most important <br />transportation arteries are Interstate 40 and Interstate 85. Interstate 40 is one of the <br />nation's most important east-west highways, running all the way from Wilmington, NC <br />to Barstow, CA. Interstate 85 is a major north-south transportation route for the nation's <br />16 <br />