Power Only loads in Greensboro, NC
Live within 75 miles
No power only loads out of Greensboro right now
Hauling in and out of Greensboro
Where the freight is
- FedEx Express runs its Mid-Atlantic hub at Piedmont Triad International Airport (PTI), a $300 million project that came with a new 9,000-foot runway. [3][4]
- Toyota Battery Manufacturing North Carolina, on the Greensboro-Randolph Megasite in Liberty about 20 miles southeast, began production in November 2025 in a 7 million sq ft plant. [5]
- The Toyota plant ships hybrid battery modules to Toyota's Kentucky plant and to Mazda Toyota Manufacturing in Alabama, with capacity ramping in phases through 2030. [5][6]
- Publix runs a distribution center in the 5500 block of Burlington Road in McLeansville that supplies stores in the Carolinas and Virginia. It pairs a refrigerated warehouse with a 1.2 million sq ft dry grocery building. [7][8]
- Procter & Gamble has a plant on Swing Road west of downtown and a production and distribution site in Browns Summit. [9]
- Fastenal owns the former Ralph Lauren distribution center at 4100 Beechwood Drive in Piedmont Centre. Ralph Lauren moved to a leased DC at 2755 NC 66 in Kernersville. [10]
- NCDOT names Greensboro among the parts of the state with large concentrations of distribution facilities. [1]
Rail and ports
- Norfolk Southern's Greensboro intermodal terminal is at 1105 Merritt Drive and uses the ExpressNS+ gate system with QR-code check-in. [12]
- The rail line from Charlotte through Greensboro to Raleigh is one of the three busiest rail freight corridors in North Carolina. [13]
- Regional freight planners name Norfolk, Wilmington and Charleston as the Triad's container ports, reached mainly on I-40 and I-85. [13]
Roads
- NCDOT estimates more than 16,000 trucks a day on I-85 between Greensboro and Durham, the highest truck volume in the state. [1]
- I-40 between Winston-Salem and Greensboro carries an estimated 6,000 to 12,000 trucks a day. [1]
- The Greensboro Urban Loop is a 39.5-mile beltway signed as I-73, I-85, I-785, I-840 and US 421. Its last section opened in January 2023. [14][15]
- Two US 421 interchanges serve the Toyota megasite: Julian Airport Road and Dogwood Lane, opened in 2024, and Shiloh Road, opened January 5, 2026. Both have roundabouts at the ramps. [11]
- Guilford County had the third most truck crashes in North Carolina from 2015 to 2019, including 241 crashes on ramps. [1]
- No Greensboro location made ATRI's 2026 list of the top 100 truck bottlenecks in the US. [2]
Low clearances downtown
- News reports put the East Market Street railroad underpass at 10 ft 4 in, low enough to trap a delivery truck. [16]
- The East Washington Street railroad bridge is posted at 12 ft, and trucks have hit it repeatedly. [17]
- The Lindsay Street railroad underpass is reported at 12 ft; a 13-foot semi got stuck there. [18]
Truck parking and fuel
- TA Greensboro at I-85/I-40 Exit 138 in Whitsett has 173 truck spaces with reservations, a CAT scale, 6 service bays, showers and laundry. [19]
- The biggest lots are east toward Mebane: Petro at 500 Buckhorn Road with 285 spaces, Flying J at Exit 150 with 251, Pilot at Exit 152 with 140, and Love's with 82. [20][21]
- Nearby NCDOT rest areas are on I-85 at mile marker 139 west of Burlington and mile marker 99 south of Thomasville, and on I-73/74 at mile marker 58 in Randolph County. Staying overnight is not allowed. [22]
- NCDOT lists I-85 as at capacity for truck parking. Some lots look full because carriers reserve spaces through fuel contracts. [1]
Weigh stations
When volume changes
- High Point Market runs twice a year. The 2026 shows are April 25 to 29 and October 17 to 21. [24][25][26]
- Exhibitor freight at High Point Market moves on scheduled dock appointments because dock space is limited. [27]
- North Carolina grows about 60 percent of the US flue-cured tobacco crop, and harvest usually runs from July into October. [28]