Box Truck loads in Winston-Salem, NC
Live within 75 miles
No box truck loads out of Winston-Salem right now
Hauling in and out of Winston-Salem
Where the freight is
- Reynolds American's plant in Tobaccoville covers 2 million sq ft and makes 45 to 47 billion cigarettes a year, plus nicotine pouches and vapor products. [1]
- John Deere announced a $70 million excavator factory in Kernersville in January 2026, taking over production that had been done in Japan. [2]
- Ashley Furniture's campus at 333 Ashley Furniture Way in Advance, Davie County, has 4.4 million sq ft of manufacturing and distribution space on 668 acres. [3]
- Ralph Lauren runs a leased distribution center at 2755 NC 66 in Kernersville. [4]
- Rugby Architectural Building Products has a distribution center at 4320 Old Greensboro Road, off US 421 and Linville Road, with four docks. [5]
- Other large employers on Greater Winston-Salem's list include Gildan, Collins Aerospace, WestRock, Cook Medical, Hayward Industries, PepsiCo beverage distribution and Herbalife. [6]
- Forsyth County had about 10,900 workers in logistics and distribution in 2020, roughly 5 percent of county jobs. [7]
Industrial areas
- Whitaker Park is a 220-acre former RJ Reynolds campus near downtown and Wake Forest University, redeveloped with new Class A industrial buildings. [8]
- A Toyota Tsusho America subsidiary bought a 110,163 sq ft building in Whitaker Park, and grocery distributor Purple Crow, which ships to ten states, is based there. [9][10]
Rail and air
- Three railroads serve the area: Norfolk Southern, the Winston-Salem Southbound Railway and the Yadkin Valley Railroad. [11]
- The nearest intermodal ramp is Norfolk Southern's Greensboro terminal at 1105 Merritt Drive, about 30 miles east. [12]
- FedEx's Mid-Atlantic hub is at Piedmont Triad International Airport, between Winston-Salem and Greensboro. [13]
Roads
- I-40 toward Greensboro carries an estimated 6,000 to 12,000 trucks a day. [14]
- I-285 runs 23.5 miles together with US 52, from I-85 in Lexington to I-40 in Winston-Salem. [15]
- The last two eastern pieces of the I-74 Northern Beltway, from I-74 to I-40 and from I-40 to US 421, were about 80 percent built in December 2025, with NCDOT aiming for late 2026. [16]
- The western beltway loop is not scheduled to go to contract until 2030 for its first phase and 2032 for its second. [16]
- NCDOT is widening US 52 at Hanes Mill Road, Exits 115 and 116, through May 2027. Bridge work has meant overnight closures of both directions. [17]
- Forsyth County ranked fourth in North Carolina for truck crashes from 2015 to 2019. [14]
- No Winston-Salem location made ATRI's 2026 list of the top 100 truck bottlenecks in the US. [18]
Low clearances
- The Fifth Street railroad trestle downtown, near the Innovation Quarter, is posted at 12 ft 4 in. A GPS-routed tractor-trailer peeled its roof there, and several trucks have hit it. [19]
Truck parking and fuel
- No full-service truck stop with confirmed truck parking was found inside Winston-Salem. The nearest large lots are TA Mocksville at I-40 Exit 170 and TA Greensboro at I-85/I-40 Exit 138 in Whitsett. [20][21]
- TA Mocksville has 139 spaces, 8 diesel lanes, a CAT scale and 3 service bays, open 24 hours. [20]
- Love's at I-40 Exit 154 in Statesville has 92 spaces. At I-85 Exit 71 in Salisbury, Love's has 90 spaces and Pilot has 50. [22][23]
- Nearby NCDOT rest areas are on I-40 at mile marker 177 in Davie County, on I-85 at mile marker 99 south of Thomasville, and on I-77 northbound at mile marker 72 in Yadkin County. Staying overnight is not allowed. [24]
- NCDOT lists I-77 and I-85 as at capacity for truck parking. [14]