N.C. State Fairgrounds is easily accessible from the I-440 Beltline, I-40, as well as from Blue Ridge Road, N.C. Highway 54 (Hillsborough Street) and Edwards Mill Road. Free parking is available on State Fair and Carter-Finley Football Stadium property, except for recreational vehicles that park between the hours of midnight and 8:00 a.m.
From Greensboro, Durham, Chapel Hill, or RDU AirportI-40 East into Raleigh
Exit Wade Avenue, Exit #289
Exit Edwards Mill Road

Follow signs to State Fair parking

 

From Fayetteville, Lumberton, South Carolina

I-95 North to I-40 West
Exit Wade Avenue, Exit #289
Exit Edwards Mill Road

Follow signs to State Fair parking

 

From Goldsboro, Kinston

US 70 West to I-40 West
Exit #293, I-440 to Exit #289 Wade Avenue
Exit Edwards Mill Road

Follow signs to State Fair parking

 

From Rocky Mount

US 64 / 264 West to Raleigh
Exit 419 – I-440 towards Wake Forest
Exit Wade Avenue, Exit #4-B
Exit Edwards Mill Road

Follow signs to State Fair parking

 

From Wilmington, Jacksonville

I-40 West to Raleigh
Exit Wade Avenue, Exit #289
Exit Edwards Mill Road

Follow signs to State Fair parking

 

From Wilson, Greenville

US 264 West to 64 West to Raleigh
Exit 419 – I-440 towards Wake Forest
Exit Wade Avenue, Exit #4-B
Exit Edwards Mill Road

Follow signs to State Fair parking

 

From Charlotte, Kannapolis, Salisbury

I-85 North to I-40 East to Raleigh
Exit Wade Avenue, Exit #289
Exit Edwards Mill Road

Follow signs to State Fair parking

 

From Richmond, Petersburg, Virginia

I-95 South to I-85 South to US 1 South to Raleigh
Take I-440 W Exit towards Sanford
Exit Wade Avenue, Exit #4-B
Exit Edwards Mill Road

Follow signs to State Fair parking