Editing Interstate 85 (section)

{{Short description|Interstate Highway across the  southeastern US}}
{{Redirect|I-85|the submarine|Japanese submarine I-185}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2017}}
{{Use American English|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox road
| country = USA
| type = I
| route = 85
| map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|type=line|from=Interstate 85.map}}
| map_custom = yes
| length_mi = 666.05
| length_ref = <ref name="fhwa">{{cite web |last=Starks |first=Edward |date=January 27, 2022 |title=Table 1: Main Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table01.cfm |access-date=August 17, 2022 |work=FHWA Route Log and Finder List |publisher=[[Federal Highway Administration]]}}</ref>
| established = {{start date|1958|08|04}}
| direction_a = South
| terminus_a = {{Jct|country=USA|I|65|US|82}} in [[Montgomery, Alabama|Montgomery, AL]]
| junction = <!-- Major junctions only; Only 5-8 most major intersections and cities belong here; please read [[WP:USRD/STDS]] for more info -->
*{{Jct|country=USA|I|75}} through [[Atlanta|Atlanta, GA]]
*{{Jct|country=USA|I|20}} in Atlanta, GA
*{{Jct|country=USA|I|26}} near [[Spartanburg, South Carolina|Spartanburg, SC]]
*{{Jct|country=USA|I|77|US|21}} in [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte, NC]]
*{{Jct|country=USA|I|74}} near [[Archdale, North Carolina|Archdale, NC]]
*{{Jct|country=USA|I|73}} in [[Greensboro, North Carolina|Greensboro, NC]]
*{{Jct|country=USA|I|40}} from Greensboro, NC to [[Hillsborough, North Carolina|Hillsborough, NC]]
| direction_b = North
| terminus_b = {{Jct|country=USA|I|95|US|460}} in [[Petersburg, Virginia|Petersburg, VA]]
| states = [[Alabama]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[South Carolina]], [[North Carolina]], [[Virginia]]
}}
'''Interstate&nbsp;85''' ('''I-85''') is a major [[Interstate Highway]] in the [[Southeastern United States]]. Its southern terminus is at an interchange with [[Interstate 65|I-65]] in [[Montgomery, Alabama]]; its northern terminus is an interchange with [[Interstate 95|I-95]] in [[Petersburg, Virginia]], near [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]]. It is nominally north–south as it carries an odd number, but it is physically oriented northeast–southwest and covers a larger east–west span than north–south. While most Interstates that end in a "5" are cross-country, I-85 is primarily a regional route serving five southeastern states: [[Virginia]], [[North Carolina]], [[South Carolina]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], and [[Alabama]].

Major metropolitan areas served by I-85 include the [[Greater Richmond Region]] in Virginia, the [[Research Triangle]], [[Piedmont Triad]], and [[Charlotte metropolitan area]] regions of North Carolina, [[Upstate South Carolina]], the [[Atlanta metropolitan area]] in Georgia, and the [[Montgomery metropolitan area]] in Alabama. There are plans to extend I-85 along the [[U.S. Route 80|US Route&nbsp;80]] (US&nbsp;80) corridor into [[Mississippi]]. Because of its unusually diagonal nature, portions of I-85 are to the west of [[Interstate 75|I-75]], which puts I-85 out of the Interstate grid.