According to the N.C. Department of Transportation, the new section opened about a year ahead of schedule! Author: Brian Bennett Updated: 4:42 PM EST December 23, 2020 GREENSBORO, N.C. — Editor's Note: The attached video is from before the section of the loop was officially opened. Now with the opening of the new, 2-mile stretch between Lawndale Drive and North Elm Street, only one more section of the highway is needed to complete a 49-mile loop around Greensboro! NCDOT says the 4-mile section between North Elm Street and U.S. 29 is expected to open by early 2023, weather permitting. “All of us at NCDOT are proud to see this come to fruition,” said North Carolina Transportation Secretary Eric Boyette. “This project will connect Greensboro and its northern neighbors to the rest of our state like never before.”