Editing Gastonia, North Carolina (section)

====Highways and major city thoroughfares====
[[Interstate 85 in North Carolina|Interstate 85]] (I-85) links Gastonia directly with [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]], [[Greensboro, North Carolina|Greensboro]], [[Durham, North Carolina|Durham]], and [[Petersburg, Virginia|Petersburg]]/[[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]] (to the northeast) and [[Spartanburg, South Carolina|Spartanburg]], [[Greenville, South Carolina|Greenville]], [[Atlanta]] and [[Montgomery, Alabama|Montgomery]] (to the southwest).  Gastonia's transportation network is supplemented by one additional freeway ([[U.S. Route 321 in North Carolina|US 321]]), the freeway portion of which directly connects Gastonia with transcontinental [[Interstate 40 in North Carolina|I-40]] and the city of [[Hickory, North Carolina|Hickory]], {{convert|35|mi}} north of Gastonia.

Gastonia is also served by three federal highways: [[U.S. Route 29 in North Carolina|US 29]], [[U.S. Route 74 in North Carolina|US 74]] (US 29 and US 74 follow the same route through the city), and US 321. US 29 parallels I-85 through the Carolinas, while US 74 provides direct east–west links to Charlotte and [[Wilmington, North Carolina|Wilmington]] (east), and [[Asheville, North Carolina|Asheville]] and [[Cherokee, North Carolina|Cherokee]] (to the west).  US 321 links Gastonia to central South Carolina and the [[Blue Ridge Mountains]] in northwest North Carolina. State highways include: [[North Carolina Highway 7|NC 7]], [[North Carolina Highway 274|NC 274]], [[North Carolina Highway 275|NC 275]] and [[North Carolina Highway 279|NC 279]].

Franklin Boulevard, Garrison Boulevard, Hudson Boulevard and Ozark/Long/Airline/Gaston Avenues are major east–west city thoroughfares. New Hope Road, Chester Street/York Road, and Marietta Street/Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Way, are major north–south city thoroughfares.