About a million people are expected to visit the State Fair this year during the course of 11 days, creating heavy traffic conditions for I-40 and I-440, Wade Avenue, Blue Ridge Road, Edwards Mill Road, Trinity Road, N.C. 54 and Hillsborough Street. Local transit agencies and Amtrak will be providing park-and-ride services from downtown Raleigh and Durham, north Raleigh, Cary and Garner. Amtrak is adding a stop at the fairgrounds on its daily Carolinian 79. GoTriangle will also offer a weekend shuttle service. NCDOT recommends that motorists not attending the fair avoid the roads near the fairgrounds if possible. 

SOURCE: NCDOT