sentences:  In 1976, a gap of I-40 was completed between Henry River Road (SR 1002), in Hildebran, and NC 16, in Conover.In April 1978, after years of debate on where I-40 should be routed east of I-95, either Morehead City or Wilmington, NCDOT approved a corridor location between Raleigh and Wilmington.The discussions on its routing started since the initial extension in 1969 and arguments from several area groups why the routing should go to their port city.