 At McGee Crossroads and continuing northward, the farmland gives way to sleeper communities for the Raleigh area.The majority of the highway's route is concurrent with US 70 and to a lesser extent with US 401.At Garner, the highway continues northwest to Fayetteville Road (US 401), then goes north as Wilmington Street and later Saunders Street before crossing the Raleigh Beltline (I-40/US 64).