CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Rev. Billy Graham’s body will be transported from Asheville to Charlotte on Saturday, February 24th.
Graham’s body will leave the Billy Graham Training Center at The Cove at 11am. The motorcade is expected to arrival at the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte at 3pm.
Routes and points of interest:
All times are approximate.
11:25 a.m.—Asheville Details
1. Depart the Billy Graham Training Center at The Cove; take I-40 E
For details, see Fact Sheet: Billy Graham Training Center at The Cove.
2. Take Exit 59 (Patton Cove Road, Swannanoa)
3. Turn left at Patton Cove Road
11:35 a.m.—Black Mountain Details
(recommended viewing area is on State Street between Craigmont Road and I-40; see map for details)
4. Turn right at US-70 E (W State Street)
At the intersections of W State Street and Highway 9 (on the right-hand side) is Town Hardware, formerly Black Mountain Drugstore, a place Ruth and Billy Graham used to frequent. Billy often rode his horse there from their home in Montreat 2.3 miles away.
Just behind Town Hardware, Cherry Street dead-ends at the railroad tracks where the Black Mountain train station used to be. In the 1950s, Billy often boarded trains to Washington or New York at the Black Mountain train station, then flew out from one of those cities to preach internationally.
11:45 a.m.—Continued Route
5. Take ramp onto I-40 E
6. Take Exit 123A toward US-321
7. Merge onto US-321 S
8. Merge onto I-85 N to Charlotte
2:20 p.m.—Charlotte Details
(recommended viewing areas are on Tryon Street between I-277 and Stonewall Street; on Stonewall Street between Tryon Street and South Boulevard; and on South Boulevard between Stonewall Street and Remount Road; see map for details)
9. Take Exit 36 (Brookshire Boulevard) toward US-74 E
10. Stay right to merge onto Brookshire Boulevard/W Brookshire Freeway
11. Stay left to continue on W Brookshire Freeway (I-277 S)
12. Take Exit 3B; merge onto 11th Street
13. Turn right on N Tryon Street (continue as name changes to S Tryon Street)
14. Turn left on Stonewall Street
15. Turn right on South Boulevard
At the intersection of South Boulevard and West Boulevard (on the right-hand side) is Grace Covenant Church, formerly Chalmers Memorial Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, which was five miles from Billy Graham’s childhood home. Graham and his family were members of this church during his childhood and teen years.
16. Turn right on Remount Road
18. Turn left on S Tryon Street
19. Turn right on Billy Graham Parkway
20. Turn right into the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
