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Exit 81 — I-85 in North Carolina

Long Ferry Road · Milepost 79.4 · 24 places at this exit.

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Gas · 3

Place	Off the ramp
BP	at the exit · fuel	call
Exxon	at the exit · gas station	call
Fast Stop	1.3 mi · gas station	call

Food & restaurants · 14

Place	Off the ramp
Raise the Roost	at the exit · restaurant	call
Schwans’s Consumer Brands	0.5 mi · restaurant
Italy Cafe	1.0 mi · cafe	call
Italy Café	1.0 mi · italian
Hendrix Barbecue	1.1 mi · barbecue restaurant	call
Hendrix Real Pit Barbeque	1.1 mi · barbecue
Bojangles	1.4 mi · fast food restaurant	call
Subway	1.4 mi · sandwich shop	call
Spring Garden Chinese Restaurant	1.4 mi · chinese restaurant	call
Be Bops	1.8 mi · diner	call
Queso Salsa	1.9 mi · mexican restaurant	call
Fleming Street Bakery & Southern Cuisine	1.9 mi · southern restaurant	call
Roger Dogs	2.0 mi · hot dog restaurant	call
Our Place Cafe	2.0 mi · burger restaurant	call

Hotels & stays · 1

Place	Off the ramp
Spencer Moose Lodge	1.1 mi · lodge	call

Things to see · 6

Place	Off the ramp
N.C. Transportation Museum	1.7 mi · art museum	call
Polar Express	1.8 mi · museum
Spencer Train Museum	1.8 mi · history museum
Transportion Museum of North Carolina	1.8 mi · museum
NC Museum of Dolls, Toys and Miniatures	2.0 mi · museum	call
State Transportation Museum	2.0 mi · history museum	call

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