North Carolina Highway 11 Bypass (NC 11 Byp.), is a , bypass route of NC 11 in Pitt County, North Carolina. The bypass is a four-lane freeway that runs between a junction with NC 11 south of Ayden to an interchange with U.S. Route 264 (US 264), US 13, NC 11, and NC 903 north of Greenville, wrapping around the west side of Ayden and Winterville and the northwest side of Greenville. The southern of the route is known as the Greenville Southwest Bypass to locals, which was built due to plans relating traffic alleviation the NC 11 and Stantonsburg Road corridors. The remaining segment of the route is concurrent with US 264. The Greenville Southwest Bypass was proposed due to the recent increased population growth of Greenville, which has led to congestion along the NC 11 corridor. Additionally, the bypass was also planned to help aid growth and development within the area. As such, the Southwest Bypass Land Use Plan was adopted by the Pitt County Board of Commissioners on October 15, 2018, in order to guide the design and scale of future development along the corridor. Route description The route begins as the Greenville Southwest Bypass at a partial interchange with NC 11 south of Ayden. The four-lane rural freeway wraps around the west side of Ayden using exit numbers that are based on mile markers of NC 11 mileage numbers. The route continues north to an interchange with NC 102 continuing northward through rural areas of Pitt County, including the Renston Rural Historic District, bypassing Winterville to the west and coming to two closely spaced diamond interchanges with Forlines Road and US 13 and US 264 Alternate (Dickinson Avenue). West of Greenville, the Greenville Southwest Bypass ends at a cloverleaf interchange with I-587, US 264, and Stantonsburg Road, with the NC 11 Bypass freeway continuing north concurrent with US 264. Wrapping around the city of Greenville to the northwest, the route now uses US 264's mile mileage numbers. The route intersects NC 43 and NC 33 before terminating at a folded diamond interchange with US 13/NC 11/NC 903, from which US 264 continues to the east as a four-lane partial controlled access highway. History In December 2007, the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) completed a final environmental impact statement and also identified the preferred alternatives for the project. Due to the bypass's proposed routing passing through