 Wade Avenue is designated Secondary Road 1728 (SC 1728) from I-40 to Glenwood Avenue.The short piece east of Glenwood Avenue carries US 70 and NC 50.Prior to the completion of I-40 to South Raleigh (and on to Wilmington), and the southern portion of the Beltline (I-440), I-40 was temporarily signed along Wade Avenue's western segment, where it terminated at the Raleigh Beltline, which was then just U.S. Highway 1/64.