TWTH Arrival Route

Please be advised that traffic along the arrival route will be affected between approximately 11 a.m. and noon on Tuesday, Oct. 16.

The Wake Forest Purple Heart Foundation will host The Wall That Heals, a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, at E. Carroll Joyner Park, 701 Harris Road, Thursday-Sunday, Oct. 18-21. Free and open to the public, the exhibit will be available 24-hours-a-day beginning 8 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, through 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 21.

Although The Wall That Heals (TWTH) will officially open to the public on Thursday, Oct. 18, at 8 a.m., the structure will arrive in Joyner Park as part of an impressive processional on Tuesday, Oct. 16, before being assembled on Wednesday, Oct. 17.

The procession will include TWTH tractor trailer; numerous law enforcement vehicles, several first responder vehicles, including Wake Forest Fire Department fire trucks and Wake Forest Power utility vehicles; and various motorcycle groups.

TWTH Planning Committee is inviting area residents in Youngsville, Rolesville, Wake Forest and beyond to step outside between 11 a.m. and noon on Tuesday, Oct. 16, and watch as The Wall That Heals processional winds its way to Joyner Park.

PLEASE NOTE: North Wake Church, 1212 S. Main St., and Wake Forest United Methodist Church, 905 S. Main St., are inviting area residents to park in their parking lots (by their respective sanctuaries and not day care centers) to view TWTH procession.


TWTH Arrival Route/Schedule

  • At 11 a.m., depart the Food Lion Shopping Center, 1160 US 1, Youngsville, located at the intersection of US 1 and NC Hwy 96;

  • Turn right onto NC Hwy 96 and go 1.7 miles;

  • Turn left onto NC Hwy 96/Main Street (downtown Youngsville) and go 0.3 mile;

  • Turn right onto NC Hwy 96 and go 6.2 miles (through the traffic circle at the intersection of NC Hwy 96 and NC Hwy 98) to US Hwy 401;

  • Turn right onto US Hwy 401 and go 2.8 miles to the second Rolesville Exit (East Young Street);

  • Turn right onto East Young Street and go 0.8 mile to North Main Street;

  • Turn left onto Main Street (downtown Rolesville) and go 0.5 mile (past Rolesville Elementary School, 307 S. Main St.) to Rogers Road;

  • Turn right onto Rogers Road and go 4.6 miles (past Heritage Elementary and Heritage Middle schools, 3500 Rogers Road) to South Main Street;

  • Turn right onto South Main Street and go 1.7 miles (past Wake Forest Middle School, 1800 S. Main St., The Lodge at Wake Forest, 1151 S. Main St., and Wake Forest Elementary School, 136 W. Sycamore Ave.) to the South Main Street/South Avenue roundabout;

  • Bear to the right in the roundabout onto South Avenue and go 1.6 miles (past Wake Forest High School, 420 W. Stadium Ave.) to US 1/Capital Boulevard. Please note: South Avenue will transition to Front Street, North Street and Stadium Drive.

  • Turn right onto US 1 North/Capital Boulevard and go 1.1 miles to Harris Road.

  • Turn right onto Harris Road and go 0.6 mile to E. Carroll Joyner Park;

  • Turn right into Joyner Park, 701 Harris Road.

The total distance is 20 miles, and the total travel time is approximately 45 minutes.