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There are 22 Interstate Highways—9 primary and 13 auxiliary—that exist entirely or partially in the U.S. state of North Carolina.As of January 2020, the state had a total of 1,410 miles (2,270 km) of Interstates and 70 miles (110 km) of Interstate business routes, all maintained by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT).
Major routes were multiples of 10, with 10, 20, and 90 running east–west, 30, 40, 50, 70, and 80 running north–south, and 60 running as a diagonal route. [6] These cross-state routes were used as a basis for numbering the two-digit roads that served as the major city-city connectors.
Longest state highway. Until 1934, went southwest from Fayetteville via what is now US 401 and US 15 rather than northwest; rerouted on different route that year, truncated in 1940, and extended to Charlotte in 1962/1963. NC 25: 14.2 [10] 22.9 SC 12 at the South Carolina state line: US 74/NC 20 in Monroe: 1921: 1934
Longest numbered route in North Carolina. US 70: 488.0: 785.4 US 25/US 70/SR 9 at the TN state line: School Drive in Atlantic: 1926: current US 74: 451.8: 727.1 US 64/US 74/SR 40 at the TN state line: Turnaround in Wrightsville Beach: 1926: current US 76: 80.4: 129.4 US 76 at the SC state line: Water Street in Wrightsville Beach: 1934
The purpose of this WikiProject is to create, standardize, and improve articles about the state highway system in North Carolina.This project will encompass all the North Carolina State Routes (on diamond-shaped shields), the U.S. Routes and Interstates that are predominantly North Carolinian (like US 158) and any other unusual routes in the state (like Charlotte 4); important named freeways ...
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Interstate 81 offers a bypass to I-40. From Knoxville, travelers can head north on I-81, which connects with Interstate 26, providing an alternate route to Asheville and other areas in North Carolina.
[8] and, for the most part, disappeared from the map. NC 10 was also known as the "Old Hickory Highway;" at the North Carolina State Capitol building there is a granite highway marker commemorating the North Carolina soldiers of the U.S. Army's 30th "Old Hickory" Division, who fought to break the Hindenburg Line in France during World War I. [9 ...