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Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point: 1,736,099 4 75 Fayetteville–Lumberton–Pinehurst: 693,299 5 89 Asheville–Waynesville–Brevard: 513,720 6 119 Rocky Mount–Wilson–Roanoke Rapids: 288,366 7 137 Greenville–Washington: 219,600 8 145 New Bern–Morehead City: 193,830
US 311 is a nominally north–south route that runs northeast–southwest between Danville, VA and Winston-Salem. The former alignment south of Winston-Salem has been fully signed as I-74; work has begun on US 311 signage removal on this alignment. US 421 enters the region from the southeast, and joins I-85 in Greensboro. It then takes I-85 ...
In 1920, with a population of 48,395, Winston-Salem was the largest city in North Carolina. [19] [20] [21] In 1929, the Reynolds Building was completed in Winston-Salem. Designed by William F. Lamb from the architectural firm Shreve, Lamb and Harmon, the Reynolds Building is a 314-foot (96 m) skyscraper that has 21 floors.
The geography of North Carolina falls naturally into three divisions — the Appalachian Mountains in the west (including the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains), the central Piedmont Plateau, and the eastern Atlantic Coastal Plain. North Carolina covers 53,819 square miles (139,391 km 2) and
U.S. Route 441 (US 441) is a north–south United States Highway that runs from Miami, Florida to Rocky Top, Tennessee.In the U.S. state of North Carolina, US 441 travels for 64.5 miles (103.8 km) from the Georgia state line near Dillard, Georgia to the Tennessee state line in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Interstate 40 (I-40) is a part of the Interstate Highway System that travels 2,556.61 miles (4,114.46 km) from Barstow, California, to Wilmington, North Carolina.In North Carolina, I-40 travels 420.21 miles (676.26 km) across the entirety of the state from the Tennessee state line along the Pigeon River Gorge to U.S. Highway 117 (US 117) and North Carolina Highway 132 (NC 132) in Wilmington.
US 23 in North Carolina has three dedicated or memorialized sections of highway. Great Smoky Mountains Expressway – official name of US 23, on sections that overlap with US 74 in Haywood and Jackson counties (approved on September 16, 1983). [3] Liston B. Ramsey Freeway – official name of US 23, on the section that overlaps with I-26 in ...
Western North Carolina (often abbreviated as WNC) is the region of North Carolina which includes the Appalachian Mountains; it is often known geographically as the state's Mountain Region. It contains the highest mountains in the Eastern United States, with 125 peaks rising to over 5,000 feet (1,500 meters) in elevation.