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U.S. Route 74 (US 74) is an east–west United States highway that runs for 515 miles (829 km) from Chattanooga, Tennessee to Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina.Primarily in North Carolina, it serves as an important highway from the mountains to the sea, connecting the cities of Asheville, Charlotte and Wilmington.
US 76 and US 74 run concurrently for 1.4 miles (2.3 km) until reaching Wrightsville Beach. [5] US 76 reaches its eastern terminus on the south side of Wrightsville Beach, at an intersection with Water Street. As early as 1916, portions of modern-day US 76, between Wilmington and Whiteville were
U.S. Route 76 (US 76) is an east–west U.S. highway in the Southeastern United States that travels for 548 miles (882 km). Its western terminus is at US 41 and the eastern terminus of US 72 (Broad Street) in the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee, where it travels in a generally due east direction, to its eastern terminus at Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina.
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US 158/NC 12 in Nags Head: 1932: current 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
Wrightsville Beach is a town in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States. Wrightsville Beach is just east of Wilmington and is part of the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,477 at the 2010 census. The town consists of a 4-mile (6 km) long beach island, an interior island called Harbor Island, and pockets of ...
North Carolina's early economy was built upon cash crops, fisheries and turpentine industries. Early East Carolinians lived on settlements at the mouths of the various rivers. Settlers to the regions were of English, Scottish, Swiss and German descent. Eastern North Carolina was a haven for pirating and home to the infamous pirate Blackbeard.