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North Carolina Highway 150A (NC 150A) was established in 1956 when NC 150 was rerouted onto new primary routing bypassing southeast of downtown Lincolnton; the old alignment became NC 150A. The route followed West Highway 150 to Riverside Drive, where it linked-up with NC 27 .
The Bank of America Corporate Center is an 871 ft (265 m) skyscraper in Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina. [1] Designed by Argentine architect César Pelli and HKS Architects, and best known as the headquarters of the namesake Bank of America, it has been the tallest building in North Carolina since its 1992 construction, the 51st-tallest building in the United States, and the 174th-tallest ...
Elgin is a historic plantation house located near Warrenton, Warren County, North Carolina. It was built about 1835, and is a two-story, three-bay, Federal -style temple-form frame dwelling. It has a gable roof, pedimented front porch, and flanking porches.
North Carolina covers 53,819 square miles (139,391 km 2) and is 503 miles (810 km) long by 150 miles (241 km) wide. The physical characteristics of the state vary from the summits of the Smoky Mountains , an altitude of near seven thousand feet (2,130 m) in the west, sloping eastward to sea level along the coast and beaches of the Atlantic Ocean .
NC 210 west (Rifle Range Road) – Topsail Beach, Sneads Ferry: Southern terminus of NC 210: Jacksonville: 101.2: 162.9: US 17 Bus. north – Jacksonville: South end of freeway section; northbound left exit and southbound entrance: 101.6: 163.5: NC 24 west to US 258 – Richlands, Kinston: West end of NC 24 overlap; southbound access to US 17 ...
Piggly Wiggly Wholesale was founded by Joseph T. Newton Jr. in 1947 when he purchased a Piggly Wiggly Franchise from the Piggly Wiggly Corporation. [2] In 1958, Joe Newton’s son-in-law, Burt Schools, joined the business followed by Joe’s son, Joseph T. "Buzzy" Newton, III in 1962.
Hendersonville is a city in and the county seat of Henderson County, North Carolina, United States, [5] located 22 miles (35 km) south of Asheville. Like the county, the city is named for 19th-century North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Leonard Henderson. [6] The population was 13,137 at the 2010 census [7] and was estimated in 2019 to ...
Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point (MOTSU) is one of the largest military terminals in the world. [1] It serves as a transfer point between rail, trucks, and ships for the import and export of weapons, ammunition, explosives and military equipment for the United States Army and is operated by the 596th Transportation Brigade.