U.S. Route 301 in North Carolina
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Route of US 301 in North Carolina highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Auxiliary route of US 1 | ||||
| Maintained by NCDOT | ||||
| Length: | 193.7 mi[1] (311.7 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1932 – present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end: |
  US 301 / US 501 at the South Carolina line near Rowland | |||
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 US 64 in Rocky Mount | ||||
| North end: |
US 301 at the Virginia line near Pleasant Hill | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties: | Robeson, Cumberland, Harnett, Harnett, Johnston, Wilson, Nash, Edgecombe, Halifax, Northampton | |||
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U.S. Route 301 (US 301) is a north–south United States highway that runs for 194 miles (312 km) in North Carolina from the South Carolina state line near Rowland to the Virginia state line near Pleasant Hill.
Route description
US 301 generally follows the same route as Interstate 95 (I-95) through North Carolina; they both enter the state near the South of the Border attraction in South Carolina, overlap together around Lumberton, and share multiple interchanges before reaching Virginia.
Starting at the South Carolina border concurrent with US 501, it goes northwest through Rowland before merging with I-95 from exit 10 to exit 22. North of Lumberton, it crosses I-95 twice before entering Fayetteville, overlapped with I-95 Business along Eastern Boulevard. North of Eastover, it crosses under North Carolina Highway 295 (NC 295), also known as Future I-295, as it parallels I-95 to its immediate west. Traversing through the cities of Wade, Godwin, Dunn, and Benson, where it crosses over I-40 without an interchange; it continues on through Smithfield, Selma, and Micro. At Kenly, US 301 goes away from I-95 into the cities of Wilson and Rocky Mount, before returning to a more easterly parallel to the Interstate. US 301 continues north through the towns of Enfield, Halifax, Weldon, and Garysburg before crossing into Virginia.[1]
History
US 301 was established in 1932, replacing US 217 from the South Carolina state line to Wilson, and US 17-1 from Wilson to the Virginia state line. In 1934, NC 22 and NC 40 were dropped along the route.[2][3]
Route changes along US 301 started in the early-1950s with a new bypass (Eastern Boulevard) around central Fayetteville and a new bypass west of Halifax. In 1955 or 1956, a new bypass (Ward Boulevard) was built east of Wilson. By 1958, US 301 was widen to a four-lane road around Lumberton, Fayetteville, and between Kenly and Rocky Mount; it was also at this time that Elm City was bypassed. In 1961, I-95 was overlapped with US 301 on the Lumberton bypass. By 1984, US 301 was extended south along I-95 to exit 10, keeping its routing through Rowland.[2]
U.S. Route 217
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| Location: | SC state line-Wilson, NC |
| Length: | 126.7 mi[4] (203.9 km) |
| Existed: | 1926–1932 |
U.S. Route 217 (US 217) was an original U.S. Highway, established in 1926, and was completely overlapped with NC 22. The original highway continued south into South Carolina to end in Pee Dee. US 217 entered from South Carolina south of Rowland where it went north through Rowland and into Lumberton via Hilly Branch Road and 5th Street. Going north on Pine Street and Fayetteville Road, it connected with Fayetteville where it went north on Gillespie Street, then east on Person Street, before it went north again on Dunn Road. Entering Dunn on Clinton Street, it went west on Cumberland Street (NC 60), then north on Ellis Avenue. It entered Smithfield on 3rd Street, and went east on Market Street then north again on 8th Street. As it approached Wilson from the south, it ended at US 17-1/NC 40 (Dixie Inn Road). In 1932, the entire route was renumbered as part of US 301.
Junction list
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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| Robeson | | 0.0 | 0.0 | US 301 south / US 501 south – South of the Border, Dillon I‑95 – Lumberton, Fayetteville, Florence | South Carolina state line; exits 1A–1B (I-95) | |
| Rowland | 2.7 | 4.3 |  US 501 north / NC 130 – Laurinburg, Fairmont | North end of US 501 overlap | ||
| | 11.8 | 19.0 | 10 | I‑95 south – Florence | South end of I-95 overlap | |
| Lumberton | 14.5 | 23.3 | 13 |   I‑74 / US 74 – Whiteville, Wilmington, Laurinburg, Rockingham | Signed as exits 13A (east) and 13B (west) | |
| 18.5 | 29.8 | 17 |   NC 72 / NC 711 north – Lumberton, Pembroke, Red Springs | Southern terminus of NC 711 | ||
| 20.2 | 32.5 | 19 | Carthage Road | |||
| 21.4 | 34.4 | 20 |   NC 211 to NC 41 – Lumberton, Red Springs, Fairmont | |||
| 23.0 | 37.0 | 22 | I‑95 north – Fayetteville | North end of I-95 overlap | ||
| | 27.0 | 43.5 | I‑95 – Lumberton, Fayetteville | Exit 25 (I-95) | ||
| Saint Pauls | 33.2 | 53.4 |  NC 20 (Broad Street) – Lumber Bridge, Elizabethtown | |||
| | 35.5 | 57.1 | I‑95 – Lumberton, Fayetteville | Exit 33 (I-95) | ||
| | 40.2 | 64.7 |  NC 71 south – Parkton, Lumber Bridge, Red Springs | |||
| Cumberland | | 43.0 | 69.2 |  I‑95 Bus. south to I‑95 south – Lumberton | South end of I-95 Business overlap; interchange; northbound US 301 to northbound BL 95 and southbound BL 95 to southbound US 301 access only | |
| Hope Mills | 43.6 | 70.2 |  NC 59 to I‑95 – Hope Mills | Interchange | ||
| 45.6 | 73.4 |  NC 162 west (Elk Road) | Eastern terminus of NC 162 | |||
| Fayetteville | 50.6 | 81.4 |  NC 87 (Martin Luther King Jr Freeway) – Elizabethtown | Exit 102 (NC 87) | ||
| 52.4 | 84.3 |    NC 24 / NC 210 to US 401 (Grove Street) – Roseboro | ||||
| 53.8 | 86.6 | Middle Road | Interchange | |||
| | 55.6 | 89.5 | Dobbins Holmes Road | Interchange | ||
| Eastover | 57.3 | 92.2 | I‑95 Bus. north to I‑95 north – Benson | North end of I-95 Business overlap; interchange | ||
| 60.2 | 96.9 |  To I‑95 to US 13 / Pembroke Lane – Newton Grove | ||||
| Godwin | 68.5 | 110.2 |  NC 82 (Main Street) – Erwin, Falcon | |||
| Harnett | Dunn | 76.4 | 123.0 |   US 421 / NC 55 (Cumberland Street) – Erwin, Lillington, Clinton | ||
| Johnston | Benson | 83.2 | 133.9 |    NC 27 west / NC 50 / NC 242 south (Main Street) – Coats, Newton Grove | South end of NC 242 overlap | |
| 83.7 | 134.7 |  NC 242 north to I‑40 | North end of NC 242 overlap | |||
| | 93.9 | 151.1 |   I‑95 / US 701 south / NC 96 south – Benson, Rocky Mount, Newton Grove | Exit 90 (I-95); northern terminus of US 701; south end of NC 96 overlap | ||
| Smithfield | 98.4 | 158.4 |    US 70 Bus. / NC 210 (Market Street) – Goldsboro, Clayton | |||
| Selma | 101.0 | 162.5 |  US 70 / NC 39 south – Clayton, Goldsboro | South end of NC 39 overlap | ||
| 102.5 | 165.0 | NC 96 north (Richardson Street) – Zebulon | North end of NC 96 overlap | |||
| 103.4 | 166.4 | NC 39 north – Bunn | North end of NC 39 overlap | |||
| Kenly | 112.0 | 180.2 | I‑95 – Smithfield, Rocky Mount | Exit 107 (I-95) | ||
| 112.5 | 181.1 |  NC 222 (Second Street) – Fremont | ||||
| Wilson | | 114.7 | 184.6 |  NC 581 – Bailey, Goldsboro | ||
| | 123.2 | 198.3 |  I‑795 – Goldsboro, Raleigh | Exit 5 (I-795) | ||
| | 123.6 | 198.9 |  US 117 south – Fremont, Pikeville | Northern terminus of US 117 | ||
| Wilson | 123.9 | 199.4 |  US 264 – Greenville, Raleigh | Exit 43 (US 264) | ||
| 126.6 | 203.7 |   US 264 Alt. west (Ward Boulevard) | West end of US 264 Alternate overlap | |||
| 128.2 | 206.3 |  US 264 Alt. east / NC 58 south (Martin Luther King Jr Parkway) – Stantonsburg, Saratoga | East end of US 264 Alternate overlap, south end of NC 58 overlap | |||
| 128.7 | 207.1 | NC 58 north (Lipscomb Road) | North end of NC 58 overlap | |||
| 129.9 | 209.1 |  NC 42 (Herring Avenue) – Pinetops, Wilson | Interchange | |||
| | 132.4 | 213.1 | Rosebud Church Road | Interchange | ||
| | 135.0 | 217.3 | Langley Road – Elm City | Interchange | ||
| Nash | | 141.5 | 227.7 | US 301 Bus. north (Tarboro Road) | Southern terminus of US 301 Bus. | |
| Rocky Mount | 143.4 | 230.8 |   NC 97 (Tarboro Road) – Raleigh | Interchange; to Rocky Mount-Wilson Regional Airport | ||
| 146.6 | 235.9 | US 64 Bus. (Sunset Avenue) / May Drive | Interchange; northbound exit via May Drive | |||
| 147.2 | 236.9 | US 64 – Tarboro, Raleigh | Exit 468A (US 64) | |||
| 148.2 | 238.5 |   NC 43 / NC 48 (Benvenue Road) – Red Oak, Gold Rock | Interchange | |||
| 150.0 | 241.4 | US 301 Bus. south (Church Road) | Northern terminus of US 301 Bus. | |||
| Battleboro | 153.5 | 247.0 |  NC 4 north to I‑95 | Interchange; northbound US 301 to northbound NC 4 and southbound NC 4 to southbound US 301 only; other access via Red Oak-Battleboro Road | ||
| Whitakers | 159.1 | 256.0 |  NC 33 west (Nash Street) – Red Oak | West end of NC 33 overlap | ||
| 159.3 | 256.4 | NC 33 east (Main Street) – Tarboro | East end of NC 33 overlap | |||
| Halifax | Enfield | 164.0 | 263.9 |  NC 481 west – Glenview | West end of NC 481 overlap | |
| 165.3 | 266.0 | NC 481 Bus. west (Whitaker Street) | Eastern terminus of NC 481 Bus. | |||
| | 167.1 | 268.9 | NC 481 east – Tillery | East end of NC 481 overlap | ||
| | 173.4 | 279.1 |   NC 125 south / NC 903 south – Scotland Neck | South end of NC 125/NC 903 overlap | ||
| | 175.6 | 282.6 |  NC 561 east – Tillery | East end of NC 561 overlap | ||
| | 176.0 | 283.2 | NC 561 west – Brinkleyville, Louisburg | West end of NC 561 overlap | ||
| Halifax | 176.5 | 284.0 | US 301 Bus. north (King Street) | Southern terminus of US 301 Bus. | ||
| 177.1 | 285.0 | NC 125 north / NC 903 north – Roanoke Rapids | North end of NC 125/NC 903 overlap | |||
| 177.4 | 285.5 | US 301 Bus. south (David Street) | Northern terminus of US 301 Bus. | |||
| Weldon | 184.0 | 296.1 |  US 158 west (Second Street) – Roanoke Rapids | West end of US 158 overlap | ||
| Northampton | Garysburg | 186.4 | 300.0 | US 158 east – Jackson, Murfreesboro | East end of US 158 overlap | |
| 186.8 | 300.6 |   NC 46 west / NC 186 west – Gaston | Eastern terminus of NC 46; south end of NC 186 overlap | |||
| 187.0 | 300.9 | NC 186 east – Seaboard | North end of NC 186 overlap | |||
| Pleasant Hill | 193.0 | 310.6 | NC 48 south – Gaston | Northern terminus of NC 48 | ||
| | 193.7 | 311.7 | US 301 north – Emporia | Virginia state line | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
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North Carolina portal -
U.S. Roads portal - Bannered routes of U.S. Route 301
- North Carolina Bicycle Route 5 - Concurrent with US 301 from Wade Stedman Road to Sisk Culbreth Road in Wade
References
- 1 2 3 Google (2011-03-06). "US 301" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
- 1 2 "NCRoads.com Annex: U.S. 301". Archived from the original on November 25, 2010. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
- ↑ Staff (6 May 1935). "Route 301 Has Been Restored To 5th Street". The Robesonian. Lumberton, North Carolina. Retrieved 2016-07-10 – via Newspapers.com. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ Google (July 14, 2013). "U.S. Route 217" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
External links
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Media related to U.S. Route 301 in North Carolina at Wikimedia Commons - NCRoads.com: U.S. 217
- NCRoads.com: U.S. 301
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