North Carolina Highway 2

NC Highway 2
Route information
Maintained by NCDOT
Length:	5.49 mi[1] (8.84 km)
Existed:	1934 – present
Major junctions
West end:	NC 5 in Pinehurst
	US 15 / US 501 / NC 211 in Pinehurst NC 22 in Southern Pines
East end:	US 1 in Southern Pines
Location
Counties:	Moore
Highway system
North Carolina Highway System Interstate U.S. State Scenic ← US 1 NC 3 →

North Carolina Highway 2 is a five-mile (8 km) North Carolina state highway that runs entirely in Moore County. Its primary function is to connect the two Sandhills towns of Southern Pines and Pinehurst.

Route description

NC 2's western terminus is at a tree-lined intersection with NC 5, just south of downtown Pinehurst. Traveling in a northeasterly direction (signed east), NC 2 arrives at the Pinehurst Traffic Circle where US 15-501 and NC 211 meet. Exiting the traffic circle on an easterly spur, NC 2 continues east into the city of Southern Pines. After entering the city limits, NC 2 intersects with the southern terminus of NC 22 before arriving at its own terminus at the U.S. 1 freeway. The majority of NC 2 is locally known as Midland Road. In Pinehurst, Midland Road turns into Palmetto Street, Azalea Road and Cherokee Street where it ends at Beulah Hill Road (NC 5).

History

• 1934 - As North Carolina renumbered most its highways, NC 2 was randomly selected to be the road that ran from Candor to Southern Pines. At this time, the community that is now part of northern Southern Pines was known as Manly.
• 1939 - The section of NC 2 west of NC 5 (Beulah Hill Road) was renumbered to NC 211, drastically shortening the length of the route. The remaining NC 2 was upgraded to a paved, four-lane highway, being one of the first in the state.^[2]

Junction list

The entire route is in Moore County.

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Pinehurst	0.00	0.00	NC 5	Western terminus of NC 2
	1.57	2.53	US 15 / US 501 / NC 211	Pinehurst Traffic Circle
Southern Pines	5.28	8.50	NC 22
	5.49	8.84	US 1	Eastern Terminus of NC 2
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Bannered routes

Historically, NC 2 had spawn one alternate route that has since been decommissioned:

NC Highway 2A
Location:	Southern Pines, North Carolina
Existed:	1945–1952

Southern Pines alternate spur

Established sometime between 1945–49, it connected NC 2 (today Midland Road) as a spur route, along Yadkin Road, to US 1 (today May Street). By 1952, NC 2 replaced NC 2A. By 1967 or 1968, NC 2 was truncated along the new bypass route of US 1, leaving Yadkin Road as a secondary road.^[2][3]

References

1. Overview Map North Carolina Route 2 (Map). Yahoo Maps. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
2. "NCRoads.com: N.C. 2". Retrieved 2012-01-14.
3. "NCRoads.com: N.C. 2-A". Retrieved 2012-01-14.

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

• State Ends - NC 2 Termini