North Carolina Highway 49

NC Highway 49 marker

NC Highway 49

Route of NC 49 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NCDOT
Length: 177.8 mi[1] (286.1 km)
Existed: 1934 – present
Major junctions
South end: SC 49 at Lake Wylie, SC
  I485 in Charlotte
I77 / US 21 in Charlotte
I485 near Harrisburg
I73 / I74 / US 220 in Asheboro
US 421 near Liberty
I40 / I85 in Burlington
North end: SR 49 / SR 96 at Virgilina, VA
Location
Counties: Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Stanly, Rowan, Davidson, Randolph, Alamance, Orange, Caswell, Person, Granville
Highway system
NC 48NC 50

North Carolina Highway 49 (NC 49) is a state highway in the North Carolina Highway System that traverses much of the Piedmont region of North Carolina.

Route description

The highway is part of a three-state highway 49 system, entering North Carolina near Lake Wylie, south of Charlotte, and exiting the state near Virgilina on the Virginia state line.

The route is an important corridor for traffic as it forms a part of the shortest route between the two largest cities in the Carolinas: Charlotte, and the North Carolina state capital of Raleigh. in Asheboro, NC 49 meets US 64, which forms the majority of the Charlotte-Raleigh link.

From where it enters the state, the highway passes through Charlotte and after crossing the more suburban portions of western Cabarrus County, heads northeast into Stanly County. From uptown Charlotte to University City NC 49 is concurrent with US 29. After passing Mount Pleasant in eastern Cabarrus County, the road becomes a designated North Carolina Scenic Byway. The route passes close to Pfeiffer University in Stanly County before crossing the Yadkin River near the Tuckertown Reservoir. After crossing the river, the road skirts the northern foothills of the ancient Uwharrie Mountains and then drops down into the Asheboro area.

In western Asheboro, NC 49 joins US 64 for a 12-mile (19 km) stretch through Asheboro and the outskirts of Franklinville. In Ramseur, the two routes split; NC 49 goes north through the towns of Liberty and Alamance and into Burlington, where it meets I-40/I-85. A concurrency of NC 49 and US 70 winds through Burlington before the two routes diverge at Haw River, where NC 49 heads north. In northern Alamance County, NC 49 meets NC 62 at a 4-way at-grade junction. The two routes switch directions at this point; NC 49 turns east toward Roxboro. After passing through Roxboro and a short interval of concurrency with US 158 and US 501, NC 49 continues on toward the Virginia state line.

One unique fact about the route is that NC 49 is one of limited number of state highways that maintain their numbers in more than two contiguous states, in this case Virginia (SR 49) and South Carolina (SC 49), with an aggregate length in the three states of more than 325 miles (523 km).

History

Established in late 1934 as a renumbering of NC 15, it traversed from Lake Wylie to Morehead and Tryon Street, in Charlotte, where it connected with US 21/US 29/US 74/NC 27. In 1940, NC 49 was extended northeast from Charlotte to the Virginia state line, near Virgilina; its routing went as followed: In Charlotte, it was overlapped with US 29 along Tryon Street and Old Concord Road. Traveling through Concord, via Old Charlotte Road, it then overlaps with NC 73 to Mount Pleasant. Replacing NC 62, it travels northeast, through Richfield and Farmer, to Asheboro. With a brief overlap with US 220 (Fayetteville Street), it continues its northeasterly along Old Liberty road, replacing NC 62, through Liberty, Graham, Haw River, to Pleasant Grove. Going east from Pleasant Grove, NC 49 replaced NC 144, through Roxboro, to the Virginia state line, near Virgilina.

In or by 1947, NC 49 was rerouted in Richfield, removing a concurrency with US 52. And in Asheboro, NC 49 was rerouted onto US 64 to Ramseur, then northeast to Liberty; its old alignment becoming NC 49A.

In 1949, NC 49 was rerouted in Roxboro from Main Street onto newly constructed Madison Boulevard. In 1953, NC 49 was given its modern routing bypassing Concord and a concurrency with NC 73; that same year, in the Charlotte area, it was moved from Old Concord Road to University City Boulevard. Around 1960, NC 49 was given a new alignment south of Farmer, in Randolph County. By 1962, in Roxboro, NC 49 was removed along Morgan Street and Concord Road to an overlap with US 158 on Leasburg Road.

In 1982, NC 49, in concurrency with US 29, was rerouted in Uptown Charlotte from Tryon Street onto Morehead and Graham Streets, cutting back onto Tryon Street via Dalton Avenue.[2] By 1993, NC 49 was adjusted in Pleasant Grove to intersect with NC 62; before it would turn nearby without connecting. In 2004, NC 49/NC 57 was rerouted from a section of Leasburg Road onto Long Avenue, in Roxboro.[3]

North Carolina Highway 15

NC Highway 15
Location: SC state line-Salisbury, NC
Length: 60.3 mi[4] (97.0 km)
Existed: 1921–1934

North Carolina Highway 15 (NC 15) was an original state highway, established in 1921. It began at the intersection of Trade and Tryon Street in Charlotte, connecting with NC 20/NC 27, traversing northeast along Tryon Street and Old Concord Road to Harrisburg and Concord. From Concord, it went north through Kannapolis and Landis before ending in Salisbury at Main and Innes Street, connecting with NC 10/NC 80. In 1927, US 170 was assigned on all of NC 15. By 1930, NC 15 was extended south on Tryon Street/York Road to SC 163, at Lake Wylie. In 1932, US 170 was renumbered as an extension of US 29. In 1934, because of US 15 establishing in the state, NC 15 was removed on all sections overlapping with US 29 and the remaining section was renumbered to NC 49.

Junction list

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Mecklenburg 0.00.0 SC 49 south (Charlotte Highway) YorkSouth Carolina state line
Charlotte3.55.6 NC 160 (Steele Creek Road)
7.7–
7.9
12.4–
12.7
I485 to I77 Columbia, SCExit 1 (I-485)
11.5–
11.8
18.5–
19.0
I77 / US 21 / Charlotte Route 4 / Billy Graham Parkway Rock Hill, SC, CharlotteExit 6B (I-77)
14.423.2 NC 160 south (West Boulevard)Northern terminus of NC 160
15.124.3 NC 27 east (Morehead Street) to I277 / US 74 / Tryon StreetSouthern end of NC 27 concurrency
15.324.6 I277 north / US 74 east to I77 / I85Northbound I-277 entrance only
15.424.8 US 29 south / NC 27 west (Morehead Street) / Mint StreetNorthern end of NC 27 concurrency; southern end of US 29 concurrency
16.6–
16.7
26.7–
26.9
I277 / NC 16 to I77 / US 21 / 10th Street / 12th StreetExit 3B (I-277)
22.736.5 To I85 south / Sandy Avenue GastoniaExit 42 (I-85)
23.337.5 US 29 north (Tryon Street) to I85 north / University Boulevard ConcordNorthern end of US 29 concurrency
24.0–
24.3
38.6–
39.1
NC 24 (W.T. Harris Boulevard) to I485 / Chancellor Park Drive CPCC Cato CampusInterchange
26.3–
26.6
42.3–
42.8
I485 Pineville, ConcordExit 33 (I-485)
CabarrusConcord36.6–
37.0
58.9–
59.5

US 601 / NC 73 Truck west (Warren Coleman Boulevard) Concord, Monroe
Interchange; southern end of NC 73 Truck concurrency
Mount Pleasant42.7–
43.2
68.7–
69.5

NC 73 / NC 73 Truck Albemarle, Concord
Interchange; northern end of NC 73 Truck concurrency
StanlyRichfield54.687.9 US 52 (Church Street) Salisbury, Albemarle, Pfeiffer University
 58.494.0 NC 8 south New LondonSouthern end of NC 8 concurrency
Rowan
No major junctions
DavidsonNewsom62.3100.3 NC 8 north / Badin Lake Road LexingtonNorthern end of NC 8 concurrency
Handy66.3–
66.6
106.7–
107.2
NC 109 Troy, DentonInterchange
Randolph 70.9114.1 NC 47 west / Bombay School Road DentonEastern terminus of NC 47
Asheboro83.4134.2Old N.C. Highway 49 – FarmerInterchange; northbound entrance / southbound exit only
84.0–
84.2
135.2–
135.5
US 64 west (Dixie Drive) / Albemarle Road LexingtonInterchange; southern end of US 64 concurrency
84.2–
84.5
135.5–
136.0
I73 / I74 / US 220 Rockingham, Randleman, GreensboroExit 72A (I-73/I-74)
85.2–
85.3
137.1–
137.3

US 220 Bus. (Fayetteville Street)
Interchange
85.5137.6 NC 159 south (Zoo Parkway) / Cox Road North Carolina ZooNorthern terminus of NC 159
87.0140.0 NC 42 Coleridge, Bennett
Ramseur94.8152.6 NC 22 north (East Main Street) GreensboroSouthern end of NC 22 concurrency
95.1153.0 NC 22 south (Coleridge Road)Northern end of NC 22 concurrency
95.6153.9 US 64 east (Jordan Road) / Columbia Avenue Siler City, RaleighNorthern end of US 64 concurrency
 102.9–
103.0
165.6–
165.8
US 421 Siler City, GreensboroInterchange
AlamanceBurlington122.8–
123.0
197.6–
197.9
I40 / I85 Durham, GreensboroExit 145 (I-40/I-85)
123.2198.3 NC 54 west (Chapel Hill Road) / NC 100 west (Maple Avenue)Southern end of NC 54 concurrency; eastern terminus of NC 100
Graham124.3200.0 NC 87 north (Elm Street)Southern end of NC 87 concurrency
124.8200.8 NC 87 south (Main Street)Northern end of NC 87 concurrency
125.2201.5 NC 54 east (Harden Street) to I85 / Elm StreetNorthern end of NC 54 concurrency
Haw River127.9205.8 US 70 (Main Street) Burlington
Pleasant Grove134.8–
135.1
216.9–
217.4
To NC 62 Yanceyville, Burlington
 137.5221.3 NC 119 Semora, Mebane
Orange 144.0231.7 NC 86 south HillsboroughSouthern end of NC 86 concurrency
CaswellProspect Hill144.4232.4 NC 86 north YanceyvilleNorthern end of NC 86 concurrency
PersonRoxboro159.5256.7 US 158 west (Leasburg Road) / Morgan Street YanceyvilleSouthern end of US 158 concurrency
160.0257.5 NC 57 north (Semora Road)Southern end of NC 57 concurrency
160.3258.0 US 158 east / US 501 south / NC 57 south (Durham Pike) Durham, OxfordNorthern end of US 158 / NC 57 concurrencies; southern end of US 501 concurrency
161.9260.6 US 501 north (Main Street) South Boston, VANorthern end of US 501 concurrency
Granville 177.3285.3 NC 96 south OxfordSouthern end of NC 96 concurrency
 177.4285.5 SR 49 north / SR 96 west (Florence Avenue) VirgilinaVirginia state line; northern end of NC 96 concurrency
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Bannered routes

New London alternate route

NC Highway 49A
Location: New London, North Carolina
Length: 3.8 mi[5] (6.1 km)
Existed: 1940–1948

North Carolina Highway 49A (NC 49A) was established as a renumbering of NC 62A. A spur route of NC 49, it went south near the Tuckertown Reservoir to New London, connecting with US 52/NC 740 on Gold Street. In 1948, it was renumbered to NC 6; it later became part of NC 8 in 1953.

Asheboro–Liberty alternate route

NC Highway 49A
Location: AsheboroLiberty, North Carolina
Length: 22.0 mi[6] (35.4 km)
Existed: 1947–1967

North Carolina Highway 49A (NC 49A) was established after mainline NC 49 was rerouted onto US 64 from Asheboro to Ramseur, then northeast to Liberty; NC 49A continued the old alignment through Asheboro via Albermarle Avenue, Park Street, Salisbury Street, and Fayetteville Street. North of Asheboro it followed Old Liberty Road to Liberty. On November, 1967, NC 49A was decommissioned, most of which (except for Fayetteville Street) becoming secondary roads.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 Google (May 14, 2015). "North Carolina Highway 49" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
  2. "NC 49 Route Change (1982-01-01)" (PDF). North Carolina Department of Transportation. January 1, 1982. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
  3. "NC 57 Route Change (2004-03-15)" (PDF). North Carolina Department of Transportation. March 15, 2004. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
  4. Google (July 12, 2013). "North Carolina Highway 15" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 12, 2013.
  5. Google (July 13, 2013). "North Carolina Highway 49A - New London" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
  6. Google (July 13, 2013). "North Carolina Highway 49A - Asheboro-Liberty" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
  7. "NC 49A Route Change (1967-11-03)" (PDF). North Carolina Department of Transportation. November 3, 1967. Retrieved July 13, 2013.

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