North Carolina Highway 53

NC Highway 53 marker

NC Highway 53
Route information
Maintained by NCDOT
Length: 126.5 mi[1] (203.6 km)
Existed: 1923 – present
Major junctions
West end: NC 24 / NC 210 in Fayetteville
  I95 in Fayetteville
US 701 in White Lake
US 421 in Currie
US 117 in Burgaw
I40 in Burgaw
East end: Gum Branch Road in Jacksonville
Location
Counties: Cumberland, Bladen, Pender, Onslow
Highway system
US 52NC 54

North Carolina Highway 53 (NC 53) is a state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina that mainly runs west–east in the eastern part of the state.

Route description

The highway begins near Fayetteville in Cumberland County. It runs through mostly rural areas in Bladen County, Pender County, and Onslow County before emerging near Jacksonville, NC.[2]

The NCDOT extended the highway in August 2010 along the NC 24 bypass around the southern side of the city, then continuing onto Western Boulevard. This thoroughfare consists of the most commercially used area in the city. It was done to facilitate ease of obtaining future funding to maintain the roadway there.[3]

History

NC 53 was created in 1923 as a new state route. It ran from NC 50 (where the old US 1, US 15/US 501/NC 87 split is) to Pittsboro. In 1924 NC 53 was extended to Sanford then replaced NC 241 then went down current NC 24 into Fayetteville. In 1928 NC 53 was truncated to Sanford. In 1933 NC 53 was extended to US 701, NC 41, NC 201 in Elizabethtown. In 1934 NC 53 was extended along the entire routing of NC 201 to Jacksonville. Also in 1934 NC 53 was truncated to NC 24 in Fayetteville. In 2010 NC 53 was extended around the NC 24 bypass in Jacksonville to Gum Branch Road where its current terminus is.[4]

North Carolina Highway 601

NC Highway 601
Location: Jacksonville-Atkinson, NC
Existed: 1929–1932

North Carolina Highway 601 originally ran from NC 60 (current US 421) to NC 40 in Burgaw. In 1930 NC 601 was extended west to Atkinson, North Carolina. The same year NC 601 was extended to NC 24 in Jacksonville. In 1932 NC 601 was renumbered as part of NC 201. Today it is part of NC 53.[5]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
CumberlandFayetteville0.00.0 NC 24 / NC 210 north (Grove Street)Western end of NC 210 concurrency
3.5–
3.7
5.6–
6.0
I95 Lumberton, BensonExit 49 (I-95)
 6.710.8 NC 210 south Moores CreekEastern end of NC 210 concurrency
Bladen 34.555.5 NC 242 north Jones Lake State ParkWestern end of NC 242 concurrency
Sutton's Corner34.655.7 US 701 south / NC 41 south / NC 242 south ElizabethtownEastern end of NC 242 concurrency; western end of US 701 / NC 41 concurrency
White Lake38.662.1 US 701 north / NC 41 northEastern end of US 701 / NC 41 concurrency
 60.096.6 NC 210 north FayettevilleWestern end of NC 210 concurrency
Colly60.797.7 NC 210 south Moores Creek, Hampstead, AcmeEastern end of NC 210 concurrency
 64.3103.5 NC 11 south – FreemanWestern end of NC 11 concurrency
PenderWard's Corner74.5119.9 US 421 / NC 11 north Wilmington, ClintonEastern end of NC 11 concurrency
Burgaw83.1133.7
US 117 Bus. south (Walker Street) / Wilmington Street
Western end of US 117 Bus. concurrency
83.5134.4
US 117 Bus. north (Timerly Lane)
Eastern end of US 117 Bus. concurrency
83.8134.9 US 117 Wallace, Wilmington
 85.3–
85.5
137.3–
137.6
I40 Wilmington, BensonExit 398 (I-40)
Maple Hill98.6158.7 NC 50 Chinquapin, Holly Ridge, Topsail Island
Onslow 114.0183.5
US 258 / NC 24 west / NC 24 Bus. east (Richlands Highway) Richlands, Kinston, Jacksonville
Western end of NC 24 concurrency; western terminus of NC 24 Bus.
Jacksonville114.7–
115.1
184.6–
185.2

US 17 Bus. (Wilmington Highway) to US 17 south Jacksonville, Wilmington
Interchange
115.6186.0 US 17 south WilmingtonInterchange; western end of US 17 concurrency; eastbound entrance / westbound exit only
118.3190.4Montford Point RoadInterchange; eastbound exit / westbound entrance only
118.7191.0 US 17 north New BernInterchange; eastern end of US 17 concurrency; eastbound exit / westbound entrance only
119.3–
119.6
192.0–
192.5

NC 24 Bus. west (Lejeune Boulevard) to US 17 north New Bern, Jacksonville
Interchange; eastern terminus of NC 24 Bus.; eastbound entrance / westbound exit only
119.7–
120.0
192.6–
193.1
Camp LejeuneInterchange
120.6194.1 NC 24 east (Lejeune Boulevard) / Tarawa Boulevard Morehead City, Camp LejeuneEastern end of NC 24 concurrency
123.1198.1 US 17 (Marine Boulevard) Wilmington, New Bern
126.5203.6Gum Branch Road / Western Boulevard
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Google (May 15, 2015). "North Carolina Highway 53" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
  2. NCRoads.com index Archived November 25, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. Kay, Lindell (7 August 2010). "Western Boulevard to become N.C. 53". Jacksonville Daily News. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
  4. http://www.vahighways.com/ncannex/route-log/nc053.html
  5. http://www.vahighways.com/ncannex/route-log/nc601.html

External links

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