North Carolina Highway 78

NC Highway 78 marker

NC Highway 78
Tramway Road / Main Street
Route information
Maintained by NCDOT
Length: 4.6 mi[1][2] (7.4 km)
Existed: 1940 – present
Major junctions
West end: US 1 / US 15 / US 501 in Tramway
East end: NC 42 / NC 87 / US 421 in Sanford
Location
Counties: Lee
Highway system
← I‑77NC 79 →

North Carolina Highway 78 (NC 78) is a primary state highway in the state of North Carolina. The highway connects the Tramway community with Sanford's Jonesboro Heights neighborhood.

Route description

NC 78 is a 4.6-mile (7.4 km) two-lane highway, traversing from US 1/US 15/US 501, in Tramway, to US 421/NC 42/NC 87 in Jonesboro Heights. The routing provides a southern bypass of downtown Sanford.

History

Established in late 1940, as a renumbering of NC 93; NC 78 went from US 1/US 15/US 501, in Tramway, to US 421, in Jonesboro (today Jonesboro Heights). In 1961, NC 78 was rerouted from its terminus at Main Street and Lee Street (now Lee Avenue), to Woodland Avenue and Lee Street (today Horner Boulevard), in Sanford.[3] By the late-1960s, NC 78 was rerouted again to its current terminus with Horner Boulevard.

Originally, the first NC 78 existed from 1934-1940, traversing from NC 79, in Gibson, to US 74, near Hamlet. Around 1938, it was rerouted from Grace Chapel Road to its current northern terminus. In 1940, it was renumbered as NC 381, which was synched with SC 381, in South Carolina.

Junction list

The entire route is in Lee County.

Locationmi[2]kmDestinationsNotes
Tramway0.00.0 US 1 / US 15 / US 501 (Jefferson Davis Highway) / Center Church Road
Sanford4.67.4 US 421 / NC 42 / NC 87 (Horner Boulevard / Main Street)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ↑ "NCDOT GIS Data Layers". North Carolina Department of Transportation. 2012. Retrieved December 28, 2012.
  2. 1 2 Google (June 16, 2013). "North Carolina Highway 78" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 16, 2013.
  3. ↑ "NC 78 Route Change (1961-12-07)" (PDF). North Carolina Department of Transportation. December 7, 1961. Retrieved June 16, 2013.

External Links

Route map: Bing / Google

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