North Carolina Highway 62

NC Highway 62 marker

NC Highway 62

Route of NC 62 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NCDOT
Length: 84.4 mi[1] (135.8 km)
Existed: early 1920s – present
Major junctions
South end: NC 109 in Thomasville
  I40 / I85 in Burlington
US 158 in Yanceyville
North end: SR 62 at the VA line in Milton
Location
Counties: Davidson, Randolph, Guilford, Alamance, Caswell
Highway system
NC 61NC 63

North Carolina Highway 62 (NC 62) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Primarily in the Piedmont Triad, it runs from NC 109 in Thomasville northeast to the Virginia state line in Milton.

Route description

NC 62's southern terminus

NC 62 begins in Thomasville at the intersection of Randolph Street (NC 109) and Julian Avenue; it is 0.4 miles (0.64 km) from I-85 and shadows the Interstate from Thomasville to Archdale. East of Archdale, it overlaps with NC Bike Route 2 through the communities of Climax and Julian. Before the town of Alamance, the highway goes right through the middle of the Alamance Battleground (the area will be marked with several colored flags and monuments). After crossing I-40/I-85, NC 62 does a zig-zag through downtown Burlington. Continuing north of town, it goes through the communities and towns of Pleasant Grove, Jericho, and Yanceyville, before reaching the town of Milton. After crossing the Dan River, it enters the Commonwealth of Virginia; where it continues for 4 miles (6.4 km) before ending on US 58/US 360, east of Danville, Virginia.

History

NC 62 was an original state highway; starting from Asheboro (then NC 70, currently US 221 Business), going northeast through Liberty and Graham, and ending in Yanceyville (then NC 14, currently Main Street). In 1928, the route was extended from Asheboro to New London, and again in 1930 from Yanceyville to Milton. In 1933, the route was moved north of New London and extended to Mount Pleasant.[2]

In 1940, NC 62 was realigned to a new routing south of Pleasant Grove to its now current routing through Burlington and Archdale, ending in Thomasville at NC 109. The former route to Mount Pleasant is now part of NC 49.[2]

In 1947, NC was extended into Virginia, which also created VA 62. The last change to the route was between 1954–57, between the community of Fitch to Yanceyville, moving to a new road east; leaving behind Oak View Loop Road and Badgett Sisters Parkway.[2]

Junction list

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
DavidsonThomasville0.00.0 NC 109 (Randolph Street) / Julian Avenue Denton
Randolph
No major junctions
GuilfordArchdale8.714.0 NC 610 west (Fairfield Road)Eastern terminus of NC 610
9.2–
9.4
14.8–
15.1
I85 to I74 / US 311 Greensboro, CharlotteExit 113 (I-85)
 15.7–
15.9
25.3–
25.6
I73 / US 220 Greensboro, AsheboroExit 89 (I-73)
Climax22.436.0 NC 22 south FranklinvilleNorthern terminus of NC 22
Julian24.2–
24.4
38.9–
39.3
US 421 Greensboro, Siler CityInterchange
 33.453.8 NC 61 north WhitsettSouthern terminus of NC 61
AlamanceBurlington41.4–
41.5
66.6–
66.8
I40 / I85 Greensboro, Durham, RaleighExit 143 (I-40/I-85)
42.768.7 US 70 westSouthern end of US 70 concurrency
42.868.9 NC 54 east (Chapel Hill Road)Western terminus of NC 54; access to and from US 70 eastbound / NC 62 northbound
44.471.5 NC 87 / NC 100 (Webb Avenue)
44.8–
44.9
72.1–
72.3
US 70 east (North Church Street / North Fisher Street) / Holt AvenueNorthern end of US 70 concurrency (US 70 is a one-way pair)
Pleasant Grove54.888.2 NC 49 Haw River, Roxboro
CaswellYanceyville72.0115.9 US 158 west / NC 86 north DanvilleSouthern end of US 158 / NC 86 concurrency
72.2116.2 US 158 east / NC 86 south HillsboroughNorthern end of US 158 / NC 86 concurrency
Milton84.0135.2 NC 57 south (Broad Street) RoxboroNorthern terminus of NC 57
 84.4135.8 SR 62 north DanvilleVirginia state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Bannered routes

See Also: North Carolina Highway 49A
Historically there was one 3-mile-long (4.8 km) alternate route in New London, from 1935-1940; it was labeled as NC 62A. It was soon renumbered as NC 49A when NC 49 replaced NC 62 in the area.[3] Later, in 1947, it would renumber again to NC 6, then finally in 1953 as an extension and terminus of NC 8.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Google (April 27, 2015). "North Carolina Highway 62" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "NCRoads.com: N.C. 62". Retrieved 2011-01-03.
  3. "NCRoads.com: N.C. 62-A". Retrieved 2011-01-02.
  4. "NCRoads.com: N.C. 6". Retrieved 2011-01-02.

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

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