U.S. Route 301 in North Carolina

U.S. Route 301
Route information
Maintained by NCDOT
Length:	193.7 mi[1] (311.7 km)
Existed:	1932 – present
Major junctions
South end:	US 301 / US 501 at the SC line near Rowland
	I‑95 (multiple times) I‑74 / US 74 near Lumberton I‑795 near Wilson US 264 near Wilson US 64 in Rocky Mount
North end:	US 301 at the VA line near Pleasant Hill
Location
Counties:	Robeson, Cumberland, Harnett, Harnett, Johnston, Wilson, Nash, Edgecombe, Halifax, Northampton
Highway system
United States Numbered Highways List Bannered Divided Replaced North Carolina Highway System Interstate U.S. State Scenic ← NC 295 NC 304 →

U.S. Route 301 is a north–south United States highway that runs for 194 miles (312 km) from the South Carolina state line, near Rowland, to the Virginia state line, near Pleasant Hill.

Route description

US 301 follows the same route as Interstate 95 through North Carolina; they both enter the state at South of the Border, overlap together around Lumberton, and share multiple interchanges before reaching Virginia.

Starting at the South Carolina border, with US 501, it goes northwest through Rowland before merging with I-95, from exit 10 to exit 22. North of Lumberton, it criss-crosses I-95 before entering Fayetteville, overlapped with I-95 Business along Eastern Boulevard. North of Eastover, it gets ignored by I-295 as it parallels I-95 to its immediate west. Traversing through the cities of Wade, Godwin, Dunn, and Benson, where it is ignored by I-40; it continues on through Smithfield, Selma, and Micro. At Kenly, US 301 goes away from I-95 into the cities of Wilson and Rocky Mount, before returning to a more easterly parallel. US 301 continues north through the towns of Enfield, Halifax, Weldon, and Garysburg, before crossing into Virginia.

History

US 301 was established in 1932, replacing US 217, from the South Carolina state line to Wilson, and US 17-1, from Wilson to the Virginia state line. In 1934, NC 22 and NC 40 were dropped along the route.^[2]

Route changes along US 301 started in the early-1950s with a new bypass (Eastern Boulevard) around central Fayetteville and a new bypass west of Halifax. In 1955 or 1956, a new bypass (Ward Boulevard) was built east of Wilson. By 1958, US 301 was widen to four-lane around Lumberton, Fayetteville, and between Kenly-Rocky Mount; it was also at this time that Elm City was bypassed. In 1961, I-95 was overlapped with US 301 on the Lumberton bypass. By 1984, US 301 was extended south along I-95 to exit 10, keeping its routing through Rowland.^[2]

U.S. Route 217

U.S. Route 217
Location:	SC state line-Wilson, NC
Length:	126.7 mi[3] (203.9 km)
Existed:	1926–1932

U.S. Route 217 (US 217) was an original US highway, established in 1926, and was completely overlapped with NC 22. US 217 entered from South Carolina, south of Rowland; where it went north through Rowland and into Lumberton, via Hilly Branch Road and 5th Street. Going north on Pine Street/Fayetteville Road, it connected with Fayetteville; where it went north on Gillespie Street, then east on Person Street, before it went north again on Dunn Road. Entering Dunn on Clinton Street, it went west on Cumberland Street (NC 60), then north on Ellis Avenue. It entered Smithfield on 3rd Street, and went east on Market Street then north again on 8th Street. As it approached south of Wilson, it ended at US 17-1/NC 40 (at Dixie Inn Road). In 1932, the entire route was renumbered as part of US 301.

Junction list

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Robeson	State line	0.0	0.0		US 301 south / US 501 south – Dillon I‑95 – Lumberton, Fayetteville, Florence	Continuation into South Carolina; nearby South of the Border
	Rowland	2.7	4.3		US 501 north / NC 130 – Laurinburg, Fairmont	North end of US 501 overlap
		11.8	19.0	10	I‑95 south – Florence	South end of I-95 overlap
	Lumberton	14.5	23.3	13	I‑74 / US 74 – Whiteville, Wilmington, Laurinburg, Rockingham	Signed as exits 13A (east) and 13B (west)
		18.5	29.8	17	NC 72 / NC 711 – Lumberton, Pembroke, Red Springs
		20.2	32.5	19	Carthage Road
		21.4	34.4	20	NC 211 to NC 41 – Lumberton, Red Springs, Fairmont
		23.0	37.0	22	I‑95 north – Fayetteville	North end of I-95 overlap
		27.0	43.5		I‑95 – Lumberton, Fayetteville
	Saint Pauls	33.2	53.4		NC 20 (Broad Street) – Lumber Bridge, Elizabethtown
		35.5	57.1		I‑95 – Lumberton, Fayetteville
		40.2	64.7		NC 71 south – Parkton, Lumber Bridge, Red Springs
Cumberland		43.0	69.2		I‑95 Bus. south to I‑95 south – Lumberton	South end of I-95 Business overlap
	Hope Mills	43.6	70.2		NC 59 to I‑95 – Hope Mills
		45.6	73.4		NC 162 west (Elk Road)
	Fayetteville	50.6	81.4		NC 87 (Martin Luther King Jr Freeway) – Elizabethtown
		52.4	84.3		NC 24 / NC 210 to US 401 (Grove Street) – Roseboro
		53.8	86.6		Middle Road
		55.6	89.5		Dobbins Holmes Road
	Eastover	57.3	92.2		I‑95 Bus. north to I‑95 north – Benson	North end of I-95 Business overlap
		60.2	96.9		To I‑95 to US 13 / Pembroke Lane – Newton Grove
	Godwin	68.5	110.2		NC 82 (Main Street) – Erwin, Falcon
Harnett	Dunn	76.4	123.0		US 421 / NC 55 (Cumberland Street) – Erwin, Lillington, Clinton
Johnston	Benson	83.2	133.9		NC 27 west / NC 50 / NC 242 south (Main Street) – Coats, Newton Grove	South end of NC 242 overlap
		83.7	134.7		NC 242 north to I‑40	North end of NC 242 overlap
	Four Oaks	91.7	147.6		To I‑95 / Keen Road
		93.9	151.1		I‑95 / US 701 south / NC 96 south – Benson, Rocky Mount, Newton Grove	South end of NC 96 overlap
	Smithfield	98.4	158.4		US 70 Bus. / NC 210 (Market Street) – Goldsboro, Clayton
	Selma	101.0	162.5		US 70 / NC 39 south – Clayton, Goldsboro	South end of NC 39 overlap
		102.5	165.0		NC 96 north (Richardson Street) – Zebulon	North end of NC 96 overlap
		103.4	166.4		NC 39 north – Bunn	North end of NC 39 overlap
	Kenly	112.0	180.2		I‑95 – Smithfield, Rocky Mount
		112.5	181.1		NC 222 (Second Street) – Fremont
Wilson		114.7	184.6		NC 581 – Bailey, Goldsboro
		123.2	198.3		I‑795 – Goldsboro, Raleigh
		123.6	198.9		US 117 south – Fremont, Pikeville
	Wilson	123.9	199.4		US 264 – Greenville, Raleigh
		126.6	203.7		US 264 Alt. west (Ward Boulevard)	West end of US 264 Alternate overlap
		128.2	206.3		US 264 Alt. east / NC 58 south (Martin Luther King Jr Parkway) – Stantonsburg, Saratoga	East end of US 264 Alternate overlap, south end of NC 58 overlap
		128.7	207.1		NC 58 north (Lipscomb Road)	North end of NC 58 overlap
		129.9	209.1		NC 42 (Herring Avenue) – Pinetops, Wilson
		132.4	213.1		Rosebud Church Road
		135.0	217.3		Langley Road – Elm City
Nash		141.5	227.7		US 301 Bus. north (Tarboro Road)
	Rocky Mount	143.4	230.8		NC 97 (Tarboro Road) – Raleigh	To Rocky Mount-Wilson Regional Airport
		146.6	235.9		US 64 Bus. (Sunset Avenue) / May Drive	Northbound take May Drive to eastbound US 64 Business
		147.2	236.9		US 64 – Tarboro, Raleigh
		148.2	238.5		NC 43 / NC 48 (Benvenue Road) – Red Oak, Gold Rock
		150.0	241.4		US 301 Bus. south (Church Road)
	Battleboro	153.5	247.0		NC 4 north to I‑95 / Red Oak-Battleboro Road	Southbound take Red Oak-Battleboro Road to NC 4
	Whitakers	159.1	256.0		NC 33 west (Nash Street) – Red Oak	West end of NC 33 overlap
		159.3	256.4		NC 33 east (Main Street) – Tarboro	East end of NC 33 overlap
Halifax	Enfield	164.0	263.9		NC 481 west – Glenview	West end of NC 481 overlap
		165.3	266.0		NC 481 Bus. west (Whitaker Street)
		167.1	268.9		NC 481 east – Tillery	East end of NC 481 overlap
		173.4	279.1		NC 125 south / NC 903 south – Scotland Neck	South end of NC 125/NC 903 overlap
		175.6	282.6		NC 561 east – Tillery	East end of NC 561 overlap
		176.0	283.2		NC 561 west – Brinkleyville, Louisburg	West end of NC 561 overlap
	Halifax	176.5	284.0		US 301 Bus. north (King Street)
		177.1	285.0		NC 125 north / NC 903 north – Roanoke Rapids	North end of NC 125/NC 903 overlap
		177.4	285.5		US 301 Bus. south (David Street)
	Weldon	184.0	296.1		US 158 west (Second Street) – Roanoke Rapids	West end of US 158 overlap
Northampton	Garysburg	186.4	300.0		US 158 east – Jackson, Murfreesboro	East end of US 158 overlap
		186.8	300.6		NC 46 west – Gaston
		187.0	300.9		NC 186 east – Seaboard
	Pleasant Hill	193.0	310.6		NC 48 south – Gaston
	State line	193.7	311.7		US 301 north – Emporia	Continuation into Virginia
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

See also

• North Carolina portal
• U.S. Roads portal
• Bannered routes of U.S. Route 301
• Cape Fear Botanical Garden
• Cape Fear River
• Lumber River
• Neuse River
• North Carolina Bicycle Route 5
• Roanoke River
• South of the Border
• Tar River

References

1. Google (2011-03-06). "US 301" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
2. "NCRoads.com Annex: U.S. 301". Retrieved 2011-03-06.
3. Google (July 14, 2013). "U.S. Route 217" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 14, 2013.

External links

• Media related to U.S. Route 301 in North Carolina at Wikimedia Commons
• NCRoads.com: U.S. 217
• NCRoads.com: U.S. 301