 North Carolina Highway 66 | ||||
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 NC 66 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byNCDOT | ||||
| Length | 47.0 mi[1] (75.6 km) | |||
| Existed | 1934–present | |||
| Tourist routes |  Hanging Rock Scenic Byway | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  I-74 nearHorneytown | |||
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| North end |  NC 89 inJohnstown | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | North Carolina | |||
| Counties | Forsyth,Stokes | |||
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North Carolina Highway 66 (NC 66) is a 47.0-mile (75.6 km)North Carolinastate highway that travels fromHorneytown toJohnstown, connecting the towns and communities of easternForsyth andStokes counties.
NC 66 begins at exit 63 ofI-74 in Horneytown. From there, the highway continues north and meetsI-40 at exit 203. After NC 66 crosses over theSalem Parkway (US 421), it goes through Central Kernersville and into Walkertown. NC 66 continues northwest towardsRural Hall. Once NC 66 reaches Rural Hall, it runs parallel toUS 52 untilKing. South of King NC 66 heads north towardsGap. The highway then runs through the mountains of curvy roads until reaching its northern terminus at aY-intersection withNC 89.[1]
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The first NC 66 was an original state highway. It began atNC 60 andNC 65 the current intersection of 4th Street and Cherry Street inWinston-Salem. NC 66 then headed north along today's University Parkway toStanleyville. From there, NC 66 continues up toPilot Mountain. In late 1921, NC 66 was extended to NC 89, inWestfield. In 1922, NC 66 was rerouted toMount Airy. Then NC 66 went north to theVirginia state line. In 1923, NC 66 was rerouted to go from Mount Airy toVirginia State Route 15 at the state line. In 1925, NC 66 was rerouted to follow Patterson Avenue into Winston-Salem. From there, NC 66 replaced NC 64 toLexington. In 1926,US 121 was assigned the entire routing of NC 66. In 1934, US 52 replaced both US 121 and NC 66 in entirety. The current NC 66 was designated in late 1934 as a renumbering of NC 661. It went from US 52 (old NC 66) in Rural Hall to NC 89 to the north. In 1936, NC 66 was routed along US 52 to Stanleyville. Then NC 66 was extended to US 421 (current Old Greensboro Road) along new routing. Between 1947 and 1949, NC 66 was routed south ofWalkertown. In 1955, NC 66 was extended along US 421 to Kernersville and then on new primary routing toUS 311.
 North Carolina Highway 64 | |
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| Location | Lexington–Winston-Salem |
| Existed | 1921–1925 |
North Carolina Highway 64 (NC 64) was an original state highway that traversed fromNC 10, in Lexington, north to NC 60/NC 77 (Waughtown Street), in Winston-Salem. In 1925, NC 64 was renumbered as an extension of NC 66.
In 1932, NC 64 reappeared as a mostly new primary routing; except aroundColeridge, where it replaced part ofNC 902. It traversed fromUS 421/NC 60 (Liberty Road), inGreensboro, going southeast throughClimax,Franklinville,Ramseur, Coleridge andBennett, toNC 74 (todayNC 24/NC 27), west ofCarthage. In late 1934, NC 64 was renumbered as NC 22.
 North Carolina Highway 661 | |
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| Location | Rural Hall–Johnstown |
| Existed | 1921–1935 |
North Carolina Highway 661 (NC 661) was an original state highway that traversed from NC 66, in King, to NC 89, inMoores Springs. In 1923, NC 661 was extended northwest along NC 89 to Francisco, then replacedNC 893 to the Virginia state line. In 1924, NC 661 was rerouted at Gap to NC 89 west of Francisco then east along NC 89 to Francisco before continuing to the state line, leaving behind Moore Springs Road (SR 1001). In 1926, NC 661 was rerouted on both ends: south-end to NC 66, in Rural Hall, and north-end being truncated at NC 89, in the Johnstown community; its old segment northeast of NC 89 became a secondary road, later becoming part ofNC 704. In 1935, NC 661 was renumbered as part of NC 66.
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Forsyth | | 0.0– 0.2 | 0.0– 0.32 | I-74 –Winston-Salem,High Point | Exit 63 (I-74) |
| Kernersville | 4.8– 4.9 | 7.7– 7.9 |  I-40 –Winston-Salem,Greensboro | Exit 203 (I-40) | |
| 6.8– 6.9 | 10.9– 11.1 |   US 421 /NC 150 –Winston-Salem,Greensboro | Exit 222 (US 421) | ||
| Walkertown | 13.2 | 21.2 |  US 158 –Winston-Salem,Stokesdale | ||
| 14.5 | 23.3 |  US 311 –Winston-Salem | |||
| Winston-Salem | 20.5 | 33.0 |  NC 8 –Winston-Salem,Germanton | ||
| | 21.5– 21.7 | 34.6– 34.9 |  NC 74 (Winston-Salem Northern Beltway) | Partial cloverleaf interchange; exit 42 (NC 74), Opened to traffic on November 7, 2022[2] | |
| Rural Hall | 24.8 | 39.9 |  NC 65 –Germanton | ||
| Stokes | | 40.6 | 65.3 |   NC 268 west –Pilot Mountain | West end of NC 268 overlap |
| | 40.7 | 65.5 |  NC 268 east | East end of NC 268 overlap | |
| Johnstown | 47.0 | 75.6 | NC 89 –Westfield,Francisco | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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