 U.S. Highway 29 | ||||
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 US 29 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byNCDOT | ||||
| Length | 168.7 mi[1] (271.5 km) | |||
| Existed | 1927–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  US 29 at theSouth Carolina line nearBlacksburg | |||
| Major intersections | ||||
| North end | US 29 at theVirginia line nearDanville | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | North Carolina | |||
| Counties | Cleveland,Gaston,Mecklenburg,Cabarrus,Rowan,Davidson,Randolph,Guilford,Rockingham,Caswell | |||
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U.S. Highway 29 (US 29) is aUnited States Numbered Highway that runs for 168.7 miles (271.5 km) from theSouth Carolina state line, nearBlacksburg, to the commonwealth ofVirginia, nearDanville. It is signed with north–south cardinal directions but is actually a northeast and southwest diagonal highway throughout the state. The route serves the North CarolinaPiedmont, including the cities ofCharlotte,Salisbury,High Point, andGreensboro. From Salisbury to Greensboro, US 29 spends roughly a third of its length in the state beingconcurrent withUS 70.
US 29 starts inGrover as a two-lane rural road where it intersects withNorth Carolina Highway 226 (NC 226) shortly after. It then turns into a four-lane boulevard as it heads toKings Mountain, briefly overlapping withNC 216 as it merges intoInterstate 85 (I-85), sharing a concurrency with the Interstate. It then exits I-85 at exit 10A running together withUS 74. US 29/US 74 then overlaps withNC 274 for two miles (3.2 km) as the three routes head towardGastonia. In downtown Gastonia, US 29/US 74/NC 274 intersects withUS 321 with NC 274 splitting off on South Broad Street. US 29/US 74 then meetsNC 279 before going intoLowell,McAdenville, andBelmont where US 29/US 74 meetsNC 7 and thenI-485 before going to Charlotte. US 29/US 74 offers access toCharlotte Douglas International Airport before intersecting with Billy Graham Parkway. Here, US 29/US 74 is named Wilkinson Boulevard. At Morehead Street, US 29 splits from US 74 where US 29 briefly overlaps withNC 27 and then intersectsI-77. Afterward, US 29 splits from NC 27 where it meetsNC 49 as the two routes go aroundBank of America Stadium and go along Graham Street throughUptown Charlotte.
Afterward, US 29/NC 49 turns into a boulevard going east on Dalton Avenue and then north on Tryon Street. Eventually, US 29/NC 49 intersects Old Concord Road where theLynx Blue Line runs between the northbound and southbound lanes. At University City Boulevard, NC 49 splits from US 29 with NC 49 going around the southern part of theUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte) campus, and US 29 going around the west. Here, the Lynx Blue Line goes under the northbound lanes of US 29 to offer access to UNC Charlotte while US 29 continues as a boulevard towardConcord. Before doing so, it intersects with I-485 once again. Before heading toward Concord, US 29 offers access toCharlotte Motor Speedway before meeting at an interchange with George Liles Parkway. It then briefly overlaps withUS 601 andNC 73 in western Concord before US 601 splits to run concurrently with I-85 and NC 73 splitting to head toward downtown Concord. From here, US 29 runs north throughKannapolis. US 29 then goes throughLandis andChina Grove, briefly overlapping withNC 152 east of China Grove.
US 29 then heads toward Salisbury where, west of downtown Salisbury, it begins to run concurrently with US 70 serving as Salisbury's Main Street. After going through downtown Salisbury, US 29/US 70 offers access to bothSpencer andEast Spencer before crossing over theYadkin River. Afterward, US 29/US 70 then merges into I-85/US 52 as the four highways all run together for roughly two miles (3.2 km). At exit 87, US 29/US 52/US 70 splits from I-85 and briefly joinsI-285, where US 29 follows the route of formerI-85 Business (I-85 Bus.). West ofLexington, US 52 and I-285 split away from US 29/US 70. US 29/US 70 then goes around the northern edge of Lexington where the two routes briefly overlap with US 64 before heading towardThomasville. In Thomasville, US 70 splits from US 29 and joinsNC 68 towards High Point.
Exiting Thomasville, US 29 then goes south of High Point and north ofTrinity andArchdale before intersectingI-74 southeast of High Point. Following this, US 29 once again runs together with I-85 proper before splitting at the interchange withI-73/US 421. US 29 then merges intoI-40 running together withUS 220 south of Greensboro. The now three simultaneously running highways (US 29, US 220, and I-40) go around southern Greensboro before US 29/US 220 splits from I-40 going north around eastern Greensboro as acontrolled-access highway namedO. Henry Boulevard. As US 29/US 220 intersects Wendover Avenue, US 220 splits from US 29 going west.
US 29, now all alone, goes through the northeastern suburbs of Greensboro where it intersects withI-785 and will run concurrently with I-785 past the Virginia state line once modifications to the existing US 29 are completed. After meeting I-785, US 29 is largely rural withReidsville being the last town served along the route. Here in Reidsville, US 29 intersects withUS 29 Bus. with the latter acting as a beltline stretching around western Reidsville. Afterward, US 29 heads northeast to Virginia just southwest of Danville.
Established in 1927, it ran from theSouth Carolina state line toUS 74 inKings Mountain, with a concurrency withNC 205. In 1929, NC 205 was removed.
US 29's first extension was in 1932, following US 74/NC 20 east intoCharlotte. It then replaced US 170 from Charlotte to theVirginia state line. In 1937, it replaced a stretch ofNC 7 going between Kings Mountain andGastonia. The old route briefly became alternates for both U.S. Highways before becomingNC 161 andNC 274.
In 1938, US 29 was moved onto a new bypass aroundKannapolis–China Grove, leavingUS 29A on the old route. In 1948, the routes were switched. In 1952, US 29 was moved onto new bypasses aroundLexington andThomasville, leaving behindUS 29A in both cities. In 1957, US 29 was moved onto its modern route from Thomasville toJamestown, old route became part ofNC 68 andUS 70A.
Between 1944 and 1949, US 29 was moved onto a new route north of Greensboro[2][3] as well as part of the eastern bypass.[4] By 1953, a southern bypass of Greensboro was completed.[5] The eastern bypass was completed to Summit Avenue at Phillips Avenue by December 1956.[6] The widening of eleven and a half miles of US 29 north of Greensboro was announced in 1959.[7]
In 1957 or 1958, US 29 was moved onto new bypass west ofReidsville, leavingUS 29A (laterUS 29 Bus.) through Reidsville. Also around same time, US 29 was moved onto new bypass east of Kings Mountain, extendingNC 216 over its old route; then in Charlotte, it moved ontoI-85 between Little Rock Road (exit 32) and the University City area (exit 42), old route through Charlotte asUS 29 Bus. In 1961 or 1962, US 29 was moved back further toNC 273 going onto I-85, but, surprisingly, in 1963, US 29 was placed back on its original route through Charlotte again. Similar action also inSalisbury, where, in 1960, US 29 was moved onto I-85, then, in 1964 or 1965, it was moved back through town.
In 1973, US 29 was placed on a new freeway bypass east of Reidsville; its old bypass route was reverted to US 29 Bus., while the old US 29 Bus. through Reidsville was removed. Between 1980 and 1982, the freeway from Reidsville was extended into Virginia.
 U.S. Highway 170 | |
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| Location | Charlotte, North Carolina–Virginia state line |
| Length | 141.1 mi[8] (227.1 km) |
| Existed | 1926–1932 |
U.S. Highway 170 (US 170) was an original U.S. Highway, established in 1926. It began at the intersection of Trade and Tryon streets in Charlotte, traversing northeast, in concurrency withNC 15 toConcord,Kannapolis, andSalisbury. Northeast of Salisbury, it was overlapped withNC 10 toLexington,High Point, andGreensboro; via High Point Road to Lee Street, to Fairground Avenue, to Spring Garden Street, to Aycock Street, to West Market Street, to Greene Street, and finally to Summit Avenue, where it began its overlap withNC 70 heading northeast toBrowns Summit. Heading northeast, it went throughReidsville,Ruffin, and finallyPelham before crossing into Virginia towardDanville and eventuallyLynchburg. In 1932, US 29 joined in concurrency with US 170. Later on, the US 170 designation was removed, leaving US 29 on the route.
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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| Cleveland | Grover | 0.00 | 0.00 |  US 29 south –Gaffney | Continuation fromSouth Carolina | |
| 0.1 | 0.16 |   NC 226 north –Shelby,Grover | ||||
| | 2.2 | 3.5 |    NC 216 south toI-85 | South end of NC 216 overlap | ||
| | 3.5 | 5.6 | NC 216 north –Kings Mountain | North end of NC 216 overlap | ||
| | 3.9 | 6.3 |  I-85 south –Spartanburg,Greenville | South end of I-85 overlap; southbound left exit and northbound entrance; I-85 exit 4 | ||
| | 5.2 | 8.4 | 5 | Dixon School Road | Exit numbers follow I-85 | |
| Kings Mountain | 8.0 | 12.9 | 8 |  NC 161 –Kings Mountain | ||
| Gaston | 9.5– 10.7 | 15.3– 17.2 |  I-85 north –Charlotte  US 74 west –Kings Mountain,Shelby | North end of I-85 overlap; south end of US 74 overlap; I-85 exit 10A | ||
| Gastonia | 15.4 | 24.8 |  NC 274 north (Bessemer City Road) –Bessemer City | West end of NC 274 overlap | ||
| 17.0 | 27.4 |  US 321 south (Chester Street) | One-way couplet | |||
| 17.1 | 27.5 | US 321 north (York Street) | ||||
| 17.5 | 28.2 | NC 274 south (Broad Street) –Gastonia Municipal Airport | East end of NC 274 overlap | |||
| 19.0 | 30.6 |  NC 279 (New Hope Road) | ||||
| 19.2 | 30.9 | To Cox Road –Shopping Mall | Interchange; northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
| Belmont | 25.4 | 40.9 |  NC 7 (Main Street) | ToBelmont Abbey College | ||
| 26.2 | 42.2 |  NC 273 (Park Street) –Mount Holly | ||||
| 27.1 | 43.6 | NC 7 west (Catawba Street) | ||||
| Catawba River | 27.4 | 44.1 | Sloans Ferry Bridge | |||
| Mecklenburg | | 29.7 | 47.8 |  I-485 –Columbia,Spartanburg | I-485 exit 9 | |
| Charlotte | 31.3 | 50.4 |  Little Rock Road –CLT Airport | |||
| 32.4 | 52.1 | Boyer Street toBilly Graham Parkway (Charlotte Route 4) –CLT Airport | ||||
| 35.0 | 56.3 |  US 74 east (Wilkinson Boulevard) | North end of US 74 overlap | |||
| 35.8 | 57.6 |  NC 27 west (Freedom Drive) | South end of NC 27 overlap | |||
| 36.2 | 58.3 |   I-77 north /US 21 north –Statesville | I-77 exit 10A | |||
| 36.7 | 59.1 |  NC 49 south /NC 27 east (Morehead Street east) | North end of NC 27 overlap; south end of NC 49 overlap | |||
| 38.0 | 61.2 |    I-277 north /NC 16 north (Outer) toI-77 /US 21 | I-277 exit 4 | |||
| 41.1 | 66.1 | Sugar Creek Road (Charlotte Route 4) toI-85 | ||||
| 44.0 | 70.8 | I-85 south | I-85 exit 42; access via I-85 Connector | |||
| 44.6 | 71.8 | NC 49 north (University City Boulevard) –Harrisburg | North end of NC 49 overlap | |||
| 45.7 | 73.5 |  NC 24 (W.T. Harris Boulevard) | ||||
| 48.3 | 77.7 | I-485 toI-85 | Interchange; I-485 exit 32 | |||
| Cabarrus | Concord | 50.6 | 81.4 | Bruton Smith Boulevard toI-85 | ||
| 56.4 | 90.8 | George Liles Parkway toI-85 | Interchange | |||
| 56.4 | 90.8 |  US 601 south (Warren C. Coleman Boulevard) –Monroe | South end of US 601 overlap | |||
| 58.7 | 94.5 |  NC 73 west (Davidson Highway) –Davidson | South end of NC 73 overlap | |||
| 59.0 | 95.0 | NC 73 east (Davidson Drive) | North end of NC 73 overlap | |||
| 60.0 | 96.6 | I-85 /US 601 north –Charlotte,Salisbury,Greensboro | North end of US 601 overlap; I-85 exit 58 | |||
| Kannapolis | 62.1 | 99.9 |  NC 3 (Dale Earnhardt Boulevard) | |||
| 63.2 | 101.7 | Lakeview Street | Right-in/right-out; northbound exit and entrance only | |||
| 63.3 | 101.9 | Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue –Kannapolis, Downtown | Interchange | |||
| Rowan | China Grove | 69.4 | 111.7 |  NC 152 west (Church Street) –Downtown | South end of NC 152 overlap | |
| 70.0 | 112.7 | NC 152 east toI-85 /US 601 –Rockwell | Interchange; north end of NC 152 overlap | |||
| Salisbury | 76.8 | 123.6 |  US 70 west /US 601 (Jake Alexander Boulevard) –Statesville,Mocksville | Interchange; south end of US 70 overlap | ||
| 77.4 | 124.6 |  NC 150 west (Mooresville Road) | South end of NC 150 overlap | |||
| Yadkin River | 84.8 | 136.5 | Bridge | |||
| Davidson | | 85.2 | 137.1 |  I-85 /US 52 south –Charlotte | Permanently closed as of April, 2010;[9][10][11][12] was I-85 exit 82 | |
| | 86.0 | 138.4 | NC 150 east | North end of NC 150 overlap; I-85 exit 84 | ||
| | I-85 south /US 52 south | South end of I-85/US 52 overlap; I-85 exit 84; south end of freeway section | ||||
| | 87.0 | 140.0 | 85 | Clark Road | Permanently closed as of November, 2012;[13] exit numbers follow I-85 | |
| | 88.4 | 142.3 | 86 | Belmont Road | ||
| Lexington | 90.1 | 145.0 | — | I-85 north –Greensboro,High Point  I-285 begins | North end of I-85 overlap; south end of I-285 overlap; northbound left exit and southbound left entrance; I-85 exit 87; former southern terminus ofI-85 BL | |
| 91.1 | 146.6 | 84 |  NC 47 east toI-85 north | Exit numbers follow US 52 | ||
| 92.0 | 148.1 | 85 | Green Needles Road | |||
| 93.2 | 150.0 | 86 | Lexington, Downtown | |||
| 94.2 | 151.6 | — | I-285 north /US 52 north –Winston-Salem | North end of I-285/US 52 overlap; northbound exit and southbound entrance; US 52 exit 87 | ||
| 95.2 | 153.2 | — | Old US 64 | |||
| 95.7 | 154.0 | — |  US 64 west –Mocksville | South end of US 64 overlap | ||
| — | Smokehouse Lane | Right-in/right-out; southbound exit and entrance; exit unsigned | ||||
| 96.6 | 155.5 | — |  NC 8 (Winston Road) –Lexington,Winston-Salem | North end of freeway section | ||
| 97.5 | 156.9 | US 64 east –Asheboro | Interchange; north end of US 64 overlap | |||
| Thomasville | 104.8 | 168.7 | Thomasville | Interchange northbound; former US 29 north; southbound access via Kanoy Road | ||
| 107.2 | 172.5 |  NC 109 (Salem Street) –Thomasville,Winston-Salem | Interchange | |||
| 108.9 | 175.3 |  US 70 east /NC 68 (National Highway) –Thomasville,West High Point | Interchange; north end of US 70 overlap; toPTI Airport | |||
| Randolph | High Point | 110.0 | 177.0 | — | Old Thomasville Road –High Point | South end of expressway section |
| Guilford | 110.7 | 178.2 | — | Prospect Street | ||
| 111.8 | 179.9 | — | West Green Drive | |||
| 112.6 | 181.2 | — | Surrett Drive | |||
| 113.2 | 182.2 | — | Main Street –High Point | |||
| 114.5 | 184.3 | — |  I-74 / Brentwood Street –Winston-Salem,Asheboro | North end of expressway section; Brentwood Street has a separate exit northbound;three-level diamond interchange; I-74 exit 71B | ||
| 115.6 | 186.0 | Baker Road | Interchange | |||
| 116.7 | 187.8 | Kivett Drive –East High Point | Interchange | |||
| Greensboro | 119.3 | 192.0 | — | Vickery Chapel Road / Guilford College Road –Jamestown | South end of freeway section | |
| 120.8 | 194.4 | — | I-85 south –Charlotte,Salisbury | South end of I-85 overlap; I-85 exit 118 | ||
| 121.8 | 196.0 | 33A | Groometown Road to Grandover Parkway | Exit numbers based on formerI-85 BL mileage; signed as exit 119 northbound; southbound exit ramp shared with exit 33B | ||
| 122.6 | 197.3 | — |  I-85 north toUS 421 south –Durham,Sanford | North end of I-85 overlap; southbound left exit and northbound left entrance; I-85 exit 120A | ||
| 33B |    I-73 /US 421 north toI-40 west –Winston-Salem | No northbound exit; I-73 exit 97; I-85 exit 120B | ||||
| 123.5 | 198.8 | 34 | Holden Road | |||
| 124.4 | 200.2 | 35A |  US 220 south toI-73 south –Asheboro | US 220 north exits 79A-B | ||
| 124.6 | 200.5 | 35B | US 220 north toI-40 west –Coliseum Area | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; US 220 south exit 79 | ||
| 124.9 | 201.0 | 35C | Rehobeth Church Road / Vandalia Road | |||
| 220 | Randleman Road | Northbound exit and southbound left entrance; exit numbers follow I-40 | ||||
| 125.9 | 202.6 | — | I-40 west /US 220 south –Winston-Salem | No northbound exit; south end of I-40/US 220 overlap; I-40 exit 219 | ||
| 126.1 | 202.9 | 220 | Randleman Road | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
| 126.7 | 203.9 | 221 | South Elm-Eugene Street –Downtown Greensboro | |||
| 127.9 | 205.8 | 222 | Martin Luther King Jr. Drive | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; former US 421 south | ||
| 128.2 | 206.3 | — |  I-40 east | North end of I-40 overlap; formerI-85 BL north; northbound left exit and southbound entrance; I-40 exit 223 | ||
| — | Martin Luther King Jr. Drive east toI-40 | Southbound left exit and northbound entrance; former US 421 south | ||||
| 128.6 | 207.0 | — | Florida Street | Northbound exit and entrance only | ||
| 129.4 | 208.2 | — | Gate City Boulevard | Cloverleaf interchange | ||
| 130.2 | 209.5 | — | Market Street | ToNorth Carolina A&T State University | ||
| 130.6 | 210.2 | — | Sullivan Street | Northbound exit and entrance only | ||
| 130.8 | 210.5 | — | Bessemer Avenue | |||
| 131.1 | 211.0 | — | US 220 /US 70 (Wendover Avenue) | Cloverleaf interchange; north end of US 220 overlap; north end of freeway section | ||
| 131.9 | 212.3 | — | Summit Avenue –Downtown | South end of expressway; southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
| 132.4 | 213.1 | — | 16th Street | |||
| 132.9 | 213.9 | — | Cone Boulevard | North end of expressway | ||
| 135.3 | 217.7 | 135 |   I-785 south /I-840 –Raleigh,Charlotte,Winston-Salem | Interchange; signed as exits 135A (east) and 135B (west); northern terminus of I-785; I-840 exits 14A-B | ||
| 136.0 | 218.9 | 136 | Hicone Road | Interchange | ||
| 137.9 | 221.9 | 137 | Reedy Fork Parkway | Interchange | ||
| | 140.9 | 226.8 | NC 150 –Brown Summit | Interchange | ||
| | 141.9 | 228.4 | Benaja Road | Interchange | ||
| Rockingham | | 144.7 | 232.9 | 145 |  US 29 Bus. north | South end of freeway; access to/from Candy Creek Road |
| Reidsville | 148.5 | 239.0 | 149 |   NC 87 toUS 158 west (Freeway Drive) –Reidsville,Burlington | ||
| 149.6 | 240.8 | 150 | Barnes Street –Reidsville Downtown | |||
| | 152.1 | 244.8 | 153 |  US 158 /NC 14 (Freeway Drive) –Reidsville,Eden,Yanceyville | ||
| | 155.5 | 250.3 | 156 | Narrow Gauge Road | ||
| | 158.3 | 254.8 | 159 | US 29 Bus. toNC 87 north –Ruffin | ||
| Ruffin | 160.6 | 258.5 | 161 | US 29 Bus. south (Mayfield Road) | ||
| Caswell | | 164.2 | 264.3 | 165 | Law Road | |
| Pelham | 166.7 | 268.3 | 167 |  NC 700 (Shady Grove Road) –Eden | ||
| North Carolina–Virginia line | 168.3– 168.7 | 270.9– 271.5 | 169 |  US 29 Bus. north /US 58 west –Danville,Martinsville | ||
| US 29 north /US 58 east –Lynchburg,South Boston | Continuation into Virginia | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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