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 North Carolina Highway 216 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byNCDOT | ||||
| Length | 15.6 mi[1] (25.1 km) | |||
| Existed | 1930–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  SC 216 at theSouth Carolina line nearGrover | |||
| Major intersections |  I-85 nearGrover | |||
| North end |  NC 274 nearTryon | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | North Carolina | |||
| Counties | Cleveland,Gaston | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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North Carolina Highway 216 (NC 216) is a primarystate highway in the U.S. state ofNorth Carolina. The highway runs north–south, from theSouth Carolina state line toNC 274 near the unincorporated community ofTryon.
NC 216 is a 15.6-mile (25.1 km) two-lane rural highway that begins at the South Carolina state line, 1.2-mile (1.9 km) fromKings Mountain National Military Park; the road continues south towards the park asSouth Carolina Highway 216 (SC 216). Going north, it crosses overInterstate 85 then has a shortoverlap withU.S. Route 29 (US 29). It enters the city ofKings Mountain on Battleground Avenue. Through Kings Mountain, it crossesUS 74 continuing north on Piedmont Avenue. The road then becomes County Line Road, as the highway straddles the county line betweenCleveland andGaston counties. The highway ends atNC 274.[1]
NC 216 was established in 1930 as a new primary route from US 29/NC 205 to the South Carolina state line. Around 1956, NC 216 was extended north along US 29 for 1.5-mile (2.4 km), then replacing US 29 into Kings Mountain. It then continued north on several upgraded secondary roads to its current terminus on NC 274. In the early 1960s, SC 216 was established as a continuation of NC 216 to Kings Mountain National Military Park.[2][3]
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Cleveland | | 0.0 | 0.0 |  SC 216 south | Continuation intoSouth Carolina |
| | 0.8– 1.0 | 1.3– 1.6 | I-85 –Gastonia,Gaffney | Exit 2 (I-85) | |
| | 1.2 | 1.9 |   US 29 south | South end of US 29 overlap | |
| Archdale | 2.5 | 4.0 |   US 29 north toI-85 –Gastonia,Charlotte | North end of US 29 overlap | |
| Kings Mountain | 7.1 | 11.4 |   US 74 Bus. (Kings Street) toI-85 | ||
| 7.8– 8.0 | 12.6– 12.9 | US 74 –Shelby,Gastonia | Interchange | ||
| Gaston | | 15.6 | 25.1 | NC 274 –Cherryville,Bessemer City | Northern terminus |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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