 U.S. Highway 301 | ||||
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 US 301 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Auxiliary route ofUS 1 | ||||
| Maintained byNCDOT | ||||
| Length | 193.7 mi[1] (311.7 km) | |||
| Existed | 1932–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |   US 301 /US 501 at theSouth Carolina state line | |||
| Major intersections | ||||
| North end | US 301 at theVirginia state line | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | North Carolina | |||
| Counties | Robeson,Cumberland,Harnett,Johnston,Wilson,Nash,Edgecombe,Halifax,Northampton | |||
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U.S. Route 301 (US 301) is a north–southUnited States highway that runs for 194 miles (312 km) inNorth Carolina from theSouth Carolina state line nearRowland to theVirginia state line nearPleasant Hill. The entire route parallelsI-95. From the southern border toHope Mills, it runs very close to I-95, crossing it several times and having a short concurrency with the freeway inLumberton. From Hope Mills toEastover, North Carolina it followsInterstate 95 Business, a partial freeway that passes through the center ofFayetteville. Passing through towns such asDunn,Benson,Smithfield, andSelma that are bypassed by I-95, numerous local businesses targeted at I-95 travellers line this stretch, rarely does it veer more than a fraction of a mile from I-95. AtKenly, it leaves its close parallel of I-95, taking a route approximately 5 miles east of I-95 and passing through the center of the cities ofWilson andRocky Mount. North of Rocky Mount it passes through several small towns, includingWhitakers,Enfield,Halifax, andWeldon before passing into Virginia near Pleasant Hill. Through Rocky Mount the route divides into a Business and Bypass route, and there is also a short business loop in Halifax.
US 301 generally follows the same route asI-95 through North Carolina; they both enter the state near theSouth of the Border attraction in South Carolina,overlap together aroundLumberton, and share multiple interchanges before reaching Virginia.
US 301 entersNorth Carolina at theSouth Carolina border, south ofRowland and north ofSouth of the Border. The highway enters the state as a four-lane divided highway,concurrent withUS 501. It immediately meets I-95 (I-95 exit 1) at an interchange partially in North Carolina and partially in South Carolina. US 301 and US 501 continue north of the interchange toward Rowland, and the highway narrows to a two-lane undivided roadway. It goes northwest until passing through the Bracey Swamp where both routes curve northeast running parallel to theCSXSouth End Subdivision until they enterRowland where the concurrency with US 501 ends. US 301 then makes two sharp right curves and then one left curve where it passes throughRaynham before merging with I-95 from exit 10 to exit 22. North of Lumberton, it crosses I-95 twice before enteringFayetteville, overlapped withI-95 Business along Eastern Boulevard. North ofEastover, it encounters a connecting road toUS 13 just before it crosses under North Carolina Highway 295 (NC 295), also known as FutureI-295, as it parallels I-95 to its immediate west. Traversing through the cities ofWade,Godwin,Dunn, andBenson, where it crosses overI-40 without an interchange; it joins the southbound right-in/right-out interchange from Exit 90 on I-95 before serving as the northern terminus ofUS 701 inFour Oaks, and starts a concurrency withNorth Carolina Highway 96 (NC 96). From there it continues on throughSmithfield, thenSelma where the NC 96 concurrency ends, and then passes throughMicro. AtKenly, US 301 crosses under I-95 then moves away from that interstate again, into the cities ofWilson,Elm City,Sharpsburg, andRocky Mount, before returning to a more easterly parallel to the Interstate. US 301 continues north through the towns ofEnfield,Halifax, andWeldon, where it joinsUS 158 in an overlap with a bridge over theRoanoke River, then leaves the overlap as it entersGarysburg. The last major intersection with US 301 in the state is withNC 48 inPleasant Hill before crossing into Virginia.[1]
US 301 was established in 1932, replacingUS 217 from the South Carolina state line to Wilson, andUS 17-1 from Wilson to the Virginia state line. In 1934,NC 22 andNC 40 were dropped along the route.[2][3]
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 a four-lane road around Lumberton, Fayetteville, and between Kenly and Rocky Mount; it was also at this time thatElm 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]
From 1978 to 1986, US 301 was overlapped bya second I-95 Business Loop between Kenly and Rocky Mount, which also used part of what is today an extension ofNC 4.[4][5]
 U.S. Highway 217 | |
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| Location | SC state line-Wilson, NC |
| Length | 126.7 mi[6] (203.9 km) |
| Existed | 1926–1932 |
U.S. Route 217 (US 217) was an original U.S. Highway, established in 1926, and was completely overlapped with NC 22. The original highway continued south into South Carolina to end inPee Dee. 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 and 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 Wilson from the south, it ended at US 17-1/NC 40 (Dixie Inn Road). In 1932, the entire route was renumbered as part of US 301.[citation needed]
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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| North Carolina–South Carolina line | 0.00 | 0.00 |  US 301 south /US 501 south –South of the Border,Dillon | Continuation intoSouth Carolina | ||
 I-95 –Lumberton,Fayetteville,Florence | I-95 exit 1 | |||||
| Robeson | Rowland | 2.7 | 4.3 |   US 501 north /NC 130 –Laurinburg,Fairmont | North end of US 501 overlap | |
| | 11.8 | 19.0 |  I-95 south –Florence | South end of I-95 overlap; I-95 exit 10 | ||
| Lumberton | 14.5 | 23.3 | 13 |   I-74 /US 74 –Whiteville,Wilmington,Laurinburg,Rockingham | Exit numbers follow I-95; signed as exits 13A (east) and 13B (west); I-74 exit 209 | |
| 14 | US 74 | Permanently closed in 2007; replaced by exit 13 | ||||
| 18.5 | 29.8 | 17 |   NC 72 /NC 711 north –Lumberton,Pembroke,Red Springs | Southern terminus of NC 711 | ||
| 20.2 | 32.5 | 19 | Carthage Road | |||
| 21.4 | 34.4 | 20 |    NC 211 toNC 41 –Lumberton,Red Springs,Fairmont | |||
| 23.0 | 37.0 |  I-95 north –Fayetteville | North end of I-95 overlap; I-95 exit 22 | |||
| | 27.0 | 43.5 | I-95 –Lumberton,Fayetteville | I-95 exit 25 | ||
| Saint Pauls | 33.2 | 53.4 |  NC 20 (Broad Street) –Lumber Bridge,Elizabethtown | |||
| | 35.5 | 57.1 | I-95 –Lumberton,Fayetteville | Exit 33 (I-95) | ||
| | 40.2 | 64.7 |  NC 71 south –Parkton,Lumber Bridge,Red Springs | |||
| Cumberland | | 43.0 | 69.2 |    I-95 BL south toI-95 south –Lumberton | South end of I-95 BL overlap; interchange; southbound left exit and northbound entrance | |
| Hope Mills | 43.6 | 70.2 | ToI-95 / Main Street –Hope Mills | Interchange | ||
| 45.6 | 73.4 |   NC 162 west (Elk Road) | Eastern terminus of NC 162 | |||
| Fayetteville | 50.6 | 81.4 |  NC 87 (Martin Luther King Jr. Freeway) –Elizabethtown | NC 87 exit 102 | ||
| 52.4 | 84.3 |    NC 24 /NC 210 toUS 401 (Grove Street) –Roseboro | At-grade intersection; south end of freeway | |||
| 53.8 | 86.6 | — | Middle Road | |||
| | 55.6 | 89.5 | — | Dobbins Holmes Road | ||
| Eastover | 57.3 | 92.2 |  I-95 BL north toI-95 north | North end of I-95 BL overlap; north end of freeway section | ||
| 60.2 | 96.9 |  Pembroke Lane toI-95 /US 13 –Newton Grove, Eastover Central Elementary School | ToNC 295 | |||
| 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 | ||
| Mingo Swamp | Bridge | |||||
| 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 toI-40 | North end of NC 242 overlap | |||
| Four Oaks | 93.9 | 151.1 |   I-95 /US 701 south /NC 96 south –Benson,Rocky Mount,Newton Grove | Exit 90 (I-95); northern terminus of US 701; 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 | Exit 107 (I-95) | ||
| 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 | Exit 5 (I-795) | ||
| | 123.6 | 198.9 |  US 117 south –Fremont,Pikeville | Northern terminus of US 117 | ||
| Wilson | 123.9 | 199.4 |   I-587 /US 264 –Greenville,Raleigh | Exit 43 (US 264) | ||
| 126.6 | 203.7 |  US 264 Alt. west (Ward Boulevard west) | South end of US 264 Alt. overlap | |||
| 128.2 | 206.3 |   US 264 Alt. east /NC 58 south (Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway) –Stantonsburg,Saratoga | North end of US 264 Alt. overlap; south end of NC 58 overlap | |||
| 128.7 | 207.1 | NC 58 north (Ward Boulevard north) | North end of NC 58 overlap | |||
| 129.9 | 209.1 |  NC 42 (Herring Avenue) –Pinetops,Wilson | Interchange | |||
| | 132.4 | 213.1 | Rosebud Church Road | Interchange | ||
| | 135.0 | 217.3 | Langley Road –Elm City | Interchange | ||
| Nash | | 141.5 | 227.7 | US 301 Bus. north (Tarboro Road) | Southern terminus of US 301 Bus. | |
| Rocky Mount | 143.4 | 230.8 |   NC 97 (Tarboro Road) –Raleigh | Interchange; toRocky Mount-Wilson Regional Airport | ||
| 146.6 | 235.9 |  US 64 Bus. –Rocky Mount,Nashville | Interchange; northbound exit via May Drive | |||
| 147.2 | 236.9 | US 64 –Tarboro,Raleigh | US 64 exit 468A | |||
| 148.2 | 238.5 |   NC 43 /NC 48 toI-95 | Interchange | |||
| 150.0 | 241.4 | US 301 Bus. south (Church Road) | Northern terminus of US 301 Bus. | |||
| Battleboro | 153.5 | 247.0 |  NC 4 north toI-95 | Partial interchange; northbound left exit and southbound entrance; southbound access via Red Oak-Battleboro Road | ||
| 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 | |||
| Fishing Creek | Edgecombe-Halifax county line | |||||
| 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) | Eastern terminus of NC 481 Bus. | |||
| | 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) | Southern terminus of US 301 Bus. | ||
| 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) | Northern terminus of US 301 Bus. | |||
| Weldon | 184.0 | 296.1 |  US 158 west (Second Street) –Roanoke Rapids | West end of US 158 overlap | ||
| Roanoke River | Rockfish Capital Bridge | |||||
| Northampton | Garysburg | 186.4 | 300.0 | US 158 east –Jackson,Murfreesboro | East end of US 158 overlap | |
| 186.8 | 300.6 |   NC 46 west /NC 186 west –Gaston | Eastern terminus of NC 46; south end of NC 186 overlap | |||
| 187.0 | 300.9 | NC 186 east –Seaboard | North end of NC 186 overlap | |||
| Pleasant Hill | 193.0 | 310.6 | NC 48 south –Gaston | Northern terminus of NC 48 | ||
| | 193.7 | 311.7 | US 301 north –Emporia | Continuation intoVirginia | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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