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North Carolina Highway 78
North Carolina Highway 78 (NC 78) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The highway connects the Tramway community with Sanford's Jonesboro Heights neighborhood. Route description NC 78 is a two-lane highway, traversing from US 1/US 15/ US 501 in Tramway, to US 421 Business/ NC 42/ NC 87 in Jonesboro Heights. The routing provides a southern bypass of downtown Sanford. History Established in late 1940 as a renumbering of NC 93, NC 78 went from US 1/US 15/US 501 in Tramway, to US 421 in Jonesboro (today Jonesboro Heights). In 1961, NC 78 was rerouted from its terminus at Main Street and Lee Street (now Lee Avenue), to Woodland Avenue and Lee Street (today Horner Boulevard), in Sanford. By the late 1960s, NC 78 was rerouted again to its current terminus with Horner Boulevard. Originally, the first NC 78 existed from 1934-1940, traversing from NC 79 in Gibson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Carolina Department Of Transportation
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) is responsible for building, repairing, and operating highways, bridges, and other modes of transportation, including ferries in the U.S. state of North Carolina. History The North Carolina Department of Transportation was formed in 1915 as the State Highway Commission. In 1941 the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) was formed under the NCDoT by an act of the North Carolina General Assembly, General Assembly. The Executive Organization Act of 1971 combined the state highway commission and the DMV to form the NC Department of Transportation and Highway Safety. In 1979 "Highway Safety" was dropped when the North Carolina State Highway Patrol (NCSHP) was transferred to the North Carolina Department of Crime Control and Public Safety. Board of Transportation The board governs the department and is the decision-making body. Fourteen board members are appointed by the governor, one each from one of the fourteen divisions, and six o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Carolina Highway 79
North Carolina Highway 79 (NC 79) is an primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. NC 79 runs from the South Carolina border as a continuation of South Carolina Highway 79 (SC 79) at Gibson to U.S. Route 15 (US 15), US 401, US 501, and US 74 Business in Laurinburg. While signed north–south, NC 79 physically travels in an east–west direction between its termini. NC 79 is primarily a two-lane road running through rural Scotland County and residential areas west of Laurinburg. Combined with SC 79, the highways form a coherent route between SC 9 northwest of Bennettsville, South Carolina and Laurinburg. A state highway between the South Carolina border west of Gibson and Laurinburg was first established in 1921 as North Carolina Highway 203. Originally, NC 203 traveled between South Carolina and NC 20 through Gibson. NC 203 was subsequently renumbered as NC 79 by 1935. Ori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jefferson Davis Highway
The Jefferson Davis Highway, also known as the Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway, was a planned transcontinental highway in the United States in the 1910s and 1920s that began in Arlington, Virginia, and extended south and west to San Diego, California; it was named for Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States, United States senator, and Secretary of War. Because of unintended conflict between the National Auto Trail movement and the federal government, it is unclear whether it ever really existed in the complete form that its United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) founders originally intended. Conception of auto trail In the first quarter of the 20th century, as the automobile gained in popularity, a system of roads began to develop informally through the actions of private interests. These were known as ''auto trails''. They existed without the support or coordination of the federal government, although in some states, the state governments participated in their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Carolina
)''Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no) , anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind" , Former = Province of South Carolina , seat = Columbia , LargestCity = Charleston , LargestMetro = Greenville (combined and metro) Columbia (urban) , BorderingStates = Georgia, North Carolina , OfficialLang = English , population_demonym = South Carolinian , Governor = , Lieutenant Governor = , Legislature = General Assembly , Upperhouse = Senate , Lowerhouse = House of Representatives , Judiciary = South Carolina Supreme Court , Senators = , Representative = 6 Republicans1 Democrat , postal_code = SC , TradAbbreviation = S.C. , area_rank = 40th , area_total_sq_mi = 32,020 , area_total_km2 = 82,932 , area_land_sq_mi = 30,109 , area_land_km2 = 77,982 , area_water_sq_mi = 1,911 , area_water_km2 = 4,949 , area_water_percent = 6 , population_rank = 23rd , population_as_of = 2022 , 2010Pop = 5282634 , population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Carolina Highway 381
South Carolina Highway 381 (SC 381) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It connects the towns in eastern Marlboro County. Route description SC 381 traverses from Blenheim at SC 38 to the North Carolina state line where it continues as North Carolina Highway 381 into Gibson, North Carolina. As a two-lane rural highway, it connects the towns of Clio and McColl. History The highway was established in 1930 as a new primary route from SC 38 in Blenheim to SC 9 in Clio. In 1931 or 1932, it was extended north to SC 30 (today U.S. Route 15 (US 15) and US 401) in McColl; and west to the community of Marlboro. In 1934, the western extension was dropped while it extended north again to the North Carolina state line. In 1940, SC 381 was extended west again to SC 382 in Scott, only to be truncated back in Blenheim by 1948. Major intersections See also * References External links *{{commons category-inline, South Carolina Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Carolina Highway 381
North Carolina Highway 381 (NC 381) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The highway connects the cities of Hamlet and Gibson. Route description NC 381 is a two-lane rural highway that traverses from the South Carolina state line in Gibson to U.S. Route 74 Business near Hamlet. The highway is flanked with farms and has little traffic. History Established in 1940 as a renumbering of NC 78 when the route was extended to the South Carolina state line, connecting with SC 381; remained unchanged since inception. Junction list References External links *{{commons category-inlineNCRoads.com: N.C. 381 381 __NOTOC__ Year 381 ( CCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Syagrius and Eucherius (or, less frequently, year 1134 ... Transportation in Scotland County, North Carolina Transporta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamlet, North Carolina
Hamlet is a city in Richmond County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 6,042 at the 2020 census. History The area in Richmond County which presently includes Hamlet was originally known as Sandhills. The Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford Railroad was extended through the area in 1866. The first house was constructed there in 1869. In 1872 the land was purchased by John Shortridge, an English immigrant who intended on building a textile mill along a creek. He renamed the locale Hamlet the following year, supposedly in homage to hamlets in the British Isles. He planted a sycamore tree to celebrate the occasion, which stood until 1946. A post office was established in 1876, and that year Shortridge sold a parcel of land to Raleigh and Augusta Air Line Railroad, which completed its own line through Hamlet by the following year. Railway shops were built in 1894 and the town was formally incorporated on February 9, 1897. Seaboard Air Line Railroad decided to establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gibson, North Carolina
Gibson is a town in Scotland County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 540 at the 2010 census. History Gibson was originally located in Richmond County, North Carolina. A post office was built in the area in 1846, and the town was named for its first postmaster, Noah Gibson. In 1883 the Raleigh and Augusta Air Line Railroad made plans to build a spur line to Gibson to bring goods to the locale and ship cotton out from local residents to markets. In anticipation of the railroad connection, Gibson residents erected a depot, hotel, academy, and several additional stores. The spur was built in 1884 and opened on July 1 with daily rail service to Hamlet. In 1891 the Charleston, Sumter and Northern Railroad line from Bennettsville, South Carolina was linked to the Air Line at the Gibson depot. Scotland County was created in 1899 and Gibson became a part of the new jurisdiction. The town was incorporated that year. In 1904 a bank was established. A civic ruritan club wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Carolina Highway 93
North Carolina Highway 93 (NC 93) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It runs from the Virginia state line to the community of Twin Oaks, entirely in Alleghany County. Route description NC 93 begins at the Virginia state line and goes southeast for on a curvy road that ends at US 221 just outside of Twin Oaks. It is overlapped with NC Bike Route 4 along the entire length of the route. History Originally established as North Carolina Highway 260 in 1935, it was renumbered in 1940 to match the older Virginia State Route 93. In 1977, NC 93 was rerouted in Piney Creek to its current routing; abandoning Pugh Road and extending NC 113 further north to its current northern terminus. NC 93 existed two times before it current routing: # In 1929, it was established as a new road from Pittsboro to Graham Graham and Graeme may refer to: People * Graham (given name), an English-language given name * Graham (surn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tramway, North Carolina
Tramway is an area of Lee County, North Carolina, United States which politically forms part of Sanford. It is located on U.S. 1/ 15/501, north of the road's intersection with North Carolina Highway 78. Its elevation is 499 feet or 152 meters. According to one local source, the name of the area derives from a 19th-century tram A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport are ...way used to transport timber to a sawmill inaccessible by wagons, and, presumably, the lumber returned. References * Geography of Lee County, North Carolina Neighborhoods in North Carolina {{LeeCountyNC-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Carolina Highway 87
North Carolina Highway 87 (NC 87) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. NC 87 begins in the Atlantic coastal town of Southport and crosses into Virginia at the Virginia state line five miles (8 km) north of Eden in Rockingham County. At in length, NC 87 is the second longest state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina with only North Carolina Highway 24 (NC 24) being longer. Labeled as a north–south route, NC 87 travels along a relatively straight southeast–northwest path, connecting Cape Fear region with the Piedmont. It is also the main north-south route connecting the cities of Fayetteville, Sanford, Burlington and Reidsville. Route description NC 87 is a four-lane, divided highway with at-grade crossings between Elizabethtown and Sanford with the exception of Fayetteville, where NC 87 is a freeway. Other sections that are four-lane, divided highways include concurrencies with US 17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Carolina Highway 42
North Carolina Highway 42 (NC 42) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina and a semi-urban traffic artery connecting Asheboro, Sanford, Clayton, Wilson and Ahoskie as well as many small- to medium-sized towns throughout Central and Eastern North Carolina. The highway is primarily rural, avoiding larger cities such as Raleigh. NC 42 begins at I-73/I-74/ US 220 on the western side of Asheboro. From there the highway runs southeast toward Sanford. Running through the heart of Sanford, NC 42 intersects several major highways such as US 1 and US 421. Leaving Sanford the highway runs along the southern side of the Triangle Area, while servicing the smaller towns of Fuquay-Varina and Clayton. Further east the highway intersects both I-95 and US 264, shortly before entering central Wilson. Leaving Wilson the highway continues to the northeast, and intersects US 258 near Crisp. North of intersecting US 64, NC& ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
