U.S. Route 220 Business (Asheboro, North Carolina)
Several special routes of U.S. Route 220 exist. In order from south to north they are as follows. Existing Candor–Seagrove alternate route U.S. Route 220 Alternate (US 220 Alt), established in 1979, is an route that follows the old US 220 route through Candor, Biscoe, North Carolina, Biscoe and Star, North Carolina, Star. In 1997, it was extended further north through Seagrove, North Carolina, Seagrove to its current terminus near Ulah. In 2008, the US 220 Alt was temporary extended south to North Carolina Highway 73, NC 73, while mainline U.S. Route 220 in North Carolina, US 220 was on new freeway filling in for Future Interstate 73 in North Carolina, I-73/Interstate 74 in North Carolina, I-74; In 2013, mainline US 220 was moved back on that section. Predominantly a two-lane rural highway, it begins at exit 41 interchange from I-73/I-74/US 220 and ends at US 220 Bus, just from exit 68. Asheboro business loop U. ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  

Special Route
In road transportation in the United States, a special route is a road in a numbered highway system that diverts a specific segment of related traffic away from another road. They are featured in many highway systems; most are found in the Interstate Highway System, U.S. highway system, and several state highway systems. Each type of special route possesses generally defined characteristics and has a defined relationship with its parent route. Typically, special routes share a route number with a dominant route, often referred as the "parent" or "mainline", and are given either a descriptor which may be used either before or after the route name, such as Alternate or Business, or a letter suffix that is attached to the route number. For example, an alternate route of U.S. Route 1 may be called "Alternate U.S. Route 1", "U.S. Route 1 Alternate", or "U.S. Route 1A". Occasionally, a special route will have both a descriptor and a suffix, such as U.S. Route 1A Business. Nomen ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]