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North Carolina Highway 45 (NC 45) is a primary
state highway A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained'' by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a ...
in the U.S. state of
North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So ...
. The highway traverses north-south, from Ocracoke to Winton.


Route description

NC 45 starts at the ferry terminal at Ocracoke, connecting with NC 12, it traverses across the Pamlico Sound along the Swan Quarter-Ocracoke Ferry. At Swan Quarter, it continues at a northwesterly direction; merging with several highways along the way, including US 264, NC 99, NC 32, US 64, NC 308, and NC 461. North of
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, it parallels west of the
Chowan River The Chowan River (cho-WAHHN)
, from the North Carolina Collection's website at the
US 13/ US 158, near Winton.


History

On May 1, 2013, NC 45 was extended south from Swan Quarter to its current southern terminus in Ocracoke, crossing over the Pamlico Sound along the Swan Quarter-Ocracoke Ferry. NC 45 does not traverse beyond the ferry terminal.


Major intersections


See also

*
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- concurrent with NC 45 from Swan Quarter to the northern US 264 intersection


References


External links

* 045 Transportation in Hyde County, North Carolina Transportation in Beaufort County, North Carolina Transportation in Washington County, North Carolina Transportation in Bertie County, North Carolina Transportation in Hertford County, North Carolina {{Outer Banks