North Carolina Highway 700 (NC 700) is a primary
state highway 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 ...
. The highway runs east–west from
Eden to
U.S. Route 29
U.S. Route 29 (US 29) is a north–south United States highway that runs for from Pensacola, Florida to the western suburbs of Baltimore, Maryland in the Southern United States, connecting the Florida Panhandle to the Baltimore-Washington me ...
(US 29) in
Pelham.
Route description
NC 700 is a rural two-lane highway, starting in Eden, where it starts along a
concurrency with
US 311 and
NC 770. The western terminus is at an interchange where in addition to US 311 and NC 770 passing through,
NC 14
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and
NC 87 pass north and south. The three roads run together for over before NC 700 heads south along Fieldcrest Street. It goes southeast out of the Eden city limits then northeast through a mix of forest and farmland. It ends at an interchange with US 29 (future
Interstate 785
Interstate 785 (I-785) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway in the US state of North Carolina. , it is completed through eastern Guilford County, through a concurrency with I-840 along the Greensboro Urban Loop. When completed, it will c ...
) just outside of the community of Pelham. The Piedmont Triad Visitor Center is located on NC 700 just west of the interchange.
History
Established in 1934 as a new primary routing from northwest of Eden to Pelham. In 1957, NC 700 was truncated to the new freeway alignment of US 29. In 2000, NC 700 was truncated at NC 14/NC 87/NC 770, when all state highways were removed from central Eden.
Junction list
References
External links
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NCRoads.com: N.C. 700
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Events
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Transportation in Rockingham County, North Carolina
Transportation in Caswell County, North Carolina