North Carolina Highway 118 (NC 118) is an primary
state highway
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in the U.S. state of
North Carolina
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. It runs east–west from
NC 11 in
Grifton to
NC 43 in
Vanceboro.
Route description
A two-lane rural highway, it traverses through mostly farmland, as it connects the towns of Grifton and Vanceboro. The highway begins at a stop-controlled intersection with the
divided
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At an elementary level the division of two natural numb ...
NC 11 just outside of the town limits of Grifton in
Lenoir County. NC 118 heads east along West Contentnea Drive through farmland for then enters Grifton and passes through small residential neighborhood for another . At an intersection with South Highland Boulevard, NC 118 turns to the northeast along this road and crosses the
Contentnea Creek
Contentnea Creek is a major tributary of the Neuse River in North Carolina, USA. It is part of the Neuse River Basin, and flows for 91 miles between the Buckhorn Reservoir (confluence of Moccasin and Turkey Creeks), where it begins, and Grifton, ...
into
Pitt County and downtown Grifton. It makes a turn towards the southeast at Queen Street where NC 118 heads through the town's central business district. After curving slowly to due east, the road heads through another residential neighborhood of Grifton before exiting the town for a more rural area. One small settlement in Pitt County through which NC 118 passes is
Quinerly where some houses and streets line the south side of the road.
NC 118 heads towards the southeast again where it enters
Craven County
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, again in a mostly rural area. It curves to the east where it passes through an unnamed settlement (at the intersection of Honolulu Road and Bay Bush Road) containing some churches, cemeteries, and a farm and garden store. The road makes one more drop towards the southeast passing another unnamed settlement with houses and churches before curving one last time to the east at wooded marshland containing Swift Creek. NC 118 ends at an intersection with
NC 43 within a small
annexed
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portion of Vanceboro.
The road continues east as state-maintained Dawson Lane (Secondary Road 1654) to end about later at
U.S. Route 17 Business.
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History
Established in 1932 as a new primary routing, it initially ran from U.S. Route 70
U.S. Route 70 or U.S. Highway 70 (US 70) is an east–west United States highway that runs for from eastern North Carolina to east-central Arizona. It is a major east–west highway of the Southeastern United States, Southeastern, Southern Unite ...
(US 70)/NC 10
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(now NC 55
North Carolina Highway 55 (NC 55) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It serves as a traffic artery connecting Durham with Cary and numerous small cities and towns in The Triangle on its way toward the Pamli ...
) in Fort Barnwell to NC 43 in Vanceboro. Around 1940, it was rerouted to a new western terminus at NC 11 in Grifton. In 1969, it was extended west over an old section of NC 11 and Grifton Hugo Road to its current western terminus of NC 11.
Junction list
References
External links
*{{commons category-inline, North Carolina Highway 118
NCRoads.com: N.C. 118
Transportation in Lenoir County, North Carolina
Transportation in Pitt County, North Carolina
Transportation in Craven County, North Carolina
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