North Carolina Highway 119 (NC 119) 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 ...
.
Route description
It runs from
NC 54 in
Swepsonville north via
Mebane,
Hightowers, and
Semora to the
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...
state line, where it continues as
State Route 119.
History
Established in 1940, NC 119 was a renumbering of NC 103 between NC 54 and NC 49, in Alamance County. In 1954, NC 119 was extended north, on new primary routing, to the Virginia border. In 1964, Virginia reciprocated by establishing
SR 119 from the state line north to
US 58/
US 360.
The
North Carolina Department of Transportation has long planned to reroute the highway, currently running through central Mebane, to a new alignment further west. However, in 1998 and 1999, civil rights complaints were filed by the West End Revitalization Association and other local residents against the Department of Transportation and city government over concerns about disproportionate impacts on predominantly African-American communities along the proposed route and longstanding dissatisfaction with access to municipal services. Although a four-year moratorium on the project was established in 1999, the
Federal Highway Administration
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is a division of the United States Department of Transportation that specializes in highway transportation. The agency's major activities are grouped into two programs, the Federal-aid Highway Program ...
eventually granted approval in December 2009.
A project that started in 1990 relocated NC 119 west of Mebane, creating a new 4 to 6-lane divided highway from
I-40
Interstate 40 (I-40) is a major east–west Interstate Highway running through the south-central portion of the United States. At a length of , it is the third-longest Interstate Highway in the country, after I-90 and I-80. From west to ea ...
/
I-85
Interstate 85 (I-85) is a major Interstate Highway in the Southeastern United States. Its southern terminus is at an interchange with I-65 in Montgomery, Alabama; its northern terminus is an interchange with I-95 in Petersburg, Virginia, ...
to Mrs. White Lane (SR 1918). The project was broken into two parts, with a combined estimate of $101.9 million; property acquisitions were expected after 2014.
The relocated alignment opened to traffic on May 27, 2022.
Junction list
See also
*
North Carolina Bicycle Route 4 - Concurrent with NC 119 from Stephentown Road to Osmond Road near
Hyco Lake
Hyco Lake is a reservoir in Person and Caswell counties, North Carolina. It is the area's main destination for fishing, boating, water skiing, wake boarding, and recreation and is the larger of Person County's two lakes, the other being Mayo Lake ...
References
External links
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NCRoads.com: N.C. 119
119
119 may refer to:
* 119 (number), a natural number
* 119 (emergency telephone number)
* AD 119, a year in the 2nd century AD
* 119 BC, a year in the 2nd century BC
* 119 (album), 2012
* 119 (NCT song)
*119 (Show Me the Money song)
* 119 (film), a ...
Transportation in Alamance County, North Carolina
Transportation in Caswell County, North Carolina