North Carolina Highway 130 (NC 130) is a primary
state highway
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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 serves the towns and rural communities in southern
Robeson County
Robeson County is a county in the southern part of the U.S. state of North Carolina and is its largest county by land area. Its county seat is and largest city is Lumberton. The county was formed in 1787 from part of Bladen County and named in ...
, acts as a direct route between
Whiteville and
Shallotte
Shallotte is a town in Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 3,675 at the 2010 census. The Shallotte River passes through the town.
History
Shallotte was incorporated as a town in 1899.
A former Hardee's resta ...
through the
Green Swamp, and provides access to
Holden Beach.
Route description
NC Highway 130 begins at
U.S. Route 74 Business (US 74 Bus.) and
NC 71 in
Maxton and ends at Ocean Boulevard in Holden Beach.
It
overlaps several highways along its route, including
US 501
U.S. Route 501 (US 501) is a spur of U.S. Route 1. It runs 355 miles (571 km) from Buena Vista, Virginia at U.S. Route 60 to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina at U.S. Route 17 Business.
It passes through the states of Virginia, North Carolina a ...
,
US 74
U.S. Route 74 (US 74) is an east–west United States highway that runs for from Chattanooga, Tennessee to Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. Primarily in North Carolina, it serves as an important highway from the mountains to the ...
(proposed
Interstate 74
}
Interstate 74 (I-74) is an Interstate Highway in the Midwestern and Southeastern United States. Its western end is at an interchange with I-80 in Davenport, Iowa (Quad Cities); the eastern end of its Midwest segment is at an interchange ...
),
US 76
U.S. Route 76 (US 76) is an east–west U.S. highway that travels for approximately from Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina.
Route description
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, TN
, 8.9
, 14.3
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, GA
, 150.7
, 242.5
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, SC
, 297.9
, 479.4
, ...
,
NC 410 and
US 17 Bus.
History
NC 130 was established around 1928 as a renumbering of part of
NC 201 between
NC 30 in
Supply
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*The amount of a resource that is available
**Supply (economics), the amount of a product which is available to customers
**Materiel, the goods and equipment for a military unit to fulfill its mission
*Supply, as in confidenc ...
, to the intersection of Moore Street and Atlantic Avenue in
Southport
Southport is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 90,336, making it the eleventh most populous settlement in North West England.
Southport lies on the Irish ...
. In 1930, NC 130 was extended west along NC 30 to Shallotte, then northwest along new primary routing to
NC 23 near Whiteville. In 1940, NC 130 made its final westward extension, by overlapping with
US 701 to US 74 in Whiteville; in concurrency, it travels with US 74 until
Boardman, then replaced NC 71 through
Fairmont and
Rowland before ending at US 74/NC 71 in Maxton.
By 1944, NC 130 was rerouted in Shallotte onto Whiteville Road and Powell Street to
US 17 on Village Road; its old alignment of Bridger Road and Mulberry Street was downgraded to secondary roads. In 1949, NC 130 was extended north on new primary routing from Southport, through the
Sunny Point Army Terminal (opened 1955) and
Orton Plantation
The Orton Plantation is a historic plantation house in the Smithville Township of Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States. Located beside the Cape Fear River between Wilmington and Southport, Orton Plantation is considered to be a nea ...
, to US 17/US 74/US 76 in
Belville. In 1957, NC 130 was truncated in Shallotte; with Supply to Southport becoming part of
NC 211 and Southport to Belville part of
NC 40. In 1959, NC 130 was extended on new primary routing to Holden Beach. By 1962, NC 130 was adjusted onto Main Street instead of Village Road in Shallotte, downgrading Powell Street to secondary road.
In 1965, NC 130 was rerouted on new bypass southeast of Fairmont, with its old alignment through town becoming NC 130 Business.
In 1972, US 74/NC 130 was placed on new alignment between the
Lumber River
The Lumber River, sometimes referred to as the Lumbee River, is a river in south-central North Carolina in the flat Coastal Plain. European settlers first called the river Drowning Creek, which is the name of its headwater. The waterway known as ...
and
Chadbourn; its old alignment through Boardman and Evergreen became Old US 74 (SR 1574). In 1975, US 74/NC 130 was rerouted onto new alignment north of Chadbourn to NC 410, where then continued together south into town; five months later, the concurrencies would change to
US 74 Bus. and
US 76 Bus. between Chadbourn and Whiteville. NC 130 was rerouted in 2012 onto new four-lane Smith Avenue in Shallotte; NC 130 Business was established continuing along the old alignment with US 17 Bus. and onto Holden Beach Road, then on new routing on Edgewater Drive back to the mainline.
Junction list
Special routes
Fairmont business loop
North Carolina Highway 130 Business (NC 130 Bus.) is a business loop that goes through downtown Fairmont, via Iona Street, Main Street and Cottage Street; it also shares a short concurrency with
NC 41. It was established in 1965 when mainline NC 130 was moved to a bypass route south of town.
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]
Shallotte alternate spur
North Carolina Highway 130A (NC 130A) was established in 1944 as cutoff between NC 130 and US 17 (today Village Road). By 1962, US 17 was rerouted onto new primary highway in Shallotte, thus decommissioning the cutoff as NC 130 was adjusted further west.
Shallotte business loop
North Carolina Highway 130 Business (NC 130 Bus) is a business loop in Shallotte.[
]
References
External links
* {{commons category-inline, North Carolina Highway 130
NCRoads.com: N.C. 130
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Transportation in Robeson County, North Carolina
Transportation in Columbus County, North Carolina
Transportation in Brunswick County, North Carolina