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North Carolina Highway 177 (NC 177) is a route in the piedmont region of
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. The road runs from
South Carolina Highway 177 South Carolina Highway 177 (SC 177) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It connects the community of Wallace with Hamlet, North Carolina. Route description SC 177 is a two-lane rural highway that traver ...
(SC 177) at the North Carolina-
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border, through the town of
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to U.S. Highway 1 (US 1) just south of Hoffman and just north of Rockingham. NC 177 was created in 1961 as a renumbering of NC 77.


Route description

SC 177 becomes NC 177 at the North Carolina–South Carolina border south of Hamlet. The road runs through an area with many farms and forest until reaching
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(future
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) south of Hamlet. The road enters Hamlet along Cheraw Road and runs through the downtown area. The road exits Hamlet passing near Dobbins Heights and a large
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. NC 177 then follows King Street to its end at US 1 next to the
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.


History

NC 177 was created in 1961 as a renumbering of NC 77, around the same time
Interstate 77 Interstate 77 (I-77) is a north–south Interstate Highway in the eastern United States. It traverses diverse terrain, from the mountainous state of West Virginia to the rolling farmlands of North Carolina and Ohio. It largely supplants the ...
was being constructed in the state. The road has stayed the same since its beginning.


North Carolina Highway 77


North Carolina Highway 204


Junction list


See also

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References

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Transportation in Richmond County, North Carolina