North Carolina Highway 710 (NC 710) is a primary
state highway
A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained'' by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a ...
in the U.S. state of
North Carolina. It connects the town of
Pembroke to
Interstate 74 (I-74) and
U.S. Route 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 ...
(US 74) and the nearby towns of
Red Springs and
Rowland.
Route description
NC 710 is a predominantly two-lane rural highway in the southern section of the state. Though it traverses geographically north-south, it is signed east-west, with its western and eastern points also geographically incorrect. NC 710 begins at its signed western terminus in a
concurrency
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Law
* Concurrence, in jurisprudence, the need to prove both ''actus reus'' and ''mens rea''
* Concurring opinion (also called a "concurrence"), a ...
with
NC 72 in downtown Red Springs, at the intersection of Main and Fourth Streets. Heading south, it splits from NC 72, which continues on to
Lumberton. NC 710 skirts the western edge of Pembroke, connecting with
NC 711, which goes through the town and
UNC Pembroke. Crossing the
Lumber River, it connects with
US 74 Alternate, which was the former main highway in the area. further south is I-74/US 74, where travelers can continue towards
Rockingham or
Wilmington. Continuing south for , NC 710 ends at its signed eastern terminus at
US 501/
NC 130, northwest of Rowland.
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History
NC 710 was established in 1935 as a new primary routing from NC 211 in Red Springs, to US 501/NC 130 northwest of Rowland.
Junction list
References
External links
* {{commonscat-inline
NCRoads.com: N.C. 710
710
Transportation in Robeson County, North Carolina