North Carolina Highway 78 (NC 78) is a primary
state highway
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in the U.S. state of
North Carolina
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. The highway connects the
Tramway community with
Sanford's Jonesboro Heights neighborhood.
Route description
NC 78 is a two-lane highway, traversing from
US 1/
US 15
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/
US 501 in Tramway, to
US 421 Business/
NC 42/
NC 87 in Jonesboro Heights. The routing provides a southern bypass of downtown Sanford.
History
Established in late 1940 as a renumbering of
NC 93, NC 78 went from US 1/US 15/US 501 in Tramway, to US 421 in Jonesboro (today Jonesboro Heights). In 1961, NC 78 was rerouted from its terminus at Main Street and Lee Street (now Lee Avenue), to Woodland Avenue and Lee Street (today Horner Boulevard), in Sanford.
By the late 1960s, NC 78 was rerouted again to its current terminus with Horner Boulevard.
Originally, the first NC 78 existed from 1934-1940, traversing from
NC 79 in
Gibson
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to
US 74 near
Hamlet
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. Around 1938, it was rerouted from Grace Chapel Road to US 74. In 1940, it was renumbered as
NC 381, which was synched with
SC 381 in
South Carolina
)''Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no)
, anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
, LargestMetro = ...
.
Major intersections
References
External links
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NCRoads.com: N.C. 78
078
Transportation in Lee County, North Carolina