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
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 runs north–south, traversing the central
A two-lane rural highway, it traverses from Mooresville to
U.S. Route 601
U.S. Route 601 (US 601) is a north–south United States highway that runs for from U.S. Route 321, near Tarboro, South Carolina, to U.S. Route 52, in Mount Airy, North Carolina. In North Carolina, it is one of the main north-south ...
(US 601) near
Farmington
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. It links several small towns and communities including
Cooleemee
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< ...
,
Advance
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,
Farmington
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*Farmington, British Columbia
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United States
*Farmington, Arkansas
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* ...
NC 801 was first commissioned in 1927–28 as a short route traveling east–west from to NC 65 (now US 158) at the now-defunct town of Hillsdale. The route was extended south from its eastern terminus to connect with
NC 90
North Carolina Highway 90 (NC 90) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is one of the few highways in the state with an unpaved portion.
Route description
The western terminus is in Edgemont (in Caldwell County) at ...
(now US 64) by 1930, becoming a north–south route. In 1933, the route was extended again, from NC 90 southwest to Mooresville, replacing all of NC 803, which ran from US 601 south of Mocksville to
NC 26
North Carolina Highway 226 (NC 226) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Traveling north–south through Western North Carolina, it connects the cities and towns of Grover, Shelby, Marion, Spruce Pine and B ...
(now
US 29
U.S. Route 29 (US 29) is a north–south United States highway that runs for from Pensacola, Florida to the western suburbs of Baltimore, Maryland in the Southern United States, connecting the Florida Panhandle to the Baltimore-Washington ...
) in Mooresville. Between 1934 and 1936, NC 801 was rerouted in the Hillsdale area, eliminating a
concurrency
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with US 158. In the early 1950s, another short concurrency, with US 64, was replaced with a continuous alignment. When
US 70
U.S. Route 70 or U.S. Highway 70 (US 70) is an east–west United States highway that runs for from eastern North Carolina to east-central Arizona. It is a major east–west highway of the Southeastern, Southern and Southwestern United States. ...
was shifted onto a new alignment, so did the NC 801 concurrency between 1956 and 1958.
North Carolina Highway 803
North Carolina Highway 803 (NC 803) was established as a new primary routing in 1931 as a spur of NC 80 (now US 601) to Cooleemee. In 1932 it was extended southwest through
Barber
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to
NC 150
North Carolina Highway 150 (NC 150) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It serves the Foothills and Piedmont Triad areas of the state, connecting the cities of Shelby, Mooresville, Salisbury and Winston-Salem.
...
(now
NC 152
North Carolina Highway 152 (NC 152) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It serves as the main thoroughfare in southern Rowan County.
Route description
NC 152 is a predominantly two-lane highway that ...
) in Mooresville. In 1933, it was replaced by an extension of NC 801.
Junction list
References
External links
{{commons category, North Carolina Highway 801
801
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Year 801 ( DCCCI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* Emperor Charlemagne formally cedes Nordalbian territory (modern-day Schleswig-Hol ...