North Carolina Highway 905 (NC 905) 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
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 ...
. It serves as part of an alternate route between
Whiteville and
Conway,
South Carolina
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, through southeastern
Columbus County
Columbus County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina, on its southeastern border. Its county seat is Whiteville. The 2020 census showed a loss of 12.9% of the population from that of 2010. As of the 2020 census, the popula ...
.
Route description
NC 905 is a two-lane rural highway that begins at the South Carolina line and
South Carolina Highway 905
South Carolina Highway 905 (SC 905) is a state highway in Horry County. It travels from Conway to the North Carolina state line, where it continues as North Carolina Highway 905. It is parallel to the Waccamaw River.
Route descri ...
(SC 905) in
Olyphic. Traveling north, it connects with
NC 904 in
Pireway
Pireway (formerly Pireway Ferry) is an unincorporated community in Columbus County, North Carolina, United States, located at the intersection of North Carolina Highways 904
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. After its
concurrency with NC 904, it continues solo for , connecting the communities of
Bug Hill and
Nakina, until it ends at
NC 130 in
Pleasant Plains.
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The route is part of a larger alternate route to U.S. Route 701 between Whiteville, North Carolina and Conway, South Carolina via NC 130 and SC 905. From 1958 to 2016, it was the highest number signed as a primary route in North Carolina.
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History
NC 905 was established around 1958 as an extension of SC 905, which had ended at the state line since around 1942. Its route from Olyphic to Pleasant Plains has remained unchanged since.
Junction list
References
External links
*{{commons category-inline, North Carolina Highway 905
NCRoads.com: N.C. 905
905
Transportation in Columbus County, North Carolina