North Carolina Highway 66
Route information | ||||
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Maintained by NCDOT | ||||
Length | 47.0 mi[1] (75.6 km) | |||
Existed | 1934–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | I-74 near Horneytown | |||
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North end | NC 89 in Johnstown | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | North Carolina | |||
Counties | Forsyth, Stokes | |||
Highway system | ||||
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North Carolina Highway 66 (NC 66) is a 47.0-mile (75.6 km) North Carolina state highway that travels from Horneytown to Johnstown, connecting the towns and communities of eastern Forsyth and Stokes counties.
Route description
NC 66 begins at exit 63 of
History
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The first NC 66 was an original state highway. It began at
US 121 was assigned the entire routing of NC 66. In 1934, US 52 replaced both US 121 and NC 66 in entirety. The current NC 66 was designated in late 1934 as a renumbering of NC 661. It went from US 52 (old NC 66) in Rural Hall to NC 89 to the north. In 1936, NC 66 was routed along US 52 to Stanleyville. Then NC 66 was extended to US 421 (current Old Greensboro Road) along new routing. Between 1947 and 1949, NC 66 was routed south of Walkertown. In 1955, NC 66 was extended along US 421 to Kernersville and then on new primary routing to US 311
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North Carolina Highway 64
Location | Lexington–Winston-Salem |
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Existed | 1921–1925 |
North Carolina Highway 64 (NC 64) was an original state highway that traversed from
NC 77
(Waughtown Street), in Winston-Salem. In 1925, NC 64 was renumbered as an extension of NC 66.
In 1932, NC 64 reappeared as a mostly new primary routing; except around
. In late 1934, NC 64 was renumbered as NC 22.North Carolina Highway 661
Location | Rural Hall–Johnstown |
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Existed | 1921–1935 |
North Carolina Highway 661 (NC 661) was an original state highway that traversed from NC 66, in King, to NC 89, in
NC 893 to the Virginia state line. In 1924, NC 661 was rerouted at Gap to NC 89 west of Francisco then east along NC 89 to Francisco before continuing to the state line, leaving behind Moore Springs Road (SR 1001). In 1926, NC 661 was rerouted on both ends: south-end to NC 66, in Rural Hall, and north-end being truncated at NC 89, in the Johnstown community; its old segment northeast of NC 89 became a secondary road, later becoming part of NC 704
. In 1935, NC 661 was renumbered as part of NC 66.
Major intersections
County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Forsyth | | 0.0– 0.2 | 0.0– 0.32 | I-74 – Winston-Salem, High Point | Exit 63 (I-74) |
Kernersville | 4.8– 4.9 | 7.7– 7.9 | I-40 – Winston-Salem, Greensboro | Exit 203 (I-40) | |
6.8– 6.9 | 10.9– 11.1 | US 421 / NC 150 – Winston-Salem, Greensboro | Exit 222 (US 421) | ||
Walkertown | 13.2 | 21.2 | US 158 – Winston-Salem, Stokesdale | ||
14.5 | 23.3 | US 311 – Winston-Salem | |||
Winston-Salem | 20.5 | 33.0 | NC 8 – Winston-Salem, Germanton | ||
| 21.5– 21.7 | 34.6– 34.9 | NC 74 (Winston-Salem Northern Beltway) | Partial cloverleaf interchange; exit 42 (NC 74), Opened to traffic on November 7, 2022[2] | |
Rural Hall | 24.8 | 39.9 | NC 65 – Germanton | ||
Stokes | | 40.6 | 65.3 | NC 268 west – Pilot Mountain | West end of NC 268 overlap |
| 40.7 | 65.5 | NC 268 east | East end of NC 268 overlap | |
Johnstown | 47.0 | 75.6 | NC 89 – Westfield, Francisco | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
- North Carolina Bicycle Route 4- concurrent with NC 66 from Gap to NC 268
References
- ^ a b c Google (November 12, 2022). "North Carolina Highway 66" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
- ^ Young, Wesley (November 7, 2022). "A new section of the Winston-Salem Northern Beltway has opened". Winston-Salem Journal. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
External links
KML is from Wikidata
- Media related to North Carolina Highway 66 at Wikimedia Commons
- NCRoads.com: N.C. 64
- NCRoads.com: N.C. 66
- NCRoads.com: N.C. 661