U.S. Route 29 in North Carolina
Route information | ||||
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Maintained by NCDOT | ||||
Length | 168.7 mi[1] (271.5 km) | |||
Existed | 1927–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | US 29 at the South Carolina line near Blacksburg | |||
North end | US 29 at the Virginia line near Danville | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | North Carolina | |||
Counties | Cleveland, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Rowan, Davidson, Randolph, Guilford, Rockingham, Caswell | |||
Highway system | ||||
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U.S. Highway 29 (US 29) is a
Route description
US 29 starts in
Afterward, US 29/NC 49 turns into a boulevard going east on Dalton Avenue and then north on Tryon Street. Eventually, US 29/NC 49 intersects Old Concord Road where the
US 29 then heads toward Salisbury where, west of downtown Salisbury, it begins to run concurrently with US 70 serving as Salisbury's Main Street. After going through downtown Salisbury, US 29/US 70 offers access to both Spencer and East Spencer before crossing over the Yadkin River. Afterward, US 29/US 70 then merges into I-85/US 52 as the four highways all run together for roughly two miles (3.2 km). At exit 87, US 29/US 52/US 70 splits from I-85 and briefly joins I-285 and I-85 Business (I-85 Bus.). West of Lexington, US 52 and I-285 split away from US 29/US 70/I-85 Bus. where US 29/US 70/I-85 Bus. goes around the northern edge of Lexington where the three routes briefly overlap with US 64 before heading toward Thomasville.
Exiting Thomasville, US 29/US 70/I-85 Bus. then goes south of High Point and north of Trinity and Archdale before intersecting I-74 southeast of High Point. Following this, US 29/US 70/I-85 Bus. once again runs together with I-85 proper before splitting at the interchange with I-73/US 421. US 29/US 70/I-85 Bus. then merges into I-40 running together with US 220 south of Greensboro. The now five, simultaneously running highways (US 29, US 70, US 220, I-40, and I-85 Bus.) go around southern Greensboro before US 29/US 70/US 220 splits from I-40/I-85 Bus. going north around eastern Greensboro as a controlled-access highway named O. Henry Boulevard. As US 29/US 70/US 220 intersects Wendover Avenue, US 70 and US 220 split from US 29 with US 70 going east along Wendover Avenue and US 220 going west.
US 29, now all alone, goes through the northeastern suburbs of Greensboro where it intersects with
History
Established in 1927, it ran from the
US 29's first extension was in 1932, following US 74/NC 20 east into Charlotte. It then replaced US 170 from Charlotte to the Virginia state line. In 1937, it replaced a stretch of NC 7 going between Kings Mountain and Gastonia. The old route briefly became alternates for both U.S. Highways before becoming NC 161 and NC 274.
In 1938, US 29 was moved onto a new bypass around
In 1957 or 1958, US 29 was moved onto new bypass west of
In 1973, US 29 was placed on a new freeway bypass east of Reidsville; its old bypass route was reverted to US 29 Bus., while the old US 29 Bus. through Reidsville was removed. Between 1980 and 1982, the freeway from Reidsville was extended into Virginia.
U.S. Route 170
Location | Charlotte, North Carolina–Virginia state line |
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Length | 141.1 mi[2] (227.1 km) |
Existed | 1926–1932 |
U.S. Highway 170 (US 170) was an original U.S. Highway, established in 1926. It began at the intersection of Trade and Tryon streets in Charlotte, traversing northeast, in concurrency with
Future
The freeway stretch of US 29 traveling southwest from Greensboro to Lexington is currently also signed as I-85 Bus. and US 70. On October 5, 2019, the North Carolina Department of Transportation submitted an application to the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, and was granted approval, for the removal of the I-85 Bus. designation from the freeway[3] and the rerouting of US 70 between Greensboro and Thomasville,[4] leaving US 29 on the route. This plan, according to the state, will simplify overhead signage on the freeway and eliminate route redundancies.
Junction list
County | Location | mi[1] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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Cleveland | Grover | 0.00 | 0.00 | US 29 south – Gaffney | Continuation from South Carolina | |
0.1 | 0.16 | NC 226 north – Shelby, Grover | ||||
| 2.2 | 3.5 | NC 216 south to I-85 | South end of NC 216 overlap | ||
| 3.5 | 5.6 | NC 216 north – Kings Mountain | North end of NC 216 overlap | ||
| 3.9 | 6.3 | I-85 south – Spartanburg, Greenville | South end of I-85 overlap; southbound left exit and northbound entrance; I-85 exit 4 | ||
| 5.2 | 8.4 | 5 | Dixon School Road | Exit numbers follow I-85 | |
Kings Mountain | 8.0 | 12.9 | 8 | NC 161 – Kings Mountain | ||
Gaston | 9.5– 10.7 | 15.3– 17.2 | I-85 north – Charlotte US 74 west – Kings Mountain, Shelby | North end of I-85 overlap; south end of US 74 overlap; I-85 exit 10A | ||
Gastonia | 15.4 | 24.8 | NC 274 north (Bessemer City Road) – Bessemer City | West end of NC 274 overlap | ||
17.0 | 27.4 | US 321 south (Chester Street) | One-way couplet | |||
17.1 | 27.5 | US 321 north (York Street) | ||||
17.5 | 28.2 | NC 274 south (Broad Street) – Gastonia Municipal Airport | East end of NC 274 overlap | |||
19.0 | 30.6 | NC 279 (New Hope Road) | ||||
19.2 | 30.9 | To Cox Road – Shopping Mall | Interchange; northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
Belmont | 25.4 | 40.9 | NC 7 (Main Street) | To Belmont Abbey College | ||
26.2 | 42.2 | NC 273 (Park Street) – Mount Holly | ||||
27.1 | 43.6 | NC 7 west (Catawba Street) | ||||
Catawba River | 27.4 | 44.1 | Sloans Ferry Bridge | |||
Mecklenburg | | 29.7 | 47.8 | I-485 – Columbia, Spartanburg | I-485 exit 9 | |
Charlotte | 31.3 | 50.4 | Little Rock Road – CLT Airport | |||
32.4 | 52.1 | Boyer Street to Billy Graham Parkway (Charlotte Route 4) – CLT Airport | ||||
35.0 | 56.3 | US 74 east (Wilkinson Boulevard) | North end of US 74 overlap | |||
35.8 | 57.6 | NC 27 west (Freedom Drive) | South end of NC 27 overlap | |||
36.2 | 58.3 | US 21 north – Statesville | I-77 exit 10A | |||
36.7 | 59.1 | NC 49 south / NC 27 east (Morehead Street east) | North end of NC 27 overlap; south end of NC 49 overlap | |||
38.0 | 61.2 | US 21 | I-277 exit 4 | |||
41.1 | 66.1 | Sugar Creek Road (Charlotte Route 4) to I-85 | ||||
44.0 | 70.8 | I-85 south | I-85 exit 42; access via I-85 Connector | |||
44.6 | 71.8 | NC 49 north (University City Boulevard) – Harrisburg | North end of NC 49 overlap | |||
45.7 | 73.5 | NC 24 (W.T. Harris Boulevard) | ||||
48.3 | 77.7 | I-485 to I-85 | Interchange; I-485 exit 32 | |||
Cabarrus | Concord | 50.6 | 81.4 | Bruton Smith Boulevard to I-85 | ||
56.4 | 90.8 | George Liles Parkway to I-85 | Interchange | |||
56.4 | 90.8 | US 601 south (Warren C. Coleman Boulevard) – Monroe | South end of US 601 overlap | |||
58.7 | 94.5 | NC 73 west (Davidson Highway) – Davidson | South end of NC 73 overlap | |||
59.0 | 95.0 | NC 73 east (Davidson Drive) | North end of NC 73 overlap | |||
60.0 | 96.6 | I-85 / US 601 north – Charlotte, Salisbury, Greensboro | North end of US 601 overlap; I-85 exit 58 | |||
Kannapolis | 62.1 | 99.9 | NC 3 (Dale Earnhardt Boulevard) | |||
63.2 | 101.7 | Lakeview Street | Right-in/right-out; northbound exit and entrance only | |||
63.3 | 101.9 | Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue – Kannapolis, Downtown | Interchange | |||
Rowan | China Grove | 69.4 | 111.7 | NC 152 west (Church Street) – Downtown | South end of NC 152 overlap | |
70.0 | 112.7 | NC 152 east to I-85 / US 601 – Rockwell | Interchange; north end of NC 152 overlap | |||
Salisbury | 76.8 | 123.6 | US 70 west / US 601 (Jake Alexander Boulevard) – Statesville, Mocksville | Interchange; south end of US 70 overlap | ||
77.4 | 124.6 | NC 150 west (Mooresville Road) | South end of NC 150 overlap | |||
Yadkin River | 84.8 | 136.5 | Bridge | |||
Davidson | | 85.2 | 137.1 | I-85 / US 52 south – Charlotte | Permanently closed as of April, 2010;[5][6][7][8] was I-85 exit 82 | |
| 86.0 | 138.4 | NC 150 east | North end of NC 150 overlap; I-85 exit 84 | ||
| I-85 south / US 52 south | South end of I-85/US 52 overlap; I-85 exit 84; south end of freeway section | ||||
| 87.0 | 140.0 | 85 | Clark Road | Permanently closed as of November, 2012;[9] exit numbers follow I-85 | |
| 88.4 | 142.3 | 86 | Belmont Road | ||
Lexington | 90.1 | 145.0 | — | I-85 north – Greensboro, High Point I-285 begins | North end of I-85 overlap; south end of I-285 overlap; northbound left exit and southbound left entrance; I-85 exit 87; former southern terminus of I-85 BL | |
91.1 | 146.6 | 84 | NC 47 east to I-85 north | Exit numbers follow US 52 | ||
92.0 | 148.1 | 85 | Green Needles Road | |||
93.2 | 150.0 | 86 | Lexington, Downtown | |||
94.2 | 151.6 | — | I-285 north / US 52 north – Winston-Salem | North end of I-285/US 52 overlap; northbound exit and southbound entrance; US 52 exit 87 | ||
95.2 | 153.2 | — | Old US 64 | |||
95.7 | 154.0 | — | US 64 west – Mocksville | South end of US 64 overlap | ||
— | Smokehouse Lane | Right-in/right-out; southbound exit and entrance; exit unsigned | ||||
96.6 | 155.5 | — | NC 8 (Winston Road) – Lexington, Winston-Salem | North end of freeway section | ||
97.5 | 156.9 | US 64 east – Asheboro | Interchange; north end of US 64 overlap | |||
Thomasville | 104.8 | 168.7 | Thomasville | Interchange northbound; former US 29 north; southbound access via Kanoy Road | ||
107.2 | 172.5 | NC 109 (Salem Street) – Thomasville, Winston-Salem | Interchange | |||
108.9 | 175.3 | US 70 east / NC 68 (National Highway) – Thomasville, West High Point | Interchange; north end of US 70 overlap; to PTI Airport | |||
Randolph | High Point | 110.0 | 177.0 | — | Old Thomasville Road – High Point | South end of expressway section |
Guilford | 110.7 | 178.2 | — | Prospect Street | ||
111.8 | 179.9 | — | West Green Drive | |||
112.6 | 181.2 | — | Surrett Drive | |||
113.2 | 182.2 | — | Main Street – High Point | |||
114.5 | 184.3 | — | I-74 / Brentwood Street – Winston-Salem, Asheboro | North end of expressway section; Brentwood Street has a separate exit northbound; three-level diamond interchange; I-74 exit 71B | ||
115.6 | 186.0 | Baker Road | Interchange | |||
116.7 | 187.8 | Kivett Drive – East High Point | Interchange | |||
Greensboro | 119.3 | 192.0 | — | Vickery Chapel Road / Guildford College Road – Jamestown | South end of freeway section | |
120.8 | 194.4 | — | I-85 south – Charlotte, Salisbury | South end of I-85 overlap; I-85 exit 118 | ||
121.8 | 196.0 | 33A | Groometown Road to Grandover Parkway | Exit numbers based on former I-85 BL mileage; signed as exit 119 northbound; southbound exit ramp shared with exit 33B | ||
122.6 | 197.3 | — | I-85 north to US 421 south – Durham, Sanford | North end of I-85 overlap; southbound left exit and northbound left entrance; I-85 exit 120A | ||
33B | I-73 / US 421 north to I-40 west – Winston-Salem | No northbound exit; I-73 exit 97; I-85 exit 120B | ||||
123.5 | 198.8 | 34 | Holden Road | |||
124.4 | 200.2 | 35A | US 220 south to I-73 south – Asheboro | US 220 north exits 79A-B | ||
124.6 | 200.5 | 35B | Coliseum Area | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; US 220 south exit 79 | ||
124.9 | 201.0 | 35C | Rehobeth Church Road / Vandalia Road | |||
220 | Randleman Road | Northbound exit and southbound left entrance; exit numbers follow I-40 | ||||
125.9 | 202.6 | — | I-40 west / US 220 south – Winston-Salem | No northbound exit; south end of I-40/US 220 overlap; I-40 exit 219 | ||
126.1 | 202.9 | 220 | Randleman Road | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
126.7 | 203.9 | 221 | South Elm-Eugene Street – Downtown Greensboro | |||
127.9 | 205.8 | 222 | Martin Luther King Jr. Drive | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; former US 421 south | ||
128.2 | 206.3 | — | I-40 east | North end of I-40 overlap; former I-85 BL north; northbound left exit and southbound entrance; I-40 exit 223 | ||
— | Martin Luther King Jr. Drive east to I-40 | Southbound left exit and northbound entrance; former US 421 south | ||||
128.6 | 207.0 | — | Florida Street | Northbound exit and entrance only | ||
129.4 | 208.2 | — | Gate City Boulevard | Cloverleaf interchange | ||
130.2 | 209.5 | — | Market Street | To North Carolina A&T State University | ||
130.6 | 210.2 | — | Sullivan Street | Northbound exit and entrance only | ||
130.8 | 210.5 | — | Bessemer Avenue | |||
131.1 | 211.0 | — | US 70 / US 220 north (Wendover Avenue) | Cloverleaf interchange; north end of US 220 overlap; north end of freeway section | ||
131.9 | 212.3 | — | Summit Avenue – Downtown | South end of expressway; southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
132.4 | 213.1 | — | 16th Street | |||
132.9 | 213.9 | — | Cone Boulevard | North end of expressway | ||
135.3 | 217.7 | 135 | I-785 south / I-840 – Raleigh, Charlotte, Winston-Salem | Interchange; signed as exits 135A (east) and 135B (west); northern terminus of I-785; I-840 exits 14A-B | ||
136.0 | 218.9 | 136 | Hicone Road | Interchange | ||
137.9 | 221.9 | Reedy Fork Parkway TO Summit Avenue | Interchange | |||
| 140.9 | 226.8 | Brown Summit | Interchange | ||
| 141.9 | 228.4 | Benaja Road | Interchange | ||
US 29 Bus. north | South end of freeway; access to/from Candy Creek Road | |||||
Reidsville | 148.5 | 239.0 | 149 | NC 87 to US 158 west (Freeway Drive) – Reidsville, Burlington | ||
149.6 | 240.8 | 150 | Barnes Street – Reidsville Downtown | |||
| 152.1 | 244.8 | 153 | US 158 / NC 14 (Freeway Drive) – Reidsville, Eden, Yanceyville | ||
| 155.5 | 250.3 | 156 | Narrow Gauge Road | ||
| 158.3 | 254.8 | 159 | |||
US 29 Bus. south (Mayfield Road) | ||||||
Caswell | | 164.2 | 264.3 | 165 | Law Road | |
Pelham | 166.7 | 268.3 | 167 | NC 700 (Shady Grove Road) – Eden | ||
US 58 west – Danville, Martinsville | ||||||
US 58 east – Lynchburg, South Boston | Continuation into Virginia | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
- United States portal
- U.S. Roads portal
- Special routes of U.S. Route 29
References
- ^ a b Google (March 26, 2019). "US 29" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
- ^ Google (July 12, 2013). "U.S. Route 170" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 12, 2013.
- ^ Transportation Advisory Committee (July 2019). "Removal of 'Business 85'". High Point Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
- ^ Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering (October 6, 2019). "2019 Annual Meeting Report to the Council on Highways and Streets" (PDF) (Report). Washington, DC: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 23, 2019. Retrieved January 30, 2020. "Ballot" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 23, 2019.
- ^ "NCDOT: I-85 Corridor Improvement Project". Retrieved June 19, 2011.
- ^ Minn, Karissa (April 9, 2010). "Safety concerns lead to closing of Wil-Cox Bridge; no timeframe on reopening". Salisbury Post. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Retrieved February 18, 2011.
- ^ "NC 150 Route Change (2012-03-01)" (PDF). North Carolina Department of Transportation. March 1, 2012. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
- ^ NC 150 Route Change (2012-01-04) (PDF) (Map). North Carolina Department of Transportation. January 4, 2012. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
- ^ Staff (July 27, 2011). "NCDOT to close Clark Road entrance and exits ramps on I-85 north, section of Snider Kines Road in Davidson County starting Monday". Project Details. North Carolina Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
External links
- Media related to U.S. Route 29 in North Carolina at Wikimedia Commons
- NCRoads.com: U.S. 29
- NCRoads.com: U.S. 170