U.S. Route 501
US 501 highlighted in red | ||
Route information | ||
Auxiliary route of US 1 | ||
Length | 355 mi[1][2][3] (571 km) | |
Existed | 1935–present | |
Major junctions | ||
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North end | ![]() | |
Location | ||
Country | United States | |
States | South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia | |
Counties | SC: Horry, Marion, Dillon NC: Robeson, Scotland, Hoke, Moore, Lee, Chatham, Orange, Durham, Person VA: Halifax, Campbell, City of Lynchburg, Bedford, Amherst, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista | |
Highway system | ||
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U.S. Route 501 (US 501) is a spur of
Route description
mi | km
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SC
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74 | 119 |
NC
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211 | 340 |
VA
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145 | 233 |
Total | 430 | 690 |
South Carolina
US 501 in South Carolina is a north–south
North Carolina
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US 501 is a north–south
Merging with US 15, it becomes what is known by local residents as "15-501" ("Fifteen Five-o-one"), a concurrency that extends for 106 miles (171 km) across central North Carolina. After Laurinburg it goes north to
After Durham, US 501 goes north to Roxboro, then into South Boston, Virginia after crossing the state line; the majority of this section is a four-lane expressway.[2]
Virginia
North Carolina to Lynchburg
US 501 enters
US 501 continues through South Boston on Wilborn Avenue, a five-lane road with center turn lane. The U.S. Highway becomes four-lane divided Halifax Road at Hamilton Boulevard. US 501 receives the northern end of SR 129 (Old Halifax Road) shortly before leaving the town of South Boston. The U.S. Highway enters the town of
US 501 passes through
Lynchburg to Buena Vista
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US 501 runs concurrently with US 29 and US 460 southwest along the northern slope of Candlers Mountain to a
US 501 heads northwest on two-lane Boonsboro Road, which becomes Lee Jackson Highway when it exits the city of Lynchburg into Bedford County. The U.S. Highway curvaceously crosses Fleming Mountain and descends into the James River Gorge at Coleman Falls. US 501 follows the south bank of the river through Big Island, where the highway meets the northern end of SR 122 (Big Island Highway) and has an interchange with the Blue Ridge Parkway. North of Big Island, the U.S. Highway crosses the river and immediately intersects SR 130 (Elon Road) on the Amherst County side. The two highways have a curvaceous crossing of the spine of the Blue Ridge Mountains before descending to the town of Glasgow at the mouth of the Maury River. The two routes follow the river upstream a short distance before SR 130 (Wert Faulkner Highway) crosses the river into the town. US 501, now named Glasgow Highway, parallels the river and Norfolk Southern's Roanoke District rail line north to the city of Buena Vista, which the highway enters as Magnolia Avenue. South of the downtown area, US 501 veers onto Sycamore Street while US 501 Business continues along Magnolia Avenue. At 22nd Street, the U.S. Highway veers onto Beech Avenue, which receives the northern end of US 501 Business (Park Avenue) west of Southern Virginia University. Two blocks to the north, US 501 reaches its northern terminus at US 60 (29th Street).[3][5]
Special routes
History
South Carolina
Established in 1935 as an extension from
During the 1940s, because of the need for a more direct route to
In 2021, the South Carolina Department of Transportation and Horry County announced plans to spend tens of millions of dollars expanding U.S. 501 into four lanes each way near Myrtle Beach.[7]
North Carolina
When US 501 was established in 1927, it was aligned along North Carolina Highway 13 (NC 13) from Durham north through Roxboro to the Virginia state line.
In 1934, it was overlapped with US 15 from Durham south to Laurinburg. From there, it went southeast to Rowland and then to the South Carolina border. This extension south replaced NC 22, NC 71, and NC 241.
In 1953, US 501 was bypassed around Chapel Hill. In 1956 or 1957, US 501 was bypassed west of Sanford. Between 1960 and 1962, US 501 was bypassed around Laurinburg.[8]
North Carolina Highway 13 (1921-1930)
Location | Durham–Virginia State Line |
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Length | 43 mi[9] (69 km) |
Existed | 1921–1930 |
North Carolina Highway 13 was an original state highway running from Durham, north through Rougemont and Roxboro ending at SR 18 at the Virginia State Line. The highway's routing appeared on the 1916 Highway Map by the North Carolina State Highway Commission for the five year federal aid program.[10] However NC 13 was not officially marked on any state highway maps until 1924; where it was routed from NC 10/NC 75 in Durham north through Rougemont and Timberlake to NC 57 east of Roxboro. NC 13 turned toward the west into Roxboro, before intersecting NC 144 and turning north.[11] The highway had its northern terminus at the Virginia State Line near South Boston. By 1926 the routing of NC 13 was shifted slightly to the west between Timberlake and Roxboro, providing a direct link between the cities.[12] The route was deleted in 1930, with US 501/NC 55 taking over the entirety of the routing.[9][13]
Major intersections
State | County | Location | mi[1][2][3] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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US 17 Bus. (Kings Highway) | Southern terminus | ||||||
1.3 | 2.1 | ![]() | To Myrtle Beach International Airport | ||||
2.1 | 3.4 | ![]() | Cloverleaf interchange | ||||
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway | South end of freeway | ||||||
Carolina Forest | — | River Oaks Drive / George Bishop Parkway | To Myrtle Beach International Airport | ||||
Forestbrook | — | Dick Scobee Road / Forestbrook Road | |||||
5.1 | 8.2 | — | ![]() | Hybrid interchange; north end of freeway | |||
Southern terminus of US 501 Bus. | |||||||
Red Hill | 11.3 | 18.2 | ![]() | No access from US 501 to SC 544, from SC 544 south to US 501 north, or from SC 544 north to US 501 south | |||
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Garden City Beach, Murrells Inlet | Southern end of US 378 Truck/US 701 Truck/SC 90 Truck concurrency | ||||||
SC 90 Truck concurrency; southern end of US 701 concurrency | |||||||
15.3 | 24.6 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() US 701 Truck concurrency | |||||
![]() ![]() ![]() US 701 Truck north (Mill Pond Road) | Northern end of US 701 Truck concurrency | ||||||
| 22.6 | 36.4 | ![]() ![]() | Interchange; western terminus of SC 22 | |||
| Horry Road / Brunson Spring Road | Interchange via connector roads | |||||
Aynor | 29.2 | 47.0 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of SC 319 | |||
Marion | Ariel Crossroad | 37.2 | 59.9 | ![]() | Interchange | ||
| 43.7 | 70.3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Interchange | |||
Marion | 47.7 | 76.8 | ![]() | Interchange | |||
| 49.6 | 79.8 | ![]() ![]() | Interchange | |||
US 501 Bus. south – Marion | Interchange | ||||||
| 56.6 | 91.1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Interchange; southern terminus of SC 38 | |||
Dillon | | ![]() | Proposed interchange[14][15] | ||||
Latta | 59.8 | 96.2 | ![]() ![]() | South end of US 301 overlap | |||
60.3 | 97.0 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
Dillon | 66.8 | 107.5 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | South end of SC 9/SC 57 overlap; Eastern terminus of SC 34 | |||
67.8 | 109.1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | North end of SC 9/SC 57 overlap | ||||
South Carolina–North Carolina line | 73.8 0.00 | 118.8 0.00 | ![]() | I-95 exit 1 | |||
North Carolina | Robeson | Rowland | 2.7 | 4.3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | North end of US 301 and east end of NC 130 overlap | |
| 4.0 | 6.4 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
Raemon | 10.2 | 16.4 | ![]() ![]() | West end of NC 130 overlap | |||
| 14.0 | 22.5 | ![]() | ||||
US 501 Bus. north (Johns Road) | |||||||
21.7 | 34.9 | ![]() ![]() | East end of I-74/US 74 overlap; I-74 exit 185 | ||||
184 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() US 401 Bus. – Laurinburg | Exit number follows I-74 | |||||
23.2 | 37.3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | North end of I-74/US 74 overlap; I-74 exit 183; south end of US 15/US 401 overlap | ||||
24.2 | 38.9 | ![]() ![]() US 74 Bus. (Church Street) – Hamlet | |||||
26.1 | 42.0 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() US 501 Bus. south – Fayetteville | North end of US 401 overlap | ||||
| 29.3 | 47.2 | ![]() | ||||
Hoke county line | |||||||
Moore | Aberdeen | 49.1 | 79.0 | ![]() ![]() | East end of NC 211 overlap | ||
49.5 | 79.7 | ![]() ![]() | South end of US 1 overlap | ||||
49.7 | 80.0 | ![]() | |||||
51.4 | 82.7 | ![]() ![]() | North end of US 1 overlap | ||||
Pinehurst | 55.2 | 88.8 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Roundabout, west end of NC 211 overlap | |||
| 59.0 | 95.0 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
Carthage | 62.5 | 100.6 | ![]() ![]() | South end of NC 22 overlap | |||
63.6 | 102.4 | ![]() ![]() | North end of NC 22 overlap | ||||
65.7 | 105.7 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | East end of NC 24/NC 27 overlap | ||||
| 67.5 | 108.6 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | West end of NC 24/NC 27 overlap | |||
Lee | | 76.0 | 122.3 | ![]() ![]() | South end of US 1 overlap | ||
Tramway | 78.6 | 126.5 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
South end of freeway; exit numbers follow US 1 | |||||||
82.3 | 132.4 | 68 | Spring Lane | ||||
82.8 | 133.3 | 69A | ![]() ![]() ![]() | South end of NC 87 overlap | |||
83.5 | 134.4 | 69B | Burns Drive | ||||
84.0 | 135.2 | 70 | ![]() | ||||
67.5 | 108.6 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() US 1 Bus. south – Sanford | Roundabout interchange; north end of freeway section; northern end of US 1 concurrency; US 1 exit 71 | ||||
Deep River | Bridge | ||||||
Chatham | Pittsboro | 98.2 | 158.0 | ![]() ![]() | North end of NC 87 overlap | ||
99.2 | 159.6 | ![]() ![]() US 64 Bus. | |||||
101.8 | 163.8 | ![]() | |||||
Orange | Chapel Hill | 115.0 | 185.1 | ![]() ![]() | South end of NC 54 overlap | ||
117.2 | 188.6 | ![]() ![]() | North end of NC 54 overlap | ||||
119.2 | 191.8 | Franklin Street | Interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||||
Durham | Durham | 121.0 | 194.7 | ![]() | |||
123.0 | 197.9 | 105A-B | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() US 501 Bus. (Chapel Hill Boulevard) / Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway – South Square | South end of freeway; signed as exit 105A (US 15 Bus./US 501 Bus.) and 105B (MLK Pkwy.) | |||
124.5 | 200.4 | 106 | Cornwallis Road | ||||
125.5 | 202.0 | 107 | ![]() | ||||
126.2 | 203.1 | 108A | Morreene Road | Southbound exit and northbound entrance ramps use C/D lanes | |||
108B-C | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Access via C/D lanes; signed as exits 108B (south) and 108C (north) | |||||
108D | ![]() ![]() US 70 Bus. (Hillsborough Road) | Northbound exit and southbound entrance ramps use C/D lanes | |||||
127.4 | 205.0 | — | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern end of I-85 / US 70 concurrency; I-85 exit 174A; southbound left exit and northbound left entrance | |||
174B | Hillandale Road | Exit numbers follow I-85 | |||||
175 | ![]() | To NC School of Science & Math and Duke Homestead | |||||
130.0 | 209.2 | — | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | North end of I-85/US 15/US 70 overlap; I-85 exit 176 | |||
176A | Gregson Street – Northgate | North end of freeway; no exit number southbound | |||||
132.58 | 213.37 | ![]() ![]() US 501 Bus. (Roxboro Street) | |||||
Person | | 146.0 | 235.0 | ![]() ![]() | South end of NC 57 overlap | ||
Roxboro | 156.5 | 251.9 | ![]() ![]() | East end of US 158 overlap | |||
157.0 | 252.7 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
158.0 | 254.3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | West end of US 158, south end of NC 49, and north end of NC 57 overlap | ||||
159.0 | 255.9 | ![]() ![]() | North end of NC 49 overlap | ||||
170.0 0.00 | 273.6 0.00 | North Carolina–Virginia line | |||||
Virginia | Halifax | | 2.46 | 3.96 | ![]() ![]() | ||
SR 304 east (Seymour Drive) | |||||||
11.78 | 18.96 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
![]() ![]() ![]() US 501 Truck south (Hamilton Boulevard) | |||||||
14.62 | 23.53 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
Halifax | 16.92 | 27.23 | ![]() ![]() | South end of concurrency with SR 360 | |||
17.70 | 28.49 | ![]() ![]() | North end of concurrency with SR 360 | ||||
SR 126 north | |||||||
SR 632 east (Hog Wallow Road) – Gretna | South end of concurrency with SR 40 | ||||||
Charlotte CH, Patrick Henry Boys Home | North end of concurrency with SR 40 | ||||||
SR 126 south | |||||||
Rustburg | 59.59 | 95.90 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | South end of concurrency with SR 24 | |||
60.51 | 97.38 | ![]() ![]() | North end of concurrency with SR 24 | ||||
South end of freeway section; east end of concurrency with US 29/US 460 | |||||||
— | Odd Fellows Road | ||||||
70.83 | 113.99 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | North end of freeway section; west end of concurrency with US 29/US 460 | ||||
71.42 | 114.94 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() SR 670 south (Candlers Mountain Road) – Liberty University | South end of concurrency with SR 128; partial interchange with SR 670 | ||||
71.82 | 115.58 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() US 29 Bus. north (Lynchburg Expressway east) / SR 128 west (Candlers Mountain Road) – Charlottesville | North end of concurrency with SR 128; south end of concurrency with US 29 Bus.; south end of freeway section; Lynchburg Expwy. exit 8B | ||||
72.16 | 116.13 | 9 | ![]() ![]() ![]() US 29 Bus. south – Danville | Exit numbers follow Lynchburg Expwy.; north end of concurrency with US 29 Bus. | |||
73.67 | 118.56 | 10 | ![]() ![]() US 460 Bus. (Timberlake Road / Fort Avenue) | Signed as exits 10A (east) and 10B (west) | |||
74.88 | 120.51 | 11 | Graves Mill Road | Former SR 126 | |||
— | To Breezewood Drive | Southbound exit and entrance only | |||||
76.12 | 122.50 | ![]() Lynchburg College | Intersection; north end of freeway section; west end of Lynchburg Expressway | ||||
77.66 | 124.98 | Wiggington Road – Peaks View Park | Interchange | ||||
79.52 | 127.98 | ![]() ![]() ![]() US 501 Bus. south (Boonsboro Road) | |||||
Bedford | Big Island | 91.28 | 146.90 | ![]() ![]() | |||
| ![]() | Interchange | |||||
Amherst | | 95.75 | 154.09 | ![]() ![]() | South end of concurrency with SR 130 | ||
Rockbridge | | 102.12 | 164.35 | ![]() ![]() | North end of concurrency with SR 130 | ||
US 501 Bus. north (Magnolia Avenue) | |||||||
111.30 | 179.12 | ![]() ![]() ![]() US 501 Bus. south (Park Avenue) | |||||
111.42 | 179.31 | ![]() ![]() ![]() I-81 | Northern terminus; road continues as Rockbridge Avenue | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
References
- ^ a b Google (June 30, 2013). "Overview map of US 501 in South Carolina" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 30, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e Google (February 1, 2011). "Overview map of US 501 in North Carolina" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 1, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g "2009 Traffic Data". Virginia Department of Transportation. 2009. Retrieved October 4, 2011.
- ^ "NCDOT: Super Street" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 28, 2010. Retrieved February 1, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e Google (October 4, 2011). "Overview map of US 501 in Virginia" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 4, 2011.
- ^ Straka, Thomas J.; Dantzler, David W.; Yarrow, Greg K.; Burroughs, J. Benjamin (2006). "History of the 'Infamous Buist Tract' and Its Wildfires". The Independent Republic Quarterly. Horry County Historical Society. pp. 7–8. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
- ^ "As tourist traffic heats up along 501, officials hope widening projects will loosen future congestion". WBTW. 2021-04-19. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
- ^ "NCRoads.com: U.S. 15 and 501". Retrieved August 19, 2012.[self-published source]
- ^ a b North Carolina State Highway Commission (1929). State Highway System of North Carolina (Map). Bynum Publishing Company. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- ^ North Carolina State Highway Commission (1916). Highway Map of North Carolina (Map). North Carolina State Highway Commission. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- ^ North Carolina State Highway Commission (1924). State Highway System of North Carolina (Map). North Carolina State Highway Commission. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- ^ North Carolina State Highway Commission (1926). State Highway System of North Carolina (Map). North Carolina State Highway Commission. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- ^ North Carolina State Highway Commission (1930). State Highway System of North Carolina (Map). Bynum Publishing Company. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- ^ Staff. "Project Status: Southern Project". I-73 Environmental Impact Study. South Carolina Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 30, 2013.
- ^ I-73 Southern Map (PDF) (Map). South Carolina Department of Transportation. Marion inset. Retrieved June 30, 2013.
External links
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