North Carolina Highway 90
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| NC 90 |
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| Length: | 66 mi (106 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1928 | ||||||||
| West end: |  in Edgemont, NC |
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| Major junctions: |
 US 70 in Statesville |
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| East end: |  US 21/US 64 in Statesville |
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| Counties: | Iredell, Avery | ||||||||
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North Carolina Highway 90 (also known as NC 90) is a sixty-six mile North Carolina State Highway. It is the only State Highway in NC to have an unpaved portion; this coming in the western Applachain mountains.
[edit] Current Route
Officially, the western terminus is at US 221 in Avery County, but a lack of signing makes it hard to judge. The first seven miles of the state highway are unpaved. Sixty-six miles after its inception, NC 90 ends at US 21/64 in Statesville. Major towns it hits on the way are Lenoir andTaylorsville, North Carolina.
[edit] Historical Info
- 1920s: NC 90 is formed, running from Raleigh to Columbia, NC. That road is now US 64.
- 1928: The current route of NC 90 begins to form as it is extended through Statesville to NC 18 in Lenoir.
- 1933: The eastern segment of NC 90 is cut off, leaving NC 90 to end at its present location in Statesville.
- 1935: NC 90 is extended westward (over the former NC 171), where it ends in its present location today: US 221. Obviously, some of this section was never paved.
