North Carolina Highway 27
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| NC 27 |
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| Length: | 200 mi (322 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1922 | ||||||||
| West end: |  NC 10 near Toluca |
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| Major junctions: |
 US 321 in Lincolnton I-85 in Charlotte I-77 in Charlotte I-277 in Charlotte US 74 in Charlotte  I-73/74 near Biscoe US 15 at Carthage NC 87 in Pineview US 421 in Lillington |
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| East end: |  US 301 in Benson |
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| Counties: | Cleveland, Lincoln, Gaston Mecklenburg, Stanley, Montgomery, Moore, Harnett, Johnston | ||||||||
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NC 27 is a North Carolina state highway that runs for 200 miles through southern and central North Carolina.
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[edit] Route description
NC 27 begins in Cleveland County near the unincorporated community of Toluca at a T-intersection with NC 10. From there it runs southeast to the city of Lincolnton. In Lincolnton, it serves as Main Street, and runs past the Lincoln County courthouse. From Lincolnton, it runs southeast again to Stanley where it follows Main Street. It enters Charlotte along Mount Holly Road, and follows several major thoroughfares through Charlotte, including Freedom Drive, Morehead Street, and Independence Avenue.
On the east side of Charlotte, it begins its 100-mile long concurrency with NC 24, approximately 1/2 of its total length. The two highways leave the city along Albemarle Road and remain joined until the unincorporated community of Johnsonville. Along this segment, they pass through the cities of Albemarle, Troy, Biscoe, and Carthage. They share further concurrencies with NC 109, NC 22, and US 15.
From the split with NC 24, the road runs northeast to Lillington where it follows Main Street, and leaves town as a concurrency with US 421. It passes Campbell University in Buies Creek before entering Johnston County and ending in Benson just short of I-95
[edit] History
NC 27 was one of North Carolina's original 1922 state highways.[1] Its original routing connected Charlotte to Lincolnton. It used several different streets through Charlotte, but followed roughly the same route. The road was extended several times:
- 1923: east to Albemarle
- 1928: west to Toluca (current terminus)
- 1934: east to Carthage (using the concurrency with NC 24)
- 1948-50: east to Cameron
- 1958: east to Benson (current terminus)
NC 27 has had a tumultuous history through Charlotte. It has always served as a major east-west route through the city, but it has been rerouted numerous times on different city streets as traffic patterns changed. All of the following roads have carried NC 27 at one time or another:
- Rozelles Ferry Rd. (1923-1936)
- Mount Holly Road (1923-present)
- Trade St.(1923-?)
- Hawthorne Lane(1924-1936)
- Central Ave.(1924-1955)
- Albemarle Rd.(1924-present)
- Mint St.(1936-1946)
- Moorhead St. (1936-present)
- Thrift Rd.(1936-1946)
- McDowell St. (1946-1955)
- Independence Blvd. (1955-present)
- Freedom Dr. (?-Present)
