North Carolina Highway 24

NC 24
Route information
Maintained by NCDOT
Length: 278 mi[2] (447 km)
Existed: 1922[1] – present
Major junctions
West end: I-485 in Charlotte
  I-77 in Charlotte
I-73 / I-74 / US 220 in Biscoe
I-95 near Fayetteville
I-40 in Warsaw
US 17 in Jacksonville
East end: US 70 in Morehead City
Location
Counties: Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Stanly, Montgomery, Moore, Harnett, Cumberland, Sampson, Duplin, Onslow, Carteret
Highway system

North Carolina Highway System

← US 23 US 25 →

North Carolina Highway 24 is a North Carolina state highway. It is one of the longest in the state, running 278 miles (447 km) from Charlotte to Morehead City. About 100 miles (160 km) of NC 24 is cosigned with North Carolina Highway 27.

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Route description

NC 24 is both one of the longest and most concurrent routes in the state. Besides the approximately 100-mile (160 km) concurrency with NC 27 between Johnsonville and Charlotte, this route also shares long stretches of pavement with:

All told, about half of the total length of NC 24 runs concurrent with other routes.

As a route, it is designated as a "High Priority Corridor" for North Carolina, and much of it is highly traveled, providing the most direct access between Charlotte, Fayetteville and Jacksonville. It passes near or through three major Military installations (Fort Bragg, Pope Air Force Base, and Camp Lejeune), as well as Morrow Mountain State Park, Lake Tillery and the Uwharrie National Forest. Most of the route east of I-40 is at least four lanes, with sections at or near freeway grade.

Along its eastern portions, NC 24 is known as Lejeune Boulevard thru Jacksonville, Freedom Way from the Camp Lejeune Main Gate to Swansboro, Corbett Avenue through Swansboro, Cedar Point Boulevard through Cedar Point, the W. B. McLean Highway through much of central Carteret County from JCT NC 58 to its terminus in Mansfield at US 70.

Termini

In March 2003, The state DOT rerouted the west end of NC 24 from US 74 to Interstate 77 (Exit 18). This was facilitated by following Harris Boulevard in east Charlotte instead of following NC 27. This added nearly 15 miles (24 km) onto the highway's length. On December 8, 2008, Interstate 485 opened in Northwest Mecklenburg County; at that same time NC 24 was extended again by 1 mile (1.6 km) to the new freeway (Exit 21) along West WT Harris Boulevard.

Before this rerouting, NC 24 was extraneous west of Johnsonville. It was concurrent with NC 27 over its entire length to its terminus at U.S. 74, at which point NC 27 continued while NC 24 did not.

NC 24's eastern terminus is at US 70 in Morehead City. This eastern segment leading to the terminus provides access to communities on the mainland side of the Bogue Sound.

Junction list

County Location Mile[2] Destinations Notes
Mecklenburg Charlotte 0 I-485 – Pineville, Huntersville NC 24 begins
1 I-77 – Charlotte, Statesville
2 US 21 (Statesville Road)
3 NC 115 (Old Statesville Road)
7.5 I-85 – Charlotte, Greensboro
8 US 29 (North Tryon Street)
9 NC 49 (University City Boulevard) Exit also for UNC Charlotte
10 Old Concord Road
16.5 NC 27 west (Albemarle Road) West end of NC 27 overlap
Mint Hill 21 I-485 – Pineville, Concord
22.5 NC 51 south (Blair Road)
Cabarrus Midland 30 US 601 – Monroe, Concord
Stanly Locust 35 NC 200 – Stanfield, Monroe, Concord
Red Cross 39 NC 205 south – Oakboro
Albemarle 49.5 US 52 north / NC 73 west / NC 138 south North end of US 52 overlap and west end of NC 73 overlap
50
US 52 south / US 52 Bus. – Norwood, Wadesboro		 South end of US 52 overlap
51.5 NC 740 north – Badin
Montgomery 58 NC 73 east – Mount Gilead East end of NC 73 overlap; enter Uwharrie National Forest
66 NC 109 south – Mount Gilead South end of NC 109 overlap
Troy 69
NC 109 north / NC 109 Bus. – Denton		 North end of NC 109 overlap; south end of NC 109 Business overlap
70
NC 134 north / NC 109 Bus. north (Main Street)		 North end of NC 109 Business overlap
Biscoe 76.5
US 220 Alt. (Main Street)
77 I-73 / I-74 / US 220 – Rockingham, Asheboro
Moore 89 NC 705 – Robbins
94 NC 22 north – Ramseur, Greensboro North end of NC 22 overlap
Carthage 99 NC 22 south (McNeill Street) South end of NC 22 overlap
100 US 15 south / US 501 south – Pinehurst, Aberdeen South end of US 15 & 501 overlap
102 US 15 north / US 501 north – Sanford North end of US 15 & 501 overlap
Cameron 109
To US 1 Bus. south – Southern Pines
110 US 1 – Southern Pines, Sanford
Harnett Johnsonville 119 NC 27 east – Lillington East end of NC 27 overlap
Spout Springs 122 NC 87 north – Sanford North end of NC 87 overlap
Cumberland Spring Lake 129 NC 690 west (Vass Road) – Vass
130 NC 210 north (Lillington Highway) – Lillington North end of NC 210 overlap
131 NC 210 south (Murchison Road) South end of NC 210 overlap
Fayetteville 137 US 401 (Skibo Road/Pamalee Drive) – Raeford, Lillington
140
US 401 Bus. / NC 87 south (MLK Jr. Highway)		 South end of NC 87 overlap
141 NC 210 north (Murchison Road) Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; north end of NC 210 overlap
142 I-95 Bus. / US 301 (Eastern Boulevard)
143 NC 53 east (Ceder Creek Road) / NC 210 south South end of NC 210 overlap
Vander 146 I-95 – Lumberton, Dunn, Benson
Sampson Roseboro 164 NC 242 (East Street) – Elizabethtown, Salemburg
Clinton 174 US 421 north / US 701 north (Faircloth Freeway) – Dunn, Newton Grove North end of US 421 & 701 overlap
175 US 421 south / US 701 south (Faircloth Freeway) – Wilmington South end of US 421 & 701 overlap
176
US 701 Bus. south (Southeast Boulevard)		 South end of US 701 Business overlap
177
US 701 Bus. north (Southeast Boulevard)		 North end of US 701 Business overlap
Duplin Warsaw 187
I-40 west / NC 24 Bus. – Benson		 West end of Interstate 40 overlap
NC 24 overlaps with Interstate 40 (exits 364 to 373)
196 I-40 east / NC 903 south – Wilmington, Magnolia East end of I-40 overlap; south end of NC 903 overlap
198 NC 11 – Kenansville
200 NC 50 – Kenansville, Chinquapin
201 NC 903 north – Pink Hill, Albertson North end of NC 903 overlap
Beulaville 211 NC 41 / NC 111 (Jackson Street) – Wallace
Onslow 222 US 258 west – Kinston West end of US 258 overlap
231 NC 111 north (Catherine Lake Road) – Chinquapin, Wallace
Jacksonville 236 US 258 east (Richlands Highway) / NC 53 west (Burgaw Highway) – Burgaw East end of US 258 overlap
237 US 17 south – Wilmington South end of US 17 overlap
240 Montford Landing Road Eastbound entrance and westbound exit
241 US 17 north – New Bern North end of US 17 overlap
Hubert 251 NC 172 south NC 172 Restricted - Military Use Only
Carteret Cape Carteret 262 NC 58 – Emerald Isle, Trenton
Morehead City 278 US 70 (Arendell Street) NC 24 ends

Business routes


NC 24 Business
Location: Warsaw–Kenansville, North Carolina

NC 24 Business
Location: Jacksonville, North Carolina

History

Photo gallery

See also

References

  1. ^ NCRoads.com: N.C. 24
  2. ^ a b Google, Inc. Google Maps – NC 24 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=West+W+T+Harris+Boulevard&daddr=35.3982,-79.62103+to:35.00143,-78.65317+to:Unknown+road&hl=en&geocode=FX1sGwId5Rgu-w%3BFTgiHAIdWhRB-ykVIhAXlKZUiDGrX-tWvgextA%3BFVYUFgIdDtlP-ynjZU8Jd6CriTGeofhzzfnMGA%3BFecEEgIdNDNs-w&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=2&sz=10&via=1,2&sll=35.378973,-78.839264&sspn=0.836406,1.783905&ie=UTF8&ll=35.447246,-79.238892&spn=3.342502,7.13562&z=8. Retrieved 2011-02-01. 

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