U.S. Route 158

U.S. Route 158
Route information
Auxiliary route of US 58
Maintained by NCDOT
Length:	350 mi[1] (563 km)
Existed:	1932 – present
Major junctions
West end:	US 64 / US 601 in Mocksville
	I-40 in Winston-Salem I-85 near Oxford I-85 / US 1 in Henderson I-95 near Roanoke Rapids US 258 near Murfreesboro US 17 in Elizabeth City
East end:	US 64 / NC 12 in Nags Head
Location
Counties:	Davie, Forsyth, Guilford, Rockingham, Caswell, Person, Granville, Vance, Warren, Halifax, Northampton, Hertford, Gates, Pasquotank, Camden, Currituck, Dare
Highway system
United States Numbered Highways List • Bannered • Divided • Replaced North Carolina Highway System ← NC 157 NC 159 →

U.S. Route 158 is an east–west United States highway that runs for 350 miles (560 km) from Mocksville to Nags Head, entirely in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

Contents 1 Route description 2 History 3 Junction list 4 Bannered routes 4.1 Business loops 5 See also 6 References

Route description

U.S. Route 158 is a parallel of U.S. Route 58. The route does not intersect its parent, instead intersecting its sibling, US 258. It currently runs for 350 miles (560 km) from Mocksville, at US 64/US 601 to Nags Head, North Carolina. A 10 miles (16 km) stretch skirts the Great Dismal Swamp.

From Mocksville, it parallels I-40 into Winston-Salem, where it merges with I-40 Business/US 421 freeway through the downtown area. Going northeast, it goes through Stokesdale then goes north around Reidsville with US 29 Business. From Reidsville, US 158 connects the northern counties of North Carolina, going through the cities and towns of Yanceyville, Roxboro, Oxford, Henderson, Roanoke Rapids, Murfreesboro, and Elizabeth City.

From NC 168 eastward, it carries traffic from the Norfolk region to the Outer Banks. Normally, the route is a four-lane undivided highway with a speed limit of 50 miles an hour in Dare County, from its eastern terminus to the Wright Memorial Bridge. Most of the route is otherwise a four-lane divided highway with a 55 miles per hour speed limit until NC 168 (which carries traffic to Chesapeake, Virginia), where it turns left at an at-grade intersection. It then returns to being undivided.

In Dare County, the highway runs in a north–south direction, although it is signed west–east. It acts as a bypass route for the Virginia Dare Trail (NC 12), which runs parallel to U.S. 158 to the east.

History

US 158 was established in 1932, the route between Mocksville to Murfreesboro is roughly the same as today; however, from Murfreesboro it went north into Virginia. In 1939, US 158 was rerouted east, through Elizabeth City and Kitty Hawk, to Manteo; the old route into Virginia was replaced as an extension by US 258. In 1957, US 64/US 264 were extended to Nags Head; as a result, US 258 was truncated in Nags Head; location commonly referred to as Whalebone Junction. In 1963, US 158 on Bodie Island was split into business and bypass (business route later disbanded in 1988).^[2]

Junction list

County	Location	Mile[1]	Destinations	Notes
Davie	Mocksville	0	US 64 / US 601 – Statesville, Lexington, Cooleemee, Salisbury	US 158 begins
		5	To I-40 (Farmington Road) – Farmington
	Hillsdale	11	NC 801 – Farmington, Cooleemee
Forsyth	Winston-Salem	21	I-40 – Statesville, Greensboro
		22	NC 67 (Silas Creek Parkway)
		23	I-40 Bus. west / US 421 north – Statesville, Yadkinville	West end of I-40 Business overlap, north end of US 421 overlap
		US 158 overlaps with Interstate 40 Business (exits 3B to 8).
		28	I-40 Bus. east / US 421 south / NC 150 east – Kernersville, Greensboro	East end of I-40 Business and NC 150 overlap, south end of US 421 overlap
	Walkertown	21	NC 66 (Old Hollow Road) – Kernersville
Guilford	Stokesdale	44	NC 65 (Belews Creek Road) – Walnut Cove
		44.5	NC 68 – High Point
		48	US 220 – Greensboro, Madison
Rockingham	Reidsville	64	US 29 Bus. south / NC 87 south / Richardson Drive – Greensboro, Burlington	South end of US 29 Business and NC 87 overlap
		65.5	NC 65 west / NC 87 north (Harrison Street) – Wentworth, Eden	North end of NC 87 overlap
		67.5	Scales Street
		68	US 29 Bus. north / NC 14 north – Eden, Danville	North end of US 29 Business/NC 14 overlap
		68.5	Market Street
		70	US 29 – Greensboro, Danville	South end of NC 14 overlap; also future I-785
Caswell		48	NC 150 west – Williamsburg
	Yanceyville	89	NC 86 north – Danville	North end of NC 86 overlap
		91	NC 62 – Burlington, Milton	Brief .2 miles (0.32 km) concurrency
		94	NC 86 south – Hillsborough	South end of NC 86 overlap
		98	NC 119 – Mebane, Semora
Person	Roxboro	111	NC 49 south – Haw River	South end of NC 49 overlap
		111.5	NC 57 north – Semora, Milton	North end of NC 57 overlap
		112	US 501 north / NC 49 north – South Boston, Virgilina	North end of US 501/NC 49 overlap
		112.5	NC 157 south (Hurdle Mills Road) – Hurdle Mills
		113	US 501 south / NC 57 south (Durham Road) – Durham	South end of US 501/NC 57 overlap
Granville	Oxford	135.5	US 158 Bus. east (Roxboro Road)
		136	NC 96 (Little Batterwhite Road) – Virgilina
		137	US 15 (College Street) – Clarksville
		140.5	US 158 Bus. west (Williamsboro Street)
		141	I-85 – Durham, Petersburg
		142	US 158 Bus. east – Henderson
Vance	Henderson	147	I-85 south – Durham	South end of I-85 overlap
		US 158 overlaps with Interstate 85 (exits 213 to 215).
		150	I-85 north / US 1 Bus. south / US 158 Bus. west – Petersburg	North end of I-85 overlap, south end of US 1 Business overlap
		152	US 1 south – Wake Forest, Raleigh	South end of US 1 overlap, north end of US 1 Business overlap
	Middleburg	154.5	I-85 / Flemingtown Road – Henderson, Durham, Petersburg
Warren	Norlina	163	US 1 north / US 401 north – South Hill, Richmond	North end of US 1/401 overlap
		164	US 401 south / US 158 Bus. east – Warrenton	South end of US 401 overlap
	Macon	169	US 158 Bus. west – Warrenton
Halifax	Littleton	180	NC 4 south / NC 903 north – Warrenton	North end of NC 903 overlap
		187	NC 903 south – Halifax	South end of NC 903 overlap
	Roanoke Rapids	195	NC 48 (Roanoke Avenue) – Brinkleyville
		196	NC 125 (Smith Church Road) – Halifax
		197	I-95 – Rocky Mount, Emporia, Richmond
	Weldon	199	US 301 south – Halifax, Rocky Mount	South end of US 301 overlap
Northampton	Garysburg	202	US 301 north – Emporia	North end of US 301 overlap
	Jackson	211	NC 305 – Seaboard, Rich Square	Brief .3 miles (0.48 km) concurrency
	Conway	224	NC 35 – Severn, Woodland
		230	US 258 south / US 158 Bus. east – Murfreesboro, Woodland, Scotland Neck	South end of US 258 overlap
Hertford		232	US 258 north / NC 11 – Murfreesboro	North end of US 258 overlap
		234	US 158 Bus. west – Murfreesboro
	Winton	241	US 13 south / NC 45 south – Ahoskie	South end of US 13 overlap
Gates		245	NC 137 east – Gatesville
		248	US 13 north – Suffolk	North end of US 13 overlap
		253	US 158 Bus. east – Gatesville
		254	NC 37 – Gatesville, Gates, Suffolk
		256	US 158 Bus. west – Gatesville
	Sunbury	263	NC 32 – Edenton, Suffolk
Pasquotank	Morgans Corner	278	US 17 north – Norfolk	North end of US 17 overlap
		282	US 17 Byp. south – Hertford, Edenton	Exit 264
	Elizabeth City	289	US 17 Bus. south (Road Street)
		289.5	US 17 south (Hughes Boulevard)	South end of US 17 overlap
		290	US 17 Bus. (Road Street)
Camden	Camden	294	NC 343 – South Mills, Old Trap
	Belcross	296	NC 34 north
Currituck	Barco	306	NC 168 north – Norfolk
		315	NC 136 east – Poplar Branch
Dare	Kitty Hawk	334	To NC 12 – Southern Shores, Duck, Corolla
	Nags Head	350	US 64 west to US 264 – Manteo, Wanchese To NC 12 – Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Nags Head Beaches, Hatteras Island, Ocracoke Island	US 158 ends at Whalebone Junction
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi      Concurrency terminus •      Closed/Former •      Incomplete access •      Unopened

Bannered routes

Business loops

Currently, there are five U.S. Route 158 Business loop in North Carolina:

• Oxford – Established in 1994, the 4.2-mile (6.8 km) follows the original US 158 route through downtown Oxford, via Roxboro Road, College Street, and Williamsboro Street.^[2][3]

• Henderson – Established in 1950, the 8.5-mile (13.7 km) follows the original US 158 route through downtown Henderson, via Oxford Road and Garnett Street.^[2][4]

• Warrenton – Established in 1950, the 7.5-mile (12.1 km) goes through downtown Warrenton.^[2][5]

• Murfreesboro – Established in 1996, the 4.4-mile (7.1 km) follows the original US 158 route through downtown Murfreesboro, via Main Street.^[2][6]

• Gatesville – Established in 1948, the 4.9-mile (7.9 km) goes through downtown Gatesville.^[2][7]

Historically, three additional business loops had existed in Winston-Salem (1964–1977), Reidsville (1982-?), and Kitty Hawk-Nags Head (1963–1988).^[2]

See also

Albemarle Sound Belews Lake Chinqua Penn Plantation Chowan River Currituck Sound Great Dismal Swamp Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge Hanes Mall Haw River State Park

Jockey's Ridge State Park Kerr Lake Kerr Lake State Recreation Area North Carolina Bicycle Route 4 Merchants Millpond State Park Old Salem Roanoke River Tar River Wright Brothers National Memorial

References

The Outer Banks of North Carolina Landforms Bodie Island Roanoke Island Pea Island Little Hatteras Island Hatteras Island Cape Hatteras Ocracoke Island Portsmouth Island Core Banks Cape Lookout Places Currituck County Dare County Hyde County Carteret County Carova Beach Corolla Duck Southern Shores Kitty Hawk Kill Devil Hills Nags Head Manteo Wanchese Rodanthe Waves Salvo Avon Buxton Frisco Hatteras Ocracoke Portsmouth Waterways Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Currituck Sound Albemarle Sound Croatan Sound Roanoke Sound Oregon Inlet Pamlico Sound Hatteras Inlet Onslow Bay Raleigh Bay Ocracoke Inlet Core Sound Drum Inlet Barden Inlet Back Sound New Inlet Isabel Inlet Lighthouses Currituck Beach Light Bodie Island Light Cape Hatteras Light Ocracoke Light Cape Lookout Light Protected areas Cape Hatteras National Seashore Cape Lookout National Seashore Fort Raleigh National Historic Site Jockey's Ridge State Park Mountains-to-Sea Trail North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge Wright Brothers National Memorial Transportation North Carolina Highway 12 U.S. Highway 64 U.S. Route 158 Virginia Dare Memorial Bridge Dare County Regional Airport First Flight Airport Billy Mitchell Airport North Carolina Ferry System History Pea Island Life-Saving Station Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station