North Carolina Highway 61

NC 61 marker

NC 61
Route information
Maintained by NCDOT
Length: 19.8 mi[1] (31.9 km)
Existed: 1930 – present
Major junctions
South end: NC 62 near Alamance
 
North end: NC 150 in Osceola
Location
Counties: Guilford
Highway system
← NC 60NC 62 →

North Carolina Highway 61 (NC 61) is a primary state highway in the state of North Carolina. It serves as the main north–south highway in eastern Guilford County, connecting Whitsett and Gibsonville.

Route description

NC 61 is a two-lane rural highway from NC 62, located between Julian and Alamance, to NC 150, in Osceola. Serving primary as a farm-to-market, it connects the farms in eastern Guilford County with Whitsett and Gibsonville.

History

Established in 1930 as a new primary routing, it traversed from NC 109, in Thomasville, to NC 60, in Julian.[2] In 1936, NC 61 was extended northeast to US 70, near Whitsett. In 1940, NC 61 was truncated at its current southern terminus, its former routing south to Thomasville replaced by NC 62.[3] In 1961, NC 61 was extended on new primary routing north and onto NC 100 to Gibsonville; there, it continued north to its current northern terminus at NC 150, in Osceola.[4]

Junction list

The entire route is in Guilford County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
 0.00.0 NC 62 – Burlington, Julian, High Point
Whitsett6.310.1 I‑40 / I‑85 – Burlington, Greensboro
7.411.9 US 70 (Burlington Road) – Burlington, Greensboro
8.213.2 NC 100 westWest end of NC 100 overlap
Gibsonville10.016.1 NC 100 east (Main Street) – ElonEast end of NC 100 overlap
Osceola19.831.9 NC 150 (Burlington Road) – Brown Summit
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Google (October 26, 2014). "North Carolina Highway 61" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  2. ↑ State Highway System of North Carolina (PDF) (Map). Cartography by NCDOT. North Carolina Department of Transportation. 1930. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
  3. ↑ North Carolina Primary Highway System (PDF) (Map). Cartography by NCDOT. North Carolina Department of Transportation. 1940. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Route Change (1961-12-07)" (PDF). North Carolina Department of Transportation. December 7, 1961. Retrieved October 26, 2014.

External links

Route map: Bing