North Carolina Highway 231
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by NCDOT | ||||
| Length: | 25.4 mi[1] (40.9 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1935 – present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end: |
  US 64 Bus. in Wendell | |||
 US 264 near Middlesex    Future I‑495 / US 64 near Spring Hope | ||||
| North end: |
  US 64 Alt. / NC 98 near Spring Hope | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties: | Wake, Johnston, Nash | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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North Carolina Highway 231 (NC 231) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The highway serves to connect communities in northern Johnston and western Nash counties.
Route description
NC 231 is a two-lane rural highway that traverses 25.4 miles (40.9 km) from Wendell to near Spring Hope; making a "J" on the map and an awkward driving south on northbound and vice versa between Wendell and Hocutts Crossroads. With Wendell and Middlesex as the two main cities along its route, the highway passes through predominantly forest and farmland, with the occasional unincorporated community.
History
The current NC 231 was established in 1935 as a new primary routing from NC 39 to US 64. In 1948, NC 231 was extended west to US 64, in Wendell. In 1975, NC 231 was shifted west to its current northern terminus to accommodate the US 64 freeway; its old alignment became part of Jernigan and Cox roads.
The first NC 231 was established in 1925 as a new primary routing from NC 21/NC 23, in Elizabethtown, to NC 20, in Acme. By 1928, it was renumbered as part of NC 21 (today's NC 87).
Junction list
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Wake | Wendell | 0.0 | 0.0 | US 64 Bus. (Wendell Boulevard) – Knightdale, Zebulon | |
| Johnston | Hocutts Crossroads | 5.5 | 8.9 |  NC 96 – Selma, Zebulon | |
| Emit | 7.9 | 12.7 |  NC 39 – Selma, Bunn | ||
| 9.5 | 15.3 |  NC 222 east – Kenly | |||
| Nash | Middlesex | 15.3 | 24.6 | US 264 Alt. (Finsh Avenue) – Bailey, Zebulon | |
| 16.4 | 26.4 | US 264 (Finsh Avenue) – Wilson, Raleigh | |||
| Samaria | 21.0 | 33.8 |  NC 97 – Rocky Mount, Zebulon | ||
| 25.2 | 40.6 | Future I‑495 / US 64 – Rocky Mount, Raleigh | West end of US 64 Alt overlap | ||
| 25.4 | 40.9 | US 64 Alt. east / NC 98 west – Spring Hope, Wake Forest | East end of US 64 Alt overlap | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- 1 2 Google (November 18, 2013). "North Carolina Highway 231" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
External links
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Media related to North Carolina Highway 231 at Wikimedia Commons - NCRoads.com: N.C. 231
- North Carolina Highway Begins/Ends - NC 231