U.S. Route 29 in North Carolina
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Route of US 29 in North Carolina highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by NCDOT | ||||
| Length: | 168 mi[1] (270 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1927 – present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end: |
 US 29 at the SC line near Blacksburg, SC | |||
 I‑85 (numerous times) I‑485 in Charlotte (twice)  I‑77 / US 21 in Charlotte  I‑74 / US 311 in High Point  I‑73 / I‑85 / US 421 in Greensboro   I‑40 / I‑85 Bus. / US 220 in Greensboro | ||||
| North end: |
US 29 at the VA line near Danville | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties: | Cleveland, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Rowan, Davidson, Randolph, Guilford, Rockingham, Caswell | |||
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U.S. Route 29 is a north–south United States highway that runs for 168 miles (270 km) from the South Carolina state line, near Blacksburg, to the commonwealth of Virginia, near Danville. The route serves the North Carolina Piedmont, including the cities of Charlotte, Salisbury, High Point, and Greensboro.
History
Established in 1927, it ran from the South Carolina state line to US 74 in Kings Mountain, with a concurrency with NC 205. In 1929, NC 205 was removed.
US 29's first extension was in 1932, following US 74/NC 20 east into Charlotte; it then replaced US 170 from Charlotte to the Virginia state line. In 1937, it replaced a stretch of NC 7 going between Kings Mountain and Gastonia; the old route briefly became alternates for both U.S. Routes before becoming NC 161 and NC 274.
In 1938, US 29 was moved onto a new bypass around Kannapolis-China Grove, leaving US 29A on the old route. In 1948, the routes were switched. In 1952, US 29 was moved onto new bypasses around Lexington and Thomasville, leaving behind US 29A in both cities. In 1957, US 29 was moved onto its modern route from Thomasville to Jamestown, old route became part of NC 62 and US 70A.
In 1957 or 1958, US 29 was moved onto new bypass west of Reidsville, leaving US 29A (later US 29 Business) through Reidsville. Also around same time, US 29 was moved onto new bypass east of Kings Mountain, extending NC 216 over its old route; then in Charlotte, it moved onto I-85 between Little Rock Road (exit 32) and the University City area (exit 42), old route through Charlotte as US 29 Business. In 1961 or 1962, US 29 was moved back further to NC 273 going onto I-85; but surprisingly, in 1963, US 29 was placed back on its original route through Charlotte again. Similar action also in Salisbury, where in 1960 US 29 was moved onto I-85, then in 1964 or 1965 it was moved back through town.
In 1973, US 29 was placed on a new freeway bypass east of Reidsville; its old bypass route was reverted to US 29 Business, while the old US 29 Business through Reidsville was removed. Between 1980-1982, the freeway from Reidsville was extended into Virginia.
U.S. Route 170
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| Location: | Charlotte, NC-VA state line |
| Length: | 141.1 mi[2] (227.1 km) |
| Existed: | 1926–1932 |
U.S. Route 170 (US 170) was an original US highway, established in 1926. It began at the intersection of Trade and Tryon Street in Charlotte, traversing northeast, in concurrency with NC 15 to Concord, Kannapolis, and Salisbury. Northeast of Salisbury, it was overlapped with NC 10 to Lexington, High Point, and Greensboro; via High Point Road to Lee Street, to Fairground Avenue, to Spring Garden Street, to Aycock Street, to West Market Street, to Greene Street, and finally to Summit Avenue, where it begins its overlap with NC 70 heading northwest to Browns Summit. Heading northeast, it went through Reidsville, Ruffin, and finally Pelham before crossing into Virginia towards Danville and eventually Lynchburg. In 1932, the entire route was renumbered as US 29.
Junction list
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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| Cleveland | Grover | 0.00 | 0.00 | US 29 south – Blacksburg | Continuation from South Carolina | |
| 0.03 | 0.048 |  NC 226 north – Shelby | ||||
| | 2.2 | 3.5 |  NC 216 south (Battleground Road) – Kings Mountain National Military Park | South end of NC 216 overlap | ||
| | 3.5 | 5.6 | NC 216 north (Battleground Avenue) – Kings Mountain | North end of NC 216 overlap | ||
| | 3.9 | 6.3 | I‑85 south – Spartanburg | South end of I-85 overlap; northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
| | 5.2 | 8.4 | 5 | Dixon School Road | ||
| Kings Mountain | 8.0 | 12.9 | 8 |  NC 161 – Kings Mountain | ||
| Gaston | 9.5 | 15.3 | 10A | I‑85 north – Charlotte | North end of I-85 overlap | |
| Gastonia | 10.7 | 17.2 |  US 74 west – Kings Mountain, Shelby | West end of US 74 overlap | ||
| 15.4 | 24.8 |  NC 274 north (Bessemer City Road) – Bessemer City | North end of NC 274 overlap | |||
| 17.0 | 27.4 |  US 321 (Chester Street/York Street) | North-south US 321 divided on one-way streets | |||
| 17.5 | 28.2 | NC 274 south (Broad Street) | South end of NC 274 overlap; train tracks in medium of road | |||
| 19.0 | 30.6 |  NC 279 (New Hope Road) | ||||
| 19.2 | 30.9 | Aberdeen Boulevard – To Cox Road/Shopping Mall | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
| Belmont | 25.4 | 40.9 |  NC 7 (Main Street) | To Belmont Abbey College | ||
| 26.2 | 42.2 |  NC 273 (Park Street) – Mount Holly | ||||
| 27.1 | 43.6 | NC 7 west (Catawba Street) | ||||
| Gaston–Mecklenburg county line | South Point–Berryhill township line | 27.4 | 44.1 | Sloans Ferry Bridge over the Catawba River | ||
| Mecklenburg | Charlotte | 29.7 | 47.8 | I‑485 – Pineville, Huntersville | ||
| 31.3 | 50.4 | Little Rock Road – Charlotte/Douglas Int'l Airport | ||||
| 32.4 | 52.1 | Boyer Street / Billy Graham Parkway – Charlotte/Douglas Int'l Airport | ||||
| 35.0 | 56.3 | US 74 east (Wilkinson Boulevard) | East end of US 74 overlap | |||
| 35.8 | 57.6 |  NC 27 west (Freedom Drive) | West end of NC 27 overlap | |||
| 36.2 | 58.3 | I‑77 / US 21 north – Statesville | ||||
| 36.7 | 59.1 |  NC 27 east / NC 49 south (Morehead Street) | East end of NC 27 and south end of NC 49 overlap | |||
| 38.0 | 61.2 |   I‑277 / NC 16 (Brookshire Freeway) | ||||
| 44.0 | 70.8 | To I‑85 south / I-85 Connector – Gastonia | ||||
| 44.6 | 71.8 | NC 49 north (University City Boulevard) – Harrisburg | North end of NC 49 overlap | |||
| 45.7 | 73.5 |  NC 24 (W.T. Harris Boulevard) | ||||
| 48.3 | 77.7 | I‑485 – Matthews, Huntersville | ||||
| Cabarrus | Concord | 50.6 | 81.4 | Bruton Smith Boulevard | Intersection at Charlotte Motor Speedway, to Concord Mills | |
| 56.4 | 90.8 |  US 601 south (Warren C. Coleman Boulevard) – Monroe | South end of US 601 overlap | |||
| 58.7 | 94.5 |  NC 73 west (Davidson Highway) – Davidson | West end of NC 73 overlap | |||
| 59.0 | 95.0 | NC 73 east (Church Street) | East end of NC 73 overlap | |||
| 60.0 | 96.6 | I‑85 / US 601 north – Charlotte, Salisbury, Greensboro | North end of US 601 overlap | |||
| Kannapolis | 62.1 | 99.9 |  NC 3 (Dale Earnhardt Boulevard) | |||
| 63.3 | 101.9 | Lakeview Street / East First Street | ||||
| Rowan | China Grove | 69.4 | 111.7 |  NC 152 west (Church Street) – Downtown | West end of NC 152 overlap | |
| 70.0 | 112.7 | NC 152 east to I‑85 / US 601 – Rockwell, Greensboro | East end of NC 152 overlap | |||
| Salisbury | 76.8 | 123.6 |  US 70 west / US 601 (Jake Alexander Boulevard) | West end of US 70 overlap | ||
| 77.4 | 124.6 |  NC 150 west (Mooresville Road) | West end of NC 150 overlap | |||
| 78.8 | 126.8 | Innes Street | ||||
| Rowan–Davidson county line | Salisbury–Boone township line | 84.8 | 136.5 | Yadkin River | ||
| Davidson | | 85.2 | 137.1 | 82 |  I‑85 / US 52 south – Charlotte | Permanently closed as of April, 2010[3][4][5][6] |
| | 86.0 | 138.4 | 84 | I‑85 / US 52 south / NC 150 east – Charlotte | South end of I-85/US 52 and east end of NC 150 overlap | |
| | 87.0 | 140.0 | 85 | Clark Road | Permanently closed as of November, 2012[7] | |
| | 88.4 | 142.3 | 86 | Belmont Road | ||
| Lexington | 90.1 | 145.0 | 87 | I‑85 north – High Point, Greensboro | North end of I-85 and south end of I-85 Bus overlap; northbound exit and southbound entrance | |
| 91.1 | 146.6 | 84 |  NC 47 east to I‑85 north – Linwood | To Davidson County Airport | ||
| 92.0 | 148.1 | 85 | Green Needles Road | |||
| 93.2 | 150.0 | 86 | Salisbury Road – Downtown Lexington | |||
| 94.2 | 151.6 | 87 | US 52 north – Winston-Salem | North end of US 52 overlap; northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
| 95.2 | 153.2 | Old US 64 | ||||
| 95.7 | 154.0 |  US 64 west – Mocksville | West end of US 64 overlap | |||
| 96.6 | 155.5 |  NC 8 (Winston Road) – Lexington, Winston-Salem | ||||
| 97.5 | 156.9 | US 64 east / Main Street – Asheboro | East end of US 64 overlap | |||
| Thomasville | 104.8 | 168.7 | Lexington Avenue – Thomasville | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
| 107.2 | 172.5 |  NC 109 (Salem Street) – Thomasville, Winston-Salem | ||||
| 108.9 | 175.3 |  NC 68 (National Highway) – Thomasville, West High Point | To Piedmont Triad International Airport | |||
| Randolph | High Point | 110.0 | 177.0 | Old Thomasville Road – High Point | ||
| Guilford | 110.7 | 178.2 | Prospect Street | |||
| 111.8 | 179.9 | West Green Drive | ||||
| 112.6 | 181.2 | Surrett Drive | ||||
| 113.2 | 182.2 | Main Street – High Point | ||||
| 114.5 | 184.3 | I‑74 / US 311 / Brentwood Street – Winston-Salem, Asheboro | Brentwood Street has a separate exit northbound; three-level diamond interchange | |||
| 115.6 | 186.0 | Baker Road | ||||
| 116.7 | 187.8 | Kivett Drive – East High Point | ||||
| Greensboro | 119.3 | 192.0 | Vickery Chapel Road / Guildford College Road – Jamestown | |||
| 120.8 | 194.4 | 118 | I‑85 south – Salisbury, Charlotte | South end of I-85 overlap | ||
| 121.8 | 196.0 | 119 | Groometown Road to Grandover Parkway | Southbound exit incorporated with exit 33 | ||
| 122.6 | 197.3 | 120A 33 | I‑85 north / US 421 south to I‑40 east – Durham, Sanford I‑73 north / US 421 north to I‑40 west / Groometown Road – Winston-Salem | North end of I-85 overlap; southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
| 123.5 | 198.8 | 34 | Holden Road | |||
| 124.4 | 200.2 | 35 A-B | A: US 220 south to I‑73 south – Asheboro B: US 220 north to I‑40 west – Coliseum Area | No southbound exit 35B | ||
| 124.9 | 201.0 | 35C | Rehobeth Church Road / Vandalia Road | |||
| 125.9 | 202.6 | 219 | I‑40 west / US 220 south – Winston-Salem | West end of I-40 overlap; no northbound exit | ||
| 126.1 | 202.9 | 220 | Randleman Road | Left southbound entrance | ||
| 126.7 | 203.9 | 221 | South Elm-Eugene Street – Downtown Greensboro | |||
| 127.9 | 205.8 | 222 | Martin Luther King Jr. Drive | |||
| 128.2 | 206.3 | 223 | I‑40 east / I‑85 Bus. north – Durham, Raleigh | East end of I-40 and north end of I-85 Bus overlap; northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
| 128.6 | 207.0 | Florida Street | Northbound exit and entrance only | |||
| 129.4 | 208.2 | To I‑40 east / I‑85 north / Gate City Boulevard | Northbound exit and entrance only | |||
| 130.2 | 209.5 | Market Street | To North Carolina A&T State University | |||
| 130.6 | 210.2 | Sullivan Street | Northbound exit and entrance only | |||
| 130.8 | 210.5 | Bessemer Avenue | ||||
| 131.1 | 211.0 | US 70 east / US 220 north (Wendover Avenue) | East end of US 70 and north end of US 220 overlap | |||
| 131.9 | 212.3 | Summit Avenue – Greensboro Downtown | Southbound exit and entrance only | |||
| 132.4 | 213.1 | 16th Street | ||||
| 132.9 | 213.9 | Cone Boulevard | ||||
  I‑785 south / I‑840 | Future interchange (funded)[8] | |||||
| 136.0 | 218.9 | Hicone Road | ||||
| 137.9 | 221.9 | Summit Avenue / Reedy Fork Parkway | ||||
| | 140.9 | 226.8 | NC 150 – Brown Summit | |||
| | 141.9 | 228.4 | Benaja Road | |||
| Rockingham | | 144.7 | 232.9 |  US 29 Bus. north | ||
| Reidsville | 148.5 | 239.0 | 149 |   NC 87 to US 158 west (Freeway Drive) – Reidsville, Burlington | ||
| 149.6 | 240.8 | 150 | Barnes Street – Reidsville Downtown | |||
| | 152.1 | 244.8 | 153 |  US 158 / NC 14 (Freeway Drive) – Reidsville, Eden, Yanceyville | ||
| | 155.5 | 250.3 | 156 | Narrow Gauge Road | ||
| | 158.3 | 254.8 | 159 |  US 29 Bus. to NC 87 north – Ruffin | ||
| Ruffin | 160.6 | 258.5 | 161 | US 29 Bus. south (Mayfield Road) | ||
| Caswell | Pelham Township | 164.2 | 264.3 | 165 | Law Road | |
| 166.7 | 268.3 | 167 |  NC 700 (Shady Grove Road) – Eden | |||
| 168.3 | 270.9 | 169 |  US 29 Bus. north / US 58 west – Danville, Martinsville | Interchange at Virginia state line | ||
| US 29 north / US 58 east – Lynchburg, South Boston | Continuation into Virginia | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
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North Carolina portal -
U.S. Roads portal - Special routes of U.S. Route 29
References
- 1 2 Google (February 17, 2011). "US 29" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
- ↑ Google (July 12, 2013). "U.S. Route 170" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 12, 2013.
- ↑ "NCDOT: I-85 Corridor Improvement Project". Retrieved June 19, 2011.
- ↑ "SalisburyPost.com: Safety concerns lead to closing of Wil-Cox Bridge; no timeframe on reopening". Retrieved February 18, 2011.
- ↑ "NC 150 Route Change (2012-03-01)" (PDF). North Carolina Department of Transportation. March 1, 2012. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
- ↑ NC 150 Route Change (2012-01-04) (PDF) (Map). North Carolina Department of Transportation. January 4, 2012. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
- ↑ Staff (July 27, 2011). "NCDOT to close Clark Road entrance and exits ramps on I-85 north, section of Snider Kines Road in Davidson County starting Monday". Project Details. North Carolina Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
- ↑ "NCDOT: Greensboro Urban Loop". Retrieved November 25, 2011.
External links
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Media related to U.S. Route 29 in North Carolina at Wikimedia Commons - NCRoads.com: U.S. 29
- NCRoads.com: U.S. 170
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