North Carolina Highway 78
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| Tramway Road / Main Street | ||||
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| Length: | 4.6 mi[1][2] (7.4 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1940 – present | |||
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| West end: |    US 1 / US 15 / US 501 in Tramway |
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| East end: |    NC 42 / NC 87 / US 421 in Sanford |
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| Counties: | Lee | |||
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→North Carolina Highway 78 (NC 78) is a primary state highway in the state of North Carolina. The highway connects the Tramway community with Sanford's Jonesboro Heights neighborhood.
Route description
NC 78 is a 4.6-mile (7.4 km) two-lane highway, traversing from US 1/US 15/US 501, in Tramway, to US 421/NC 42/NC 87 in Jonesboro Heights. The routing provides a southern bypass of downtown Sanford.
History
Established in late 1940, as a renumbering of NC 93; NC 78 went from US 1/US 15/US 501, in Tramway, to US 421, in Jonesboro (today Jonesboro Heights). In 1961, NC 78 was rerouted from its terminus at Main Street and Lee Street (now Lee Avenue), to Woodland Avenue and Lee Street (today Horner Boulevard), in Sanford.[3] By the late-1960s, NC 78 was rerouted again to its current terminus with Horner Boulevard.
Originally, the first NC 78 existed from 1934-1940, traversing from NC 79, in Gibson, to US 74, near Hamlet. Around 1938, it was rerouted from Grace Chapel Road to its current northern terminus. In 1940, it was renumbered as NC 381, which was synched with SC 381, in South Carolina.
Junction list
The entire route is in Lee County.
| Location | mi[2] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Tramway | 0.0 | 0.0 | US 1 / US 15 / US 501 (Jefferson Davis Highway) / Center Church Road |
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| Sanford | 4.6 | 7.4 | US 421 / NC 42 / NC 87 (Horner Boulevard / Main Street) |
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| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
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References
External Links
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