North Carolina Highway 90

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NC Highway 90 marker

NC Highway 90
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Route information
Maintained by NCDOT
Length: 71.7 mi[1] (115.4 km)
Existed: 1921 – present
Major junctions
West end: Edgemont Road (SR 1420) in Edgemont
  US 321 / US 64 / NC 18 in Lenoir
I‑40 in Statesville
East end: US 21 / US 64 in Statesville
Location
Counties: Caldwell, Alexander, Iredell
Highway system
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North Carolina Highway 90 (NC 90) is a primary state highway in the state of North Carolina. It is one of the few highways in the state with an unpaved portion.

Route description

The western terminus is in Edgemont (in Caldwell County) at an intersection with Edgemont Road (SR 1420), Roseboro Road (Pisgah National Forest FR 981) and Edgemont Church Place (SR 1358). The first 8 miles (13 km) of the highway are quite curvy and unpaved.[2] Sixty-six miles after its inception, NC 90 ends at US 21/US 64 in Statesville. Major towns that the highway serves are Lenoir and Taylorsville, North Carolina.[3]

History

Established in 1921 as an original state highway, it started at NC 50 (Person Street), in Raleigh, going east to Columbia. In 1927, NC 90 was extended west from Raleigh to Lenoir at NC 18. In 1929, NC 90 extended east from Columbia to Fort Landing.

In 1932, US 64 was established and was overlapped on NC 90 from just west of Statesville to Fort Landing. In late 1934, NC 90 was removed from all overlap with US 64 east of Statesville; at same time, NC 90 was extended west from Lenoir to US 221 near Linville, replacing NC 171.

Sometime between 1939–44, NC 90 was extended east back in Statesville to its current east terminus, replacing some of US 64 through the downtown area. At some point in the 1960s, NC 90 was truncated to its current west terminus in Edgemont, its former route to Linville moved under Pisgah National Forest management.[4][5]

In 2008, NC 90 was removed from downtown Lenoir, creating an overlap with US 321.[6]

Junction list

County Location mi[1] km Destinations Notes
Caldwell Edgemont 0.0 0.0 Edgemont Road / National Forest Road
Lenoir 27.9 44.9 US 321 north (Blowing Rock Boulevard) – Blowing Rock, Boone North end of US 321 overlap
30.1 48.4 US 64 west / NC 18 south (Harper Avenue) / US 321 south (Hickory Boulevard) – Downtown Lenoir, Hickory South end of US 321/NC 18 and west end of US 64 overlap
31.5 50.7 NC 18 north (Wilkesboro Boulevard) – Moravian Falls, Wilkesboro North end of NC 18 overlap
Alexander Ellendale 46.0 74.0 NC 127 south – Hickory Northern terminus of NC 127
49.2 79.2 US 64 east / Golf Course Lane – Statesville East end of US 64 overlap
Taylorsville 50.4 81.1 NC 16 north – Moravian Falls, Wilkesboro North end of NC 16 overlap
50.8 81.8 NC 16 south – Conover South end of NC 16 overlap
Iredell 67.7 109.0 US 64 west – Taylorsville, Lenoir West end of US 64 overlap
Statesville 68.3 109.9 I‑40 – Hickory, Winston-Salem
69.6 112.0 US 70 (Newton Drive / Garner Bagnal Boulevard) to I‑77 – Statesville Regional Airport, Hickory
70.4 113.3 US 64 east (Front Street) East end of US 64 overlap
71.4 114.9 NC 115 (Center Street) – North Wilkesboro
71.7 115.4 US 21 (Davie Avenue) / US 64 – Harmony, Mocksville
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Bannered routes

Rocky Mount alternate route

NC Highway 90A
Location: Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Existed: 1932–1934

North Carolina Highway 90 Alternate (NC 90A) was new alternate routing through downtown Rocky Mount, via Thomas Avenue. In 1934, it was replaced by US 64A.

See also

References

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