North Carolina Highway 131

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North Carolina Highway 131
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Route information
Maintained by NCDOT
Length 24.5 mi [1] (39.4 km)
Existed 1949 – present
Major junctions
South endUS 701.svg US 701 near Whiteville
North endNC 87.svg NC 87 in Tar Heel
Location
Counties Columbus, Bladen
Highway system
← NC 130.svg NC 130 NC 132 NC 132.svg →

North Carolina Highway 131 (NC 131) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It connects the city of Bladenboro to Fayetteville, via NC 87, and Whiteville, via US 701.

A state highway, state road, or state route is usually a road that is either numbered or maintained by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a state or province falls below numbered national highways in the hierarchy. Roads maintained by a state or province include both nationally numbered highways and un-numbered state highways. Depending on the state, "state highway" may be used for one meaning and "state road" or "state route" for the other.

North Carolina State of the United States of America

North Carolina is a state in the southeastern region of the United States. It borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west, Virginia to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. North Carolina is the 28th-most extensive and the 9th-most populous of the U.S. states. The state is divided into 100 counties. The capital is Raleigh, which along with Durham and Chapel Hill is home to the largest research park in the United States. The most populous municipality is Charlotte, which is the second-largest banking center in the United States after New York City.

Bladenboro, North Carolina Town in North Carolina, United States

Bladenboro is a town in Bladen County, North Carolina, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 1,750.

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Route description

NC 131 is a two-lane rural highway that begins at US 701 north of Whiteville. In Bladenboro, it shares concurrencies with NC 242 and NC 410 along its Main Street crossing NC 211 Business at Seaboard Street. It soon splits from NC 242, which continues north to Elizabethtown, followed by crossing NC 211 By-Pass, before leaving Bladenboro. Five miles (8.0 km) later, it splits from NC 410, which continues north to Dublin. At NC 41, NC 131 has a brief .1-mile (0.16 km) overlap; it is noticeable that the routing here was reconfigured to slowdown NC 131 at this location.[ citation needed ] At the end of its journey, NC 131 meets with NC 87, in Tar Heel; where travelers can continue on to Fayetteville or Elizabethtown.

Concurrency (road) instance of one physical road bearing two or more different highways

A concurrency in a road network is an instance of one physical roadway bearing two or more different route numbers. When two roadways share the same right-of-way, it is sometimes called a common section or commons. Other terminology for a concurrency includes overlap, coincidence, duplex, triplex, multiplex, dual routing or triple routing.

North Carolina Highway 242 highway in North Carolina

North Carolina Highway 242 (NC 242) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It traverses from Cerro Gordo to Benson, connecting the cities of Bladenboro, Elizabethtown, and Roseboro.

North Carolina Highway 410

North Carolina Highway 410 (NC 410) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It serves as the central north–south highway in Columbus and Bladen Counties.

NC 131 goes through predominantly forested or farmlands in the area, with Bladenboro being the only urban location along its route.

History

NC 131 was established in 1949 as a new primary routing from US 701 north of Whiteville to NC 87 in Tar Heel. [2] In 1970, NC 131 was rerouted onto a new road east of downtown Tar Heel. [3] In 2015, NC 131 was realigned on new road and brief overlap with NC 41, eliminating an intersection; old alignment was downgraded to secondary roads, with some partial removal of roadway. [4]

Junction list

CountyLocationmi [1] kmDestinationsNotes
Columbus ​0.00.0US 701.svg US 701 (James B. White Highway) – Clarkton, Whiteville
Bladen Bladenboro 9.214.8NC 242.svgNC 410.svg NC 242 / NC 410 south (Main Street) – Chadbourn, Evergreen, Boardman South end of NC 242/NC 410 overlap
9.815.8Business plate.svg
NC 211.svg NC 211 Bus. (Seaboard Street)
10.016.1NC 242.svg NC 242 north – Elizabethtown North end of NC 242 overlap
10.717.2NC 211.svg NC 211  – Clarkton, Lumberton
​15.625.1NC 410.svg NC 410 north – Dublin North end of NC 410 overlap
​17.428.0NC 41.svg NC 41 west – Lumberton West end of NC 41 overlap
​17.528.2NC 41.svg NC 41 east – Elizabethtown East end of NC 41 overlap
Tar Heel 24.539.4NC 87.svg NC 87  – Elizabethtown, Fayetteville
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

  1. 1 2 Google (June 11, 2014). "North Carolina Highway 131" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
  2. ↑ North Carolina Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Cartography by NCDOT. North Carolina Department of Transportation. 1951. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Route Change (1970-10-01)" (PDF). North Carolina Department of Transportation. October 1, 1970. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Route Change (2015-08-20)" (PDF). North Carolina Department of Transportation. August 20, 2015. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
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