North Carolina Highway 461

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North Carolina Highway 461
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Route information
Maintained by NCDOT
Length 19.1 mi [1] (30.7 km)
Existed 1964 – present
Major junctions
West endNC 561.svg NC 561 in Saint John
 US 13.svg US 13 near Winton
East end Nucor Steel near Cofield
Location
Counties Hertford
Highway system
← US 441.svg US 441 NC 481 NC 481.svg →

North Carolina Highway 461 (NC 461) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Its western terminus is at NC 561, passes through Winton and Cofield, and has its eastern end at an entrance to a Nucor steel plant east of Cofield.

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.

North Carolina Highway 561 highway in North Carolina

North Carolina Highway 561 is a 100-mile-long (160 km) North Carolina state highway and a rural traffic artery connecting Louisburg and Ahoskie with many small-to-medium-sized towns in the Down East and Coastal Plain regions within minutes from the Virginia state line. NC 561 is a spur of NC 56, although the two highways never actually intersect.

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Route description

Agricultural scene west of Cofield Winton Township field on NC 461.jpg
Agricultural scene west of Cofield

NC 461 is a two-lane rural highway that begins at NC 561 in Saint John, and travels northeast, crossing NC 11 and having a concurrency with U.S. Route 13 (US 13). Following its split from US 13, it travels to NC 45 in Winton. From Winton, and in concurrency with NC 45, it travels through Cofield, then splits just east of the village. It continues north on Farmers Chemical Road, then east on River Road, ending at the entrance of Nucor Plate Mill, Hertford. [1]

North Carolina Highway 11 highway in North Carolina

North Carolina Highway 11 (NC 11) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Traveling 193.2 miles (310.9 km), in a north–south alignment through Eastern North Carolina, it connects the towns and cities of Wallace, Kenansville, Kinston, Greenville and Murfreesboro.

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.

U.S. Route 13 in North Carolina highway in North Carolina

The section of U.S. Route 13 in North Carolina is the longest, home to 185.52 miles (298.57 km) of its length. It runs southwest to northeast through eastern North Carolina, beginning at Interstate 95. Most of the routing is rural, serving only three cities of considerable size along the entire route; the rest passes through forests and farmland. US 13 is usually only two lanes wide unless it is co-signed with other highways, usually near cities as bypasses.

History

NC 461 was established in 1964 as a new primary routing from NC 561 in Saint John to US 13 south of Winton. [2] In 1999, NC 461 was extended east, with a short concurrency with US 13 it splits near Winton, where it follows along Old Highway 13 to NC 45, then in concurrency until Farmers Chemical Road, where it continues as a new primary spur to the steel plant. [3]

Junction list

The entire route is in Hertford County.

Locationmi [1] kmDestinationsNotes
Saint John 0.00.0NC 561.svg NC 561  – Ahoskie, Rich Square
​5.89.3NC 11.svg NC 11  – Ahoskie, Murfreesboro
​8.213.2US 13.svg US 13  – Ahoskie South end of US 13 overlap
​8.914.3US 13.svg US 13  – Suffolk North end of US 13 overlap
Winton 10.416.7NC 45.svg NC 45 north (Main Street)North end of NC 45 overlap
​15.024.1NC 45.svg NC 45 south – Plymouth South end of NC 45 overlap
​19.130.7Nucor Plate Mill, Hertford entrance
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Google (June 11, 2014). "North Carolina Highway 461" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Route Change (1964-03-05)" (PDF). North Carolina Department of Transportation. March 5, 1964. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Route Change (1999-04-30)" (PDF). North Carolina Department of Transportation. April 30, 1999. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
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