North Carolina Highway 90

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North Carolina Highway 90

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Route information
Maintained by NCDOT
Length71.7 mi [1]  (115.4 km)
Existed1921–present
Major junctions
West endEdgemont Road (SR 1420) in Edgemont
Major intersectionsUS 321.svg US 321 in Lenoir
US 64.svgNC 18.svg US 64  / NC 18 in Lenoir
I-40.svg I-40 in Statesville
East endUS 21.svgUS 64.svg US 21  / US 64 in Statesville
Location
Country United States
State North Carolina
Counties Caldwell, Alexander, Iredell
Highway system
NC 89.svg NC 89 NC 91.svg NC 91

North Carolina Highway 90 (NC 90) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is one of the few highways in the state with an unpaved portion.

Contents

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] NC 90 enters Lenoir on Valway Road (SR 1352). The route then turns left onto N. Main Street to then overlap with US 321 on Blowing Rock Boulevard. NC 90 then turn left, after 2 miles, onto Wilkesboro Boulevard to overlap with US 64 and NC 18. After about 2 miles, the route then turns right onto Taylorsville Road, keeping and overlap with US 64. After 40 miles, going through Taylorsville, NC 90 ends at US 21/US 64 in Statesville.

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 and 1944, 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. [3] [4]

In 2008, NC 90 was removed from downtown Lenoir, creating an overlap with US 321. [5]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi [1] kmDestinationsNotes
Caldwell Edgemont 0.00.0Edgemont Road / National Forest Road
Lenoir 27.944.9North plate.svg
US 321.svg
US 321 north (Blowing Rock Boulevard) Boone
North end of US 321 overlap
30.148.4West plate.svg
US 64.svg
South plate.svg
NC 18.svg
South plate.svg
US 321.svg
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
31.550.7North plate.svg
NC 18.svg
NC 18 north (Wilkesboro Boulevard) Moravian Falls, Wilkesboro
North end of NC 18 overlap
Alexander Ellendale 46.074.0South plate.svg
NC 127.svg
NC 127 south Hickory
Northern terminus of NC 127
49.279.2East plate.svg
US 64.svg
US 64 east / Golf Course Lane Statesville
East end of US 64 overlap
Taylorsville 50.481.1North plate.svg
NC 16.svg
NC 16 north Moravian Falls, Wilkesboro
North end of NC 16 overlap
50.881.8South plate.svg
NC 16.svg
NC 16 south Conover
South end of NC 16 overlap
Iredell 67.7109.0West plate.svg
US 64.svg
US 64 west Taylorsville, Lenoir
West end of US 64 overlap
Statesville 68.3109.9I-40.svg I-40  Hickory, Winston-Salem
69.6112.0US 70.svgTo plate blue.svg
I-77.svg
US 70 (Newton Drive / Garner Bagnal Boulevard) to I-77  Statesville Regional Airport, Hickory
70.4113.3East plate.svg
US 64.svg
US 64 east (Front Street)
East end of US 64 overlap
71.4114.9NC 115.svg NC 115 (Center Street) North Wilkesboro
71.7115.4US 21.svgUS 64.svg US 21 (Davie Avenue) / US 64  Harmony, Mocksville
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Special routes

Rocky Mount alternate route

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North Carolina Highway 90A

Location Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Existed1932–1934

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.

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References

  1. 1 2 Google (May 9, 2015). "North Carolina Highway 90" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
  2. Caldwell County, North Carolina (PDF) (Map) (2000 (Rev. 07/13/2007) ed.). North Carolina Department of Transportation Information Technology - IMG Unit. Retrieved September 6, 2007.
  3. "NC State Hwy 90 Ends". Archived from the original on November 1, 2010. Retrieved 2011-07-02.
  4. "NC 90: Lost in Caldwell County" . Retrieved 2011-07-02.[ self-published source ]
  5. "NCRoads.com: N.C. 90" . Retrieved 2011-07-02.[ self-published source ]
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