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Marker for the NC-TN-VA tripoint. The North Carolina–Tennessee–Virginia Corners is a tripoint at which North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia meet. The landmark is located in the Iron Mountains, and is roughly 16 miles (26 km) north of Snake Mountain, and 8 miles (13 km) southwest of Mount Rogers (the highest mountain in Virginia).
US 301 enters North Carolina at the South Carolina border, south of Rowland and north of South of the Border. The highway enters the state as a four-lane divided highway, concurrent with US 501. It immediately meets I-95 (I-95 exit 1) at an interchange partially in North Carolina and partially in South Carolina.
The North Carolina Highway System consists of a vast network of Interstate, United States, and state highways, managed by the North Carolina Department of Transportation. North Carolina has the second largest state maintained highway network in the United States because all roads in North Carolina are maintained by either municipalities or the ...
Interstate 85 (I-85) is a part of the Interstate Highway System that runs 666.05 miles (1,071.90 km) from Montgomery, Alabama, to Petersburg, Virginia.In the U.S. state of North Carolina, I-85 crosses the entire state from southwest to northeast (though is signed north–south), at the South Carolina state line near Grover to the Virginia state line near Wise.
Second form; prior to 1952, followed what is now NC 561, SR 1312 (Long Bridge Road/Old NC 48) and NC 4 north of Brinkleyville NC 49: 177.8: 286.1 SC 49 at the South Carolina state line: SR 49/SR 96 at the Virginia state line 1934: current NC 50 — — South Carolina state line: Virginia state line 1921: 1934
North Carolina Highway 13 was an original state highway running from Durham, north through Rougemont and Roxboro ending at SR 18 at the Virginia State Line. The highway's routing appeared on the 1916 Highway Map by the North Carolina State Highway Commission for the five year federal aid program. [ 10 ]
The Fall Line extends through Fayetteville, then Raleigh, and finally through Henderson, North Carolina near the Virginia border. The topography at the fall line drops 150–350 ft (46–107 m) in an eastward direction; while noticeable, the drop is quite gradual and occurs over a width of 1–3 miles (1.6–4.8 km).
U.S. Route 701 (US 701) is an auxiliary route of US 1 in the U.S. states of South Carolina and North Carolina.The U.S. Highway runs 171.45 miles (275.92 km) from US 17 and US 17 Alternate in Georgetown, South Carolina north to US 301, North Carolina Highway 96 (NC 96), and Interstate 95 (I-95) near Four Oaks, North Carolina.