North Carolina Highway 90

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

North Carolina Highway 90
North Carolina Highway 90
Route information
	Maintained byNCDOT
Length	71.7 mi(115.4 km)
Existed	1921–present
Major junctions
West end	Edgemont Road (SR 1420) inEdgemont
	US 321inLenoir; US 64/NC 18in Lenoir; I-40inStatesville
East end	US 21/US 64in Statesville
Location
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
Counties	Caldwell,Alexander,Iredell
Highway system
	North Carolina Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Scenic;

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

Route description

The western terminus is in Edgemont (inCaldwell County) at an intersection with Edgemont Road (SR 1420), Roseboro Road (Pisgah National ForestFR 981) and Edgemont Church Place (SR 1358). The first 8 miles (13 km) of the highway are quite curvy and unpaved.^[2]NC 90 entersLenoiron Valway Road (SR 1352). The route then turns left onto N. Main Street to then overlap withUS 321on Blowing Rock Boulevard. NC 90 then turn left, after 2 miles, onto Wilkesboro Boulevard to overlap withUS 64andNC 18.After about 2 miles, the route then turns right onto Taylorsville Road, keeping and overlap with US 64. After 40 miles, going throughTaylorsville,NC 90 ends atUS 21/US 64inStatesville.

History

Established in 1921 as an original state highway, it started atNC 50(Person Street), inRaleigh,going east toColumbia.In 1927, NC 90 was extended west fromRaleightoLenoiratNC 18.In 1929, NC 90 extended east fromColumbiatoFort Landing.

In 1932,US 64was established and was overlapped on NC 90 from just west ofStatesvilletoFort Landing.In late 1934, NC 90 was removed from all overlap withUS 64east ofStatesville;at same time, NC 90 was extended west fromLenoirtoUS 221nearLinville,replacingNC 171.

Sometime between 1939 and 1944, NC 90 was extended east back inStatesvilleto its current east terminus, replacing some ofUS 64through the downtown area. At some point in the 1960s, NC 90 was truncated to its current west terminus inEdgemont,its former route toLinvillemoved underPisgah National Forestmanagement.^[3]^[4]

In 2008, NC 90 was removed from downtownLenoir,creating an overlap withUS 321.^[5]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Caldwell	Edgemont	0.0	0.0	Edgemont Road / National Forest Road
	Lenoir	27.9	44.9	US 321north (Blowing Rock Boulevard) –Boone	North end of US 321 overlap
		30.1	48.4	US 64west /NC 18south (Harper Avenue) /US 321south (Hickory Boulevard) – Downtown Lenoir,Hickory	South end of US 321/NC 18 and west end of US 64 overlap
		31.5	50.7	NC 18north (Wilkesboro Boulevard) –Moravian Falls,Wilkesboro	North end of NC 18 overlap
Alexander	Ellendale	46.0	74.0	NC 127south –Hickory	Northern terminus of NC 127
		49.2	79.2	US 64east / Golf Course Lane –Statesville	East end of US 64 overlap
	Taylorsville	50.4	81.1	NC 16north –Moravian Falls,Wilkesboro	North end of NC 16 overlap
	Taylorsville	50.8	81.8	NC 16south –Conover	South end of NC 16 overlap
Iredell		67.7	109.0	US 64west –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) toI-77–Statesville Regional Airport,Hickory
		70.4	113.3	US 64east (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 Concurrencyterminus

Special routes

Rocky Mount alternate route

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

References

^^a ^b"North Carolina Highway 90"(Map).Google Maps.RetrievedMay 9,2015.
^Caldwell County, North Carolina(PDF)(Map) (2000 (Rev. 07/13/2007) ed.). North Carolina Department of Transportation Information Technology - IMG Unit.RetrievedSeptember 6,2007.
^"NC State Hwy 90 Ends".Archived fromthe originalon November 1, 2010.Retrieved2011-07-02.
^"NC 90: Lost in Caldwell County".Retrieved2011-07-02.^{[self-published source]}
^"NCRoads.com: N.C. 90".Retrieved2011-07-02.^{[self-published source]}

External links

KML file(edit•help)

Template:Attached KML/North Carolina Highway 90

KML is from Wikidata

Media related toNorth Carolina Highway 90at Wikimedia Commons
NCRoads.com: N.C. 90
NCRoads.com: N.C. 90-A

[google-1] "North Carolina Highway 90"(Map).Google Maps.RetrievedMay 9,2015.

[2] Caldwell County, North Carolina(PDF)(Map) (2000 (Rev. 07/13/2007) ed.). North Carolina Department of Transportation Information Technology - IMG Unit.RetrievedSeptember 6,2007.

[3] "NC State Hwy 90 Ends".Archived fromthe originalon November 1, 2010.Retrieved2011-07-02.

[4] "NC 90: Lost in Caldwell County".Retrieved2011-07-02.^{[self-published source]}

[NCRoads.com-5] "NCRoads.com: N.C. 90".Retrieved2011-07-02.^{[self-published source]}

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