North Carolina Highway 175

NC 175
Route information
Maintained by NCDOT
Length:	4.16 mi[2] (6.69 km)
Existed:	1969[1] – present
Major junctions
South end:	SR 75 south of Elf
North end:	US 64 in Elf
Location
Counties:	Clay
Highway system
North Carolina Highway System ← NC 172 NC 177 →

NC 175 is a short north/south state highway in western North Carolina and lies entirely in Clay County, just east of Lake Chatuge.

Route description

North Carolina Highway 175 begins at the North Carolina-Georgia state line just north of north of Hiawasee, Georgia. This is at the northern terminus of Georgia State Route 75. NC 175 heads north running just east of Lake Chatuge and is located in the Nantahala National Forest^[1]. At just over four miles, NC 175 comes to its northern end at U.S. Route 64 in the hamlet of Elf, east of Hayesville.

History

The first designation for NC 175 lasted from the 1920s to around 1929^[1] and was located in the Grandfather Mountain area. NC 175 was a spur from the original North Carolina Highway 17 in Bowling Rock. From there it ran west along modern U.S. Route 221 to Linville and over modern North Carolina Highway 181 to Newland. The current routing of NC 175 received the designation around 1967 on the previously unnumbered road.^[1]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Clay County.

Location	Mile	Destinations	Notes
south of Elf	0.00	SR 75	Southern terminus of NC 175 Continuation into Georgia
Elf	4.16	US 64	Northern Terminus of NC 175
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

• North Carolina Highway 69, which runs along the opposite side of Lake Chatuge

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} NC Roads: NC 175
2. ^ Yahoo Maps. Overview Map North Carolina Route 175 (Map). http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=m&lat=35.027983&lon=-83.734233&zoom=15&q1=34.987753%2C-83.754618&q2=35.034291%2C-83.740584. Retrieved 2010-01-27.