North Carolina Highway 93

NC 93
Route information
Maintained by NCDOT
Length:	10 mi[1] (20 km)
Existed:	1940 – present
Major junctions
West end:	SR 93 at the VA line near Piney Creek
	NC 113 in Piney Creek
East end:	US 221 in Twin Oaks
Location
Counties:	Alleghany
Highway system
North Carolina Highway System ← NC 92 NC 94 →

North Carolina Highway 93 is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It runs from the Virginia state line to the community of Twin Oaks.

Route description

NC 93 begins at the Virginia state line and goes southeast for 10 miles (16 km) on a curvy, yet manageable road that ends at US 221. It is overlap with NC Bike Route 4 along the entire length of the route.

Junction list

The entire route is in Alleghany County.

Location	Mile[1]	Destinations	Notes
Piney Creek	.5	NC 113 south – Laurel Springs
Twin Oaks	10	US 221 – Jefferson, Galax	NC 93 Ends
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi      Concurrency terminus •      Closed/Former •      Incomplete access •      Unopened

History

Originally established as North Carolina Highway 260 in 1935, it was renumbered in 1940 to match the older Virginia State Route 93. In 1977, NC 93 was rerouted in Piney Creek to its current routing; abandoning Pugh Road and extending NC 113 further north to its current northern terminus.^[2]

NC 93 existed two times before it current routing:

1. In 1929, it was established as a new road from Pittsboro to Graham; then in 1933 it was extended further to US 70/NC 10. In 1940, it was renumbered as NC 87, with its 1933 extension forming part of NC 54.^[2]
2. In 1940, NC 93 was established briefly as a connector between Tramway to Jonesboro (community later absorbed by Sanford). It was renumbered to NC 78 in late 1940 when NCDOT decided it was more important to match Virginia instead.^[2]

See also

• New River
• North Carolina Bicycle Route 4

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Google Maps". http://maps.google.com. Retrieved 2011-01-02. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} "NCRoads.com: N.C. 93". http://members.cox.net/ncroads/nc093.html. Retrieved 2011-01-02. 

External links

• NC State Hwy 93 Ends