- North Carolina Highway 50
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NC 50
Route information Maintained by NCDOT Length: 155 mi (249 km) Existed: 1940[1] – present Major junctions North end: 
US 15 / NC 56 in Creedmoor, NC
I-540 near Raleigh
I-440 / I-40 in Raleigh
US 301 in Benson
I-40 near Newton Grove
I-95
US 13 / US 117 in Newton Grove
NC 24 near Kenansville
US 17 in Holly RidgeSouth end: Anderson Boulevard in Topsail Beach Location Counties: Granville, Wake, Johnston, Sampson, Duplin, Onslow, Pender Highway system ← 
NC 49NC 51 
→NC 50 is a major cross-state route in North Carolina that runs from near the Virginia border to the Atlantic Ocean. It is the major north/south route through Wake County and the state capital of Raleigh.
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Route description
North of the Raleigh city center NC 50 uses Glenwood Avenue and Creedmoor Road on its way to Creedmoor and Oxford. Through downtown it uses a small (less than 1/2 mile) part of Wade Avenue, the southern end of Capital Boulevard, and the paired one-way streets of McDowell Street (Northbound) and Dawson Street (Southbound).
South of the city center it uses parts of S. Saunders and S. Wilmington streets (or rather, those streets use NC 50; the through route follows NC 50 and the streets come and go).
There are 2 concurrencies in and around Raleigh:
- US 70 between Creedmoor Road in Raleigh and Benson Road in Garner.
- US 401 and US 70 between Wade Avenue and Fayetteville Road at the Garner-Raleigh boundary line.
Throughout the entire length of these concurrencies, the route is known either by the road name OR as US 70. NC 50 or US 401 is ignored when referring to the route.
In Garner, NC 50 splits from US 70 by heading south on Benson Road. From this point to its southern terminus, it parallels I-40 towards Topsail Beach. There used to be a concurrency with NC 24 near Kenansville, but this is now NC 24 Business, as the mainline NC 24 has been routed to follow I-40 and NC 903 to bypass central Kenansville. The road makes a convenient (if slower) alternative to I-40, and was used as a construction detour for I-40 during construction of the US 70 Bypass interchange in Johnston County in 2006.
Nearby landmarks
History
The modern NC 50 bears little resemblance to the original 1920s NC 50. The original road is now the modern US 1, and the only city that the two routings had in common was Raleigh. When US 1 was designated, the old NC 50 was moved to its modern routing both south (1940s) and north (1960s, formerly known as US 15A) of Raleigh.[1]
Major Points and Junctions
South to North
- Trout Avenue and S. Anderson Boulevard in Topsail Beach (Southern Terminus)
NC 210 at Surf City- US 17 in Holly Ridge
NC 53 at Maple Hill
NC 41 at Chinquapin
NC 903 near Kenansville
NC 11 in Kenansville- NC 24 from Kenansville to Warsaw
- US 117 from Warsaw to Faison
NC 403 at Faison
US 13 / US 701 / NC 55 in Newton Grove- I-40 near Newton Grove
NC 96 at Peacocks Crossroads
NC 242 near Benson- I-95 near Benson
- US 301 in Benson
NC 27 in Benson- NC 210 in Johnston County
NC 42 in Johnston County
US 70 from Garner through Raleigh
US 401 through Raleigh
I-40 / I-440 / US 64 in Raleigh
NC 54 in Raleigh
I-440 / US 1 in Raleigh- I-540 near Raleigh (Heritage Point)
NC 98 in Wake County- US 15 / NC 56 in Creedmoor (Northern Terminus)
References
External links
Categories:- State highways in North Carolina
- Transportation in Raleigh, North Carolina
- Transportation in Wake County, North Carolina
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