North Carolina Highway 49

NC 49
Route information
Maintained by NCDOT
Length:	180 mi (290 km)
Existed:	1940[1] – present
Major junctions
South end:	SC 49 at Lake Wylie, SC
	I-485 near Pineville; I-77 / US 21 in Charlotte; I-485 near Harrisburg; Future I-73 / Future I-74 in Asheboro; US 421 near Liberty; I-40 / I-85 in Burlington;
North end:	SR 49 / SR 96 at Virgilina, VA
Location
Counties:	Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Stanly, Rowan, Davidson, Randolph, Alamance, Orange, Caswell, Person, Granville
Highway system
North Carolina Highway System ← NC 48 NC 50 →

NC 49 is a state highway in the North Carolina Highway System that traverses much of the Piedmont region of North Carolina.

Route description

The highway runs from near Lake Wylie, south of Charlotte, to Virgilina on the Virginia state line.

The route is an important corridor for traffic as it forms a part of the shortest route between Charlotte, the largest city in the Carolinas, and the North Carolina state capital of Raleigh. NC 49 meets US 64 in Asheboro, which forms the majority of the Charlotte-Raleigh link.

From its southern terminus, the highway passes through Charlotte and after crossing the more suburban portions of western Cabarrus County, heads north east into Stanly County. From uptown Charlotte to University City NC 49 is concurrent with US 29. After passing Mount Pleasant in eastern Cabarrus County, the road becomes a designated North Carolina Scenic Byway. The road passes close to Pfeiffer University in Stanly County before crossing the Yadkin River near the Tuckertown Reservoir. After crossing the river, the road skirts the northern foothills of the ancient Uwharrie Mountains and then drops down into the Asheboro area.

In western Asheboro, NC 49 joins US 64 for a 12-mile (19 km) stretch through Asheboro and the outskirts of Franklinville. In Ramseur, the two routes split; NC 49 voyages north through the towns of Liberty and Alamance and into Burlington, where it meets I-40/85. A concurrency of NC 49 and US 70 winds through Burlington and Haw River, where NC 49 splits to the north. In northern Alamance County, NC 49 meets a 4-way at-grade junction with NC 62. The two routes switch directions at this point; NC 49 darts east toward Roxboro. After passing through Roxboro and a short concurrency with US 158 and US 501, NC 49 continues on its final leg to the Virginia state line.

One unique fact about the route is that NC 49 is one of limited number of state highways that maintain their numbers in more than two consecutive states, which in this case is Virginia (VA 49) and South Carolina (SC 49).

See also

Bank of America Stadium Cabarrus Arena & Events Center Carowinds Cedarock Historical Farm Cedarock Park Charlotte Motor Speedway Lake Wylie

Mayo Reservoir Tryon Street Tuckertown Reservoir University of North Carolina at Charlotte Uwharrie National Forest Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

Major intersections

County	Location	Destinations	Notes
Mecklenburg City of Charlotte		SC 49 south (Charlotte Highway) – York	Southern terminus
		NC 160 (Steele Creek Road)
		I-485 / I-85 to I-77 – Greensboro, Columbia	Diamond interchange
		Route 4 (Billy Graham Parkway)	Access to Charlotte/Douglas International Airport; Access to I-77/US 21 south
		I-77 / US 21 (Exit 6) – Statesville	Partial cloverleaf interchange; northbound exit only
		NC 160 south (West Boulevard)
		NC 27 east (E. Morehead Street) – Albemarle	South end of concurrency with NC 27
		I-277 / US 74 east – Monroe	Eastbound access only
		US 29 south / NC 27 west (W. Morehead Street) – Gastonia, Lincolnton	South end of concurrency with US 29; North end of concurrency with NC 27
		I-277 to NC 16 / I-77 / I-85 – Columbia, Gastonia, Greensboro, Lowesville	I-277 outer loop and NC 16 northbound exit only via W. 12th Street
		US 29 north (N. Tryon Street) – Concord	North end of concurrency with US 29
		NC 24 (E. Wt Harris Boulevard) – Albemarle	Partial cloverleaf interchange
		I-485 to I-85 / I-77 – Greensboro, Statesville	Partial cloverleaf interchange
Cabarrus	Concord	US 601 (Highway 601 S.) – Monroe, Salisbury	Partial interchange
	Mt. Pleasant	NC 73 (Highway 73 E.) – Concord, Albemarle	Full interchange
Stanly	Richfield	US 52 (W. Church Street) – Albemarle, Lexington
		NC 8 south – New London	South end of concurrency with NC 8
Davidson	Newsom	NC 8 north – Lexington	North end of concurrency with NC 8
	Handy	NC 109 – Troy, Denton
Randolph		NC 47 west – Denton, Lexington
	Asheboro	US 64 west (W. Dixie Drive) – Lexington	South end of concurrency with US 64
		Future I-73 (US 220 Bypass) / Future I-74 / US 220 – Rockingham, Greensboro	Cloverleaf interchange
		US 220 Alt. (S. Fayetteville Street)
		NC 159 south (Zoo Parkway) – Seagrove	Access to North Carolina Zoo
		NC 42 – Coleridge
	Ramseur	NC 22 north – Climax	South end of wrong-way concurrency with NC 22
		NC 22 south (Colridge Road) – Carthage	North end of wrong-way concurrency with NC 22
		US 64 east (Jordan Road) – Siler City, Pittsboro	North end of concurrency with US 64
	Liberty	US 421 – Greensboro, Sanford	Diamond interchange
Alamance	Burlington	I-85 / I-40 (Exit 145) – Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Durham, Raleigh	Diamond interchange
		NC 54 west (Chapel Hill Road) / NC 100 west (Maple Avenue) – Whitsett	South end of concurrency with NC 54
	Graham	NC 87 north (W. Elm Street) – Reidsville	South end of wrong-way concurrency with NC 87
		NC 87 south (S. Main Street) – Fayetteville	North end of wrong-way concurrency with NC 87
		NC 54 east (E. Harden Street) – Raleigh	North end of concurrency with NC 54
	Haw River	US 70 west (W. Main Street) – Greensboro	South end of concurrency with US 70
		US 70 east (E. Main Street) – Durham	North end of concurrency with US 70
	Pleasant Grove	NC 62 – Archdale, Yanceyville
		NC 119 – Swepsonville, Hightowers
Orange		NC 86 south – Chapel Hill	South end of concurrency with NC 86
Caswell	Prospect Hill	NC 86 north – Hillsborough	North end of concurrency with NC 86
Person	Roxboro	US 158 west (Leasburg Road) – Yanceyville	South end of concurrency with US 158
		NC 57 (Concord Road) – Milton	South end of wrong-way concurrency with NC 57
		US 158 east / US 501 south / NC 57 south (S. Madison Boulevard) – Oxford, Durham, Hillsborough	North end of concurrency with US 158; South end of concurrency with US 501; North End of wrong-way concurrency with NC 57
		US 501 north (N. Main Street) – South Boston	North end of concurrency with US 501
Granville		NC 96 south (Little Batterwhite Road) – Oxford	South end of concurrency with NC 96
Virginia State Line	Virgilina	SR 49 / SR 96 (Florence Avenue) – Clarksville	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

1. ^ "NCRoads.com: N.C. 49". http://members.cox.net/ncroads/nc049.html. Retrieved 2011-01-02.