U.S. Route 421

Infobox U.S. Route
article_route=421
alternate_name=

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length_mi=941
length_round=0
length_ref=
yrcom=1930
direction_a=South
from=Fort Fisher, N.C.
junction=Jct|state=NC|US|1|US|15|US|501|NC|87 and in Sanford, N.C.
Jct|state=NC|I|73|I|85|US|70|US|220 in Greensboro, N.C.
Jct|state=NC|I|40 in Greensboro and Winston-Salem, N.C.
direction_b=North
to=Jct|state=IN|US|20 at Michigan City, Indiana
spur_of=21

U.S. Route 421 is a spur of U.S. 21. It runs for 941 miles (1,514 km) from Michigan City, Indiana, at U.S. 20 to Fort Fisher. The highway goes through the cities of Indianapolis, Indiana; Frankfort, Kentucky; Lexington, Kentucky; Harlan, Kentucky; Bristol, Tennessee; Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Greensboro, North Carolina; and Wilmington, North Carolina.

Route description

North Carolina

U.S. 421 begins at Fort Fisher and heads through North Carolina's southeastern beaches to Wilmington. It then heads in a northwest direction through Clinton, Dunn, Lillington, Sanford and Siler City to the Piedmont Triad region. In Greensboro, it follows the Greensboro Urban Loop to I-40. After Winston-Salem, it passes through Wilkesboro and Boone (where it intersects the Blue Ridge Parkway) on its way through the mountains towards Bristol, Tennessee.

Tennessee

Virginia

Kentucky

U.S. 421 comes from Virginia into Harlan County, Kentucky, and exits at Trimble County at Milton, Kentucky, crossing the Ohio River into Madison, Indiana.

Indiana

There is a major change to how U.S. 421 intersects with I-74 in Decatur County, Indiana. The Indiana Department of Transportation has conceptual images as well as construction information. http://www.in.gov/indot/div/projects/i74greensburg/

External links

* [http://illi-indi.com/EndsPage.php?id=2421&section=1 Indiana Highway Ends: US 421]