North Carolina Highway 205

NC 205
Route information
Maintained by NCDOT
Length:	22 mi[2] (35 km)
Existed:	1935[1] – present
Major junctions
South end:	US 74 in Marshville
North end:	NC 24 / NC 27 in Red Cross
Location
Counties:	Union, Stanly
Highway system
North Carolina Highway System ← NC 200 NC 207 →

North Carolina Highway 205 is a north–south state highway in the North Carolina Piedmont. It traverses 22 miles (35 km) in Stanly and Union counties.

Route description

NC 205 is a two-lane rural highway that goes through mostly farmland, as it connects the towns of Marshville, Oakboro, and Red Cross.

History

Established in 1935, it is the second incarnation NC 205, creating a new primary routing between the towns of Marshville and Red Cross. In the late 1940s, it was extended southwest along Main Street to the new alignment of US 74; it then changed by 1953 onto a new extension of Elm Street to US 74, leaving Main Street.^[1]

The first NC 205 was an original state highway (1921), connecting Kings Mountain to Grover. In 1926, US 29 was added to all of NC 205. In late 1934, NC 205 was dropped, leaving behind US 29 and NC 216.^[1]

Junction list

County	Location	Mile[2]	Destinations	Notes
Union	Marshville	0	US 74 – Monroe, Charlotte, Wadesboro, Wilmington	NC 205 begins
		10	New Salem Road
	New Salem	11	NC 218 – Mint Hill, Polkton
Stanly	Oakboro	18	NC 742 to NC 138 (Main Street) – Wadesboro
	Big Lick	20	Big Lick Road – Stanfield
	Red Cross	22	NC 24 / NC 27 – Charlotte, Albemarle	NC 205 ends
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi      Concurrency terminus •      Closed/Former •      Incomplete access •      Unopened

See also

• Rocky River

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "NCRoads.com: N.C. 205". http://members.cox.net/ncroads/nc205.html. Retrieved 2011-06-26. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Google, Inc. Google Maps – North Carolina Highway 205 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=N+Elm+St&daddr=N+Carolina+205+N&hl=en&ll=35.135071,-80.261307&spn=0.455404,0.891953&sll=35.265953,-80.352062&sspn=0.007104,0.013937&geocode=FcDXFQIdLK01-w%3BFdQjGgIdwOE1-w&mra=me&mrsp=1,0&sz=17&z=11. Retrieved 2011-06-26.