North Carolina Highway 205

NC Highway 205
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Route information
Maintained by NCDOT
Length:	22.0 mi (35.4 km)
Existed:	1935 – 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 Interstate U.S. State Scenic ← NC 200 NC 207 →

North Carolina Highway 205 (NC 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.

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.

Junction list

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Union	Marshville	0.0	0.0	US 74 (Marshville Boulevard) / Elm Street
	New Salem	10.8	17.4	NC 218 – Mint Hill, Polkton
Stanly	Oakboro	18.4	29.6	NC 742 south (Main Street) / East 2nd Street – Wadesboro	Northern terminus of NC 742
	Red Cross	22.0	35.4	NC 24 / NC 27 (Red Cross Road) / Oak Ridge Road – Charlotte, Albemarle
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi