North Carolina Highway 6

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"NC 6" redirects here. NC 6 may also refer to North Carolina's 6th congressional district.

NC Highway 6 marker

NC Highway 6
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Route information
Maintained by NCDOT
Length: 8.2 mi[2] (13.2 km)
Existed: 1959[1] – 2005[1]
Major junctions
West end: I‑40 / US 421 in west Greensboro
  US 29 / US 70 / US 220 southeast of downtown Greensboro
East end: I-40.svgBusiness Loop 85.svg I-40/Bus I-85 in east Greensboro
Location
Counties: Guilford
Highway system
← NC 5 NC 7 x20px →

NC 6 was an eight-mile (13 km) North Carolina state highway. It ran entirely in Guilford County and served primarily to connect I-40 and Business I-85 commuters in Greensboro. It was decommissioned in 2005.

Route description

The western terminus of NC 6 was at I-40 in west Greensboro. From there, NC 6 traveled at 45 mph (72 km/h) as Patterson Street to Patterson's only traffic signal at Holden Road and then at 35 mph (56 km/h) to Patterson's end at the Greensboro Coliseum. NC 6 then turned left and followed High Point Road onto Lee Street. NC 6 had an important intersection with O'Henry Boulevard (US 29/US 70/US 220) where it picked up a lot of traffic between the US Highways and I-40 east of Greensboro, its eastern terminus.

History

  • 1934: NC 6 is commissioned as a short road located southwest of Lake Mattamuskeet in Hyde County.
  • 1944: NC 6 is decommissioned and not replaced.
  • 1947: A new NC 6 cuts off the corner between NC 49 and U.S. Route 52 in Stanly County. It replaced NC 49A.
  • 1953: NC 8 is extended, moving NC 6.
  • 1959: After moving to its current location, a couple of timely shifts allowed NC 6 to follow its current route.
  • 2000s (decade): Recent changes have slightly altered the path of NC 6 around the I-40 interchange and the Greensboro Coliseum.[1]
  • 2005: NC 6 decommissioned permanently, signs not taken down until around May 2009.[1] As of October 2010, Google Maps still shows NC 6.[2]

Major intersections

The entire route was in Greensboro, Guilford County.

mi km Destinations Notes
0.0 0.0 I‑40 / US 421 Western terminus of NC 6
6.2 10.0 US 29 / US 70 / US 220
8.2 13.2 I‑40 / I‑85 Bus. Eastern terminus of NC 6
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 NCRoads Annex - NC 6
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

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