U.S. Route 64 in North Carolina

	U.S. Route 64
West end:	US 64/74/TN 40 near Ducktown, TN
Major; junctions:	I-26/US 25/74 at Hendersonville; I-40 at Morganton; US 52 in Lexington; I-85 at Lexington; I-73/74/US 220 in Asheboro; US 421 at Siler City; I-40/440/US 1 at Cary; I-440/US 264 at Raleigh; I-540 near Knightdale; US 264 at Zebulon; I-95 near Rocky Mount
East end:	US 158/NC 12 in Nags Head, NC
	North Carolina highways
< NC 63	NC 65 >
	United States Numbered Highways
	List – Bannered – Divided – Replaced

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U.S. Route 64 near Siler City, North Carolina

U.S. Route 64 is the longest numbered route in the U.S. state of North Carolina, traversing more than 600 miles (970 km) from the western edge of the state to the Outer Banks. The route passes through the westernmost municipality in the state, Murphy, and one of the most easternmost municipalities, Manteo, making US 64 a symbolic representation of the phrase "from Murphy to Manteo" which is used to refer to the expanse on of the state.

[edit] Route description

US 64 enters North Carolina in Cherokee County, west of Murphy. The highway serves the cities of Hendersonville,Brevard, Rutherfordton, Lenoir, Statesville, Lexington, Asheboro, Siler City, Raleigh, Rocky Mount, Tarboro, Williamston, and Manteo.

The segment from Franklin to Highlands is a mountainous two-lane road limited to moderate-sized trucks. Large trucks are routed via Truck US 64 (US 23/441 and US 74) to Sylva, and Asheville.

Within the Raleigh city limits US 64 follows the southern section of the Beltline. In 2006 a major section known as the Knightdale Bypass opened to ease traffic. After it was completed, US 64 became a divided freeway between Cary and Williamston, and carries at least four lanes between Asheboro and Columbia.

US 64 serves as a gateway to the Outer Banks, ending at Nags Head where it meets U.S. Route 158 and NC 12.

[edit] Knightdale Bypass

The Knightdale Bypass is a six-lane freeway in Wake County, North Carolina that was finished in July 2005. It is also commonly called, and in some places signed as, the 64 By-Pass. The 11-mile (18 km) freeway bypasses the town of Knightdale, North Carolina, allowing traffic to flow easier in and out of the Raleigh metropolitan area. U.S. Highway 64 and U.S. Highway 264 have been rerouted onto the Knightdale Bypass which traverses from Raleigh's Inner Loop (Interstate 440) to the US 64/264 freeway in Wendell, North Carolina. An interchange with the eastern segment of Raleigh's Outer Loop (Interstate 540) opened in January 2007. This interchange makes the Knightdale Bypass a key connector between Raleigh's two loops.

[edit] Former routing

US 64 and US 264's previous alignment has been given the designation Business US 64; a business route of US 264 was not included. It travels through the town of Knightdale, ending at the east in Wendell and in the west at I-440 in Raleigh. In order for the business route to be a complete loop, it must share a short one-mile (1.6 km) segment with I-440; however, there are no signs that indicate this concurrency.

[edit] Exit list

County	Location	#	Destinations	Notes
Chatham	Pittsboro		US 64 Bus. west – Pittsboro
			US 15 / US 501 – Sanford, Chapel Hill
			NC 87 – Pittsboro, Eli Whitney
			US 64 Bus. east – Pittsboro
	Siler City		US 421 – Greensboro, Sanford
Wake	Cary	West end of freeway
		404A	US 1 south – Sanford	West end of US 1 overlap
		98A	Tryon Road
		99	Cary Parkway
		101	Walnut Street, Buck Jones Road, Crossroads Boulevard	Signed as exits 101A (Walnut Street) and 101B (Buck Jones Road, Crossroads Boulevard) westbound
		1B	I-40 west – RDU Airport, Durham	West end of I-40 overlap
	Raleigh	293B	I-440 east / US 1 north – Raleigh, Wake Forest	East end of US 1 overlap
		295	Gorman Street
		297	Lake Wheeler Road
		298	US 401 / US 70 / NC 50 (South Saunders Street) – Fayetteville, Garner, Downtown Raleigh	Signed as exits 298A (south) and 298B (north)
		299	Hammond Road, Person Street
		300	Rock Quarry Road	Signed as exits 300A (south) and 300B (north) westbound
		16	I-40 east – Benson, Wilmington	East end of I-40 overlap; west end of I-440 overlap
		15	Poole Road
		419	I-440 west (US 64 Bus. east) to US 1 – Wake Forest	East end of I-440 overlap; west end of US 264 overlap
		420	New Hope Road
	Knightdale	422	Hodge Road
	Knightdale	423	I-540 to US 1 – Wake Forest, RDU Airport
		425	Smithfield Road
	Wendell	427	Wendell Falls Parkway
		429	US 64 Bus. (Wendell Boulevard) – Knightdale
		430	Rolesville
			Wendell
	Zebulon		US 64 Bus. west / NC 96 – Zebulon, Oxford
	Zebulon		US 264 east to NC 97 – Wilson, Greenville	East end of US 264 overlap
Franklin			NC 39 – Louisburg
Franklin			SR 1737
Nash			NC 231 to NC 98 / US 64 Alt. east – Spring Hope, Middlesex, Wake Forest
			NC 581 – Spring Hope, Bailey
			Momeyer
	Nashville	458	US 64 Alt. west (US 64 Bus. east) – Nashville, Momeyer
		459	NC 58 – Nashville, Castalia
		461	US 64 Bus. west – Nashville, Red Oak
			Red Oak
	Rocky Mount	464	I-95 – Wilson, Fayetteville, Richmond	Signed as exits 464A (south) and 464B (north)
		466	Winstead Avenue
		467	US 64 Bus. east (Buck Leonard Boulevard) / Sunset Avenue
		468A	US 301 Byp. (Wesleyan Boulevard) – Wilson
		468B	NC 43 north (Benvenue Road) to NC 48 / Peachtree STreet	West end of NC 43 overlap
		469	US 301 Bus. (Centura Highway, North Church Street)
Edgecombe		470	NC 97 (Atlantic Avenue)
		472	US 64 Alt. east / US 64 Bus. west / NC 43 south – Rocky Mount	East end of NC 43 overlap
		478	Kingsboro Road
	Tarboro	484	Edgecombe Community College
		485	US 258 south / US 64 Alt. west / NC 111 south / NC 122 south – Tarboro, Farmville	West end of US 258/NC 111/NC 122 overlap
		486	US 258 north / NC 111 north / NC 122 north (US 64 Alt. east) – Princeville, Scotland Neck	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; east end of US 258/NC 111/NC 122 overlap
		487	NC 33 – Greenville
		488	Shiloh Farm Road
		491	SR 1524 (Chinquapin Road)
		494	NC 42 – Ahoskie, Wilson
		496	US 13 south / NC 11 – Bethel, Greenville	West end of US 13 overlap
Martin		502	NC 903 – Robersonville, Hamilton
		505	Robersonville Products Road
	Everetts	507	US 64 Alt. – Everetts
		512	NC 125 – Williamston
		514	US 17 south / US 17 Bus. north – Williamston, Washington	West end of US 17 overlap
			US 64 Alt. west / US 13 north / US 17 north – Williamston, Windsor	East end of US 13/US 17 overlap; ramp to stay on US 64 is signed as exit 515 in both directions
	East end of freeway
			US 64 Bus. east
	Jamesville		NC 171 – Washington
	Jamesville		US 64 Bus. west
Washington	Plymouth		NC 149 north
	Plymouth		NC 32 south – Washington	West end of NC 32 overlap
			NC 45 south	West end of NC 45 overlap
			NC 45 north	East end of NC 45 overlap
			NC 32 north	East end of NC 32 overlap
	West end of freeway
		544	Roper
		548	Tyson Road
		554	To NC 94 – Edenton
	Creswell	558	Alligood Road – Creswell
Tyrrell		562	Travis Road
	East end of freeway
			NC 94 north	West end of NC 94 overlap
	Columbia		US 64 Bus. east / NC 94 south – Fairfield	East end of NC 94 overlap
	Columbia		US 64 Bus. west
Dare			US 264 west – Stumpy Point, Engelhard
			US 64 Byp. east
	Manteo		NC 400
			US 64 Byp. west / NC 345 south – Wanchese
			To NC 12 – Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Nags Head Beaches, Hatteras Island, Ocracoke Island
			US 158 west – Kill Devil Hills, Kitty Hawk, Southern Shores, Duck