U.S. Route 158
| U.S. Route 158 | ||||
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| Auxiliary route of US 58 | ||||
| Maintained by NCDOT | ||||
| Length: | 350 mi[1] (563 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1932 – present | |||
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| Counties: | Davie, Forsyth, Guilford, Rockingham, Caswell, Person, Granville, Vance, Warren, Halifax, Northampton, Hertford, Gates, Pasquotank, Camden, Currituck, Dare | |||
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U.S. Route 158 is an east–west United States highway that runs for 350 miles (560 km) from Mocksville to Nags Head, entirely in the U.S. state of North Carolina.
Route description [edit]
U.S. Route 158 is a parallel of U.S. Route 58. The route does not intersect its parent, instead intersecting its sibling, US 258. It currently runs for 350 miles (560 km) from Mocksville, at US 64/US 601 to Nags Head, North Carolina. A 10 miles (16 km) stretch skirts the Great Dismal Swamp.
From Mocksville, it parallels I-40 into Winston-Salem, where it merges with I-40 Business/US 421 freeway through the downtown area. Going northeast, it goes through Stokesdale then goes north around Reidsville with US 29 Business. From Reidsville, US 158 connects the northern counties of North Carolina, going through the cities and towns of Yanceyville, Roxboro, Oxford, Henderson, Roanoke Rapids, Murfreesboro, and Elizabeth City.
From NC 168 eastward, it carries traffic from the Norfolk region to the Outer Banks. Normally, the route is a four-lane undivided highway with a speed limit of 50 miles an hour in Dare County, from its eastern terminus to the Wright Memorial Bridge. Most of the route is otherwise a four-lane divided highway with a 55 miles per hour speed limit until NC 168 (which carries traffic to Chesapeake, Virginia), where it turns left at an at-grade intersection. It then returns to being undivided.
In Dare County, the highway runs in a north–south direction, although it is signed west–east. It acts as a bypass route for the Virginia Dare Trail (NC 12), which runs parallel to U.S. 158 to the east.
History [edit]
US 158 was established in 1932, the route between Mocksville to Murfreesboro is roughly the same as today; however, from Murfreesboro it went north into Virginia. In 1939, US 158 was rerouted east, through Elizabeth City and Kitty Hawk, to Manteo; the old route into Virginia was replaced as an extension by US 258. In 1957, US 64/US 264 were extended to Nags Head; as a result, US 258 was truncated in Nags Head; location commonly referred to as Whalebone Junction. In 1963, US 158 on Bodie Island was split into business and bypass (business route later disbanded in 1988).[2]
Junction list [edit]
| County | Location | Mile[1] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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| Davie |
Mocksville | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| 4.8 | 7.7 | |||||
| Hillsdale | 11.3 | 18.2 | ||||
| Forsyth |
Winston-Salem | 20.7 | 33.3 | |||
| 21.7 | 34.9 | |||||
| 23.3 | 37.5 | 3B | West end of I-40 business and north end of US 421 overlap | |||
| 23.4 | 37.7 | 3C | North Stratford Road | |||
| 23.8 | 38.3 | 4A | Cloverdale Avenue | Signed as exit 4 eastbound | ||
| 24.2 | 38.9 | 4B | West First Street / Hawthorne Road | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
| 24.6 | 39.6 | 5A | West end of NC 150 overlap | |||
| 25.0 | 40.2 | 5B | Broad Street – BB&T Ballpark | |||
| 25.2 | 40.6 | 5C | Cherry Street – Convention Center | |||
| 25.4 | 40.9 | 5D | Main Street / First Street – Old Salem, Salem College | |||
| 26.0 | 41.8 | 6 | Signed as exits 6A (south) and 6B (north) | |||
| 26.4 | 42.5 | 6C | Martin Luther King Jr. Drive | To Winston-Salem State University | ||
| 27.4 | 44.1 | 7 | Lowery Street / Fifth Street | Eastbound Lowery Street, westbound Fifth Street | ||
| 28.3 | 45.5 | 8 | East end of I-40 business/NC 150 and south end of US 421 overlap Eastbound exit and westbound entrance |
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| Walkertown | Proposed interchange (unfunded)[3] | |||||
| 33.8 | 54.4 | |||||
| Guilford |
Stokesdale | 43.9 | 70.7 | |||
| 44.7 | 71.9 | |||||
| 48.2 | 77.6 | Future I-73 | ||||
| Rockingham |
Reidsville | 63.5 | 102.2 | South end of US 29 Business and NC 87 overlap | ||
| 65.5 | 105.4 | North end of NC 87 overlap | ||||
| 67.4 | 108.5 | Scales Street | ||||
| 67.7 | 109.0 | North end of US 29 Business/NC 14 overlap | ||||
| 68.3 | 109.9 | Market Street | ||||
| 70.2 | 113.0 | South end of NC 14 overlap; future I-785 | ||||
| Caswell |
82.6 | 132.9 | ||||
| Yanceyville | 89.0 | 143.2 | North end of NC 86 overlap | |||
| 91.0 | 146.5 | South end of NC 62 overlap | ||||
| 91.2 | 146.8 | North end of NC 62 overlap | ||||
| 94.3 | 151.8 | South end of NC 86 overlap | ||||
| 98.0 | 157.7 | |||||
| Person |
Roxboro | 110.7 | 178.2 | South end of NC 49 overlap | ||
| 111.2 | 179.0 | North end of NC 57 overlap | ||||
| 111.6 | 179.6 | North end of US 501/NC 49 overlap | ||||
| 112.2 | 180.6 | |||||
| 112.6 | 181.2 | South end of US 501/NC 57 overlap | ||||
| Granville |
Oxford | 135.3 | 217.7 | |||
| 135.8 | 218.5 | |||||
| 136.9 | 220.3 | |||||
| 139.8 | 225.0 | |||||
| 140.4 | 226.0 | |||||
| 142.1 | 228.7 | |||||
| Vance |
Henderson | 147.0 | 236.6 | 213 | South end of I-85 overlap | |
| 148.2 | 238.5 | 214 | ||||
| 149.0 | 239.8 | 215 | North end of I-85 and south end of US 1 business overlap | |||
| 151.5 | 243.8 | South end of US 1 and north end of US 1 business overlap | ||||
| Middleburg | 154.0 | 247.8 | ||||
| Warren |
Norlina | 162.6 | 261.7 | North end of US 1/401 overlap | ||
| 163.9 | 263.8 | South end of US 401 overlap | ||||
| Macon | 168.8 | 271.7 | ||||
| Halifax |
Littleton | 179.8 | 289.4 | North end of NC 903 overlap | ||
| 186.4 | 300.0 | South end of NC 903 overlap | ||||
| Roanoke Rapids | 194.4 | 312.9 | ||||
| 195.8 | 315.1 | |||||
| 196.8 | 316.7 | |||||
| Weldon | 199.0 | 320.3 | South end of US 301 overlap | |||
| Northampton |
Garysburg | 201.4 | 324.1 | North end of US 301 overlap | ||
| Jackson | 211.1 | 339.7 | North end of NC 305 overlap | |||
| 212.0 | 341.2 | South end of NC 305 overlap | ||||
| Conway | 224.1 | 360.7 | ||||
| 229.4 | 369.2 | South end of US 258 overlap | ||||
| Hertford |
232.0 | 373.4 | North end of US 258 overlap | |||
| 233.3 | 375.5 | |||||
| Winton | 241.2 | 388.2 | South end of US 13 overlap | |||
| Gates |
245.2 | 394.6 | ||||
| Tarheel | 247.8 | 398.8 | North end of US 13 overlap | |||
| 253.0 | 407.2 | |||||
| 253.9 | 408.6 | |||||
| 255.6 | 411.3 | |||||
| Sunbury | 262.6 | 422.6 | ||||
| Pasquotank |
Morgans Corner | 278.1 | 447.6 | North end of US 17 overlap | ||
| 281.0 | 452.2 | 264 | ||||
| Elizabeth City | 288.4 | 464.1 | ||||
| 289.3 | 465.6 | South end of US 17 overlap | ||||
| 289.9 | 466.5 | |||||
| Camden |
Camden | 293.7 | 472.7 | |||
| Belcross | 295.6 | 475.7 | ||||
| Currituck |
Barco | 306.2 | 492.8 | |||
| 315.0 | 506.9 | |||||
| Dare |
Kitty Hawk | 335.2 | 539.5 | |||
| Nags Head | 350.2 | 563.6 | Whalebone Junction | |||
Bannered routes [edit]
Winston-Salem business loop [edit]
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| Location: | Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| Existed: | 1962–1970 |
U.S. Route 158 Business, was established in 1962 as a renumbering of mainline US 158 in downtown Winston-Salem. The business loop traversed on one-way streets: eastbound used Cherry Street, 4th Street, and Dunleith Street; westbound used Marshall Street and 5th Street. In 1970, it was decommissioned.[4]
Oxford alternate route [edit]
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| Location: | Oxford, North Carolina |
| Length: | 4.7 mi[5] (7.6 km) |
| Existed: | 1954–1971 |
U.S. Route 158 Alternate (US 158A), was established in 1954 as a partial bypass of Oxford. As an alternate spur route, it did not reconnect with US 158, instead going southwest to US 15. In 1971, US 158A was eliminated when Interstate 85 was built over it.[6]
Oxford business loop [edit]
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| Location: | Oxford, North Carolina |
| Length: | 4.2 mi[7] (6.8 km) |
| Existed: | 1994–present |
U.S. Route 158 Business, established in 1994, is a 4.2-mile (6.8 km) business loop that followed the original US 158 route through downtown Oxford, via Roxboro Road, College Street, and Williamsboro Street.[4]
The entire route is in Oxford, Granville County.
| Mile[7] | km | Destinations | Notes | |||||
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| 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 0.7 | 1.1 | North end of NC 96 overlap | ||||||
| 1.2 | 1.9 | North end of US 15 overlap | ||||||
| 2.0 | 3.2 | South end of US 15 and NC 96 overlap | ||||||
| 4.2 | 6.8 | |||||||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | ||||||||
Henderson alternate route [edit]
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| Location: | Henderson, North Carolina |
| Length: | 8.5 mi[8] (13.7 km) |
| Existed: | 1951–1960 |
U.S. Route 158 Alternate (US 158A), was established in 1951, when mainline US 158 bypassed north of Henderson. US 158A followed the original route through downtown Henderson until 1960, when it was renumbered to US 158 Business.[6]
Henderson business loop [edit]
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| Location: | Henderson, North Carolina |
| Length: | 8.5 mi[8] (13.7 km) |
| Existed: | 1960–present |
U.S. Route 158 Business, established in 1960, is a 8.5-mile (13.7 km) business loop through downtown Henderson, via Oxford Road, Danbney Drive, and Garnett Street.[4]
| County | Location | Mile[8] | km | Destinations | Notes | |||
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| Granville |
0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Vance |
Henderson | 6.4 | 10.3 | South end of US 1 business overlap | ||||
| 8.5 | 13.7 | North end of US 1 business overlap | ||||||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | ||||||||
Warrenton alternate route [edit]
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| Location: | Warrenton, North Carolina |
| Length: | 7.5 mi[9] (12.1 km) |
| Existed: | 1950–1960 |
U.S. Route 158 Alternate (US 158A), was established in 1950, when mainline US 158 bypassed north of Gatesville. US 158A followed the original route through downtown Warrenton until 1960, when it was renumbered to US 158 Business.[6]
Warrenton business loop [edit]
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| Location: | Warrenton, North Carolina |
| Length: | 7.5 mi[9] (12.1 km) |
| Existed: | 1960–present |
U.S. Route 158 Business, established in 1960, is a 7.5-mile (12.1 km) business loop through downtown Warrenton.[4]
The entire route is in Warren County.
| Location | Mile[9] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||||
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| Norlina | 0.0 | 0.0 | North end of US 401 overlap | |||||
| Warrenton | 3.1 | 5.0 | South end of US 401 and north end of NC 58 overlap | |||||
| 3.7 | 6.0 | South end of NC 58 overlap | ||||||
| Macon | 7.5 | 12.1 | ||||||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | ||||||||
Murfreesboro business loop [edit]
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| Location: | Murfreesboro, North Carolina |
| Length: | 4.4 mi[10] (7.1 km) |
| Existed: | 1996–present |
U.S. Route 158 Business, established in 1996, is a 4.4-mile (7.1 km) business loop that followed the original US 158 route through downtown Murfreesboro, via Main Street.[4]
| County | Location | Mile[10] | km | Destinations | Notes | |||
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| Northampton |
0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Hertford |
Murfreesboro | 2.8 | 4.5 | |||||
| 4.4 | 7.1 | |||||||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | ||||||||
Gatesville alternate route [edit]
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| Location: | Gatesville, North Carolina |
| Length: | 4.9 mi[11] (7.9 km) |
| Existed: | 1948–1960 |
U.S. Route 158 Alternate (US 158A), was established in 1948, two years after mainline US 158 bypassed north of Gatesville. It followed the original route through downtown Gatesville. In 1960, it was renumbered to US 158 Business.[6]
Gatesville business loop [edit]
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| Location: | Gatesville, North Carolina |
| Length: | 4.9 mi[11] (7.9 km) |
| Existed: | 1960–present |
U.S. Route 158 Business, established in 1960, is a 4.9-mile (7.9 km) business loop through downtown Gatesville.[4]
The entire route is in Gates County.
| Location | Mile[11] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||||
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| 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 1.3 | 2.1 | North end of NC 37 overlap | ||||||
| Gatesville | 2.5 | 4.0 | South end of NC 37 overlap | |||||
| 4.9 | 7.9 | |||||||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | ||||||||
Kill Devil Hills business loop [edit]
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| Location: | Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina |
| Length: | 15.2 mi[12] (24.5 km) |
| Existed: | 1960–1988 |
U.S. Route 158 Business, was established in 1960 as a renumbering of mainline US 158 on Bodie Island. In 1988, US 158 Business was decommissioned, replaced by a northern extension of NC 12.[4]
See also [edit]
References [edit]
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to: U.S. Route 158 |
- ^ a b Google Inc. Google Maps – US 158 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=S+Main+St%2FUS-158+E&daddr=36.03098,-80.34005+to:36.2346299,-80.0114734+to:36.38552,-79.12688+to:36.33251,-78.582634+to:36.3186784,-78.5092083+to:36.35851,-78.37003+to:36.43304,-78.04253+to:36.43162,-76.45035+to:36.34427,-76.25774+to:US-158+W&hl=en&geocode=Fe6qIwIdzrgy-w%3BFQTKJQIdrhs2-ynXf5p8bLpTiDHYdj-isUKPJA%3BFYXlKAIdLx87-ykvELWcgP5SiDGclU79NX9MOw%3BFfAyKwIdoJ5I-ynJDFaRQzmtiTHmYOPXa7rxcg%3BFd5jKgIdluxQ-yl7yFR3RqGtiTGd_OF6MOgJBg%3BFdYtKgIdaAtS-ykRx4OwZKOtiTFDQKWSOEd9JQ%3BFW7JKgIdEitU-ykhwFhrbr6tiTG8tTDod3Ce8w%3BFZDsKwIdXipZ-ynFTKfMguatiTG-jtsfH6p2Vw%3BFQTnKwId0nVx-ymtVaglqviviTGj9O1RPrbXpw%3BFc6RKgIdNGZ0-ynfJQEb5k-liTHFJqrGPCKVXA%3BFYrmIwIdiHF--w&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=2&sz=12&via=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9&sll=36.157004,-80.099945&sspn=0.207068,0.445976&ie=UTF8&ll=35.799994,-78.651123&spn=3.327796,7.13562&z=8. Retrieved 2011-02-13.
- ^ "NCRoads.com: U.S. 158". Retrieved 2011-02-13.
- ^ Staff. "Winston-Salem Northern Beltway". North Carolina Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g "NCRoads.com: U.S. 158-B". Retrieved January 24, 2013.[unreliable source]
- ^ Google Inc. Google Maps – US 158 Alt - Oxford (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=I-85+N&daddr=I-85+N&hl=en&ll=36.295343,-78.57482&spn=0.056241,0.111494&sll=36.304508,-78.547096&sspn=0.028117,0.055747&geocode=FYxyKQIdV4pQ-w%3BFRseKgId_YRR-w&mra=dme&mrsp=1&sz=15&t=p&z=14. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
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- ^ a b Google Inc. Google Maps – US 158 Bus - Oxford (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Roxboro+Rd&daddr=36.3123,-78.5895+to:Oxford+Loop+Rd%2FUS-158+E&hl=en&geocode=FWM-KgIdW2pQ-w%3BFewUKgIdxNFQ-ymNOFgyyKatiTHKs1HQU0rbKg%3BFf0YKgIdbWBR-w&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=14&via=1&sll=36.315125,-78.576622&sspn=0.051662,0.111494&ie=UTF8&ll=36.315471,-78.581772&spn=0.051662,0.111494&z=14. Retrieved February 13, 2011.
- ^ a b c Google Inc. Google Maps – US 158 Bus - Henderson (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=US-158+BUS+E&daddr=36.3242267,-78.4070624+to:36.339328,-78.3949139+to:N+Garnett+St&hl=en&ll=36.319828,-78.436718&spn=0.115767,0.222988&sll=36.345377,-78.391271&sspn=0.007268,0.013937&geocode=FUkiKgIdWftR-w%3BFYJDKgIdappT-ykznwqvarytiTFu5LP9So-wgQ%3BFYB-KgId38lT-ylT9lIPLrytiTGRhmxiUwoBCA%3BFZmWKgId8ddT-w&mra=dme&mrsp=3&sz=17&via=1,2&t=p&z=13. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
- ^ a b c Google Inc. Google Maps – US 158 Bus - Warrenton (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=US-158+Bypass+E%2FUS-158+E&daddr=36.3977,-78.1511+to:US-158+E&hl=en&geocode=FTbxKwIdAgZX-w%3BFYRiKwIdRIJX-ynRlqk0UuitiTHeeIj3SFczbQ%3BFSPwKwIdvGNY-w&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=14&via=1&sll=36.413685,-78.14146&sspn=0.051597,0.111494&ie=UTF8&ll=36.418243,-78.136654&spn=0.051594,0.111494&z=14. Retrieved February 13, 2011.
- ^ a b Google Inc. Google Maps – US 158 Bus - Murfreesboro (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=US-158+BUS+E%2FMain+St&daddr=US-158+BUS+E%2FMain+St&hl=en&geocode=FQj3KwIdNv5m-w%3BFZTUKwId0ANo-w&mra=me&mrcr=0&mrsp=1,0&sz=19&sll=36.427181,-77.069046&sspn=0.001612,0.003484&ie=UTF8&ll=36.439652,-77.100248&spn=0.05158,0.111494&z=14. Retrieved February 13, 2011.
- ^ a b c Google Inc. Google Maps – US 158 Bus - Gatesville (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=US-158+Alt+W&daddr=36.4326388,-76.7687728+to:36.4094309,-76.7520848+to:US-158+BUS+W&hl=en&geocode=FcgCLAIdUINs-w%3BFf7qKwId_Jls-yk1UEWG-eaviTEgvXrNomWJkw%3BFVaQKwIdLNts-ymbniEKa-aviTFtVJkHmh-VsA%3BFWr3KwIdPDZt-w&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=14&via=1,2&sll=36.427705,-76.744566&sspn=0.051588,0.111494&ie=UTF8&ll=36.427567,-76.742849&spn=0.051588,0.111494&z=14. Retrieved February 13, 2011.
- ^ Google Inc. Google Maps – US 158 Bus - Kill Devil Hills (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=N+Carolina+12+S&daddr=36.095561,-75.7083469+to:36.057183,-75.6839859+to:36.0093672,-75.6545202+to:35.9633454,-75.627516+to:S+Virginia+Dare+Trail&hl=en&ll=36.043547,-75.630569&spn=0.451376,0.891953&sll=35.966892,-75.620871&sspn=0.056477,0.111494&geocode=FYrUJgIdOq98-w%3BFUnGJgIdRsh8-ykRXgrW_d-kiTGAdWNuStMm6Q%3BFV8wJgIdbyd9-ymDxvRaT-CkiTHsGHeNz7mCeQ%3BFZd1JQIdiJp9-ymZpDQ6ZeGkiTHRQk3hvmSfrQ%3BFdHBJAIdBAR--yk5oZylhuOkiTGwAjSXOwEjcQ%3BFYTjIwId2XR--w&mra=dpe&mrsp=4&sz=14&via=1,2,3,4&t=p&z=11. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
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