North Carolina Highway 191
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by NCDOT | ||||
Length | 21.62 mi[1] (34.79 km) | |||
Existed | 1921[2]–present | |||
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Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | North Carolina | |||
Counties | Henderson, Buncombe | |||
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North Carolina Highway 191 (NC 191) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It travels within portions of Henderson and Buncombe Counties.
Route description
[edit]NC 191 begins at an intersection with US 25 Business / Asheville Highway in the city of Hendersonville in Henderson County. Named Haywood Road, it travels northwest from Hendersonville and enters the town of Mills River, where it meets NC 280 (Boylston Highway). NC 191 runs concurrent with NC 280 northward for a short distance before separating after approximately 1 mile (1.6 km).[1] The route continues north towards Asheville, leaving Henderson County and entering Buncombe County, before meeting the western terminus of NC 146 (Long Shoals Road) in the community of Avery Creek. Past Avery Creek, NC 191 intersects the scenic Blue Ridge Parkway, a National Parkway and All-American Road. The highway continues north into Venable, intersecting the eastern terminus of NC 112 (Sardis Road) and then I-26 and US 74 at exit 33 as it reaches the outermost city limits of Asheville. Entering the city, NC 191 interchanges with I-40 (exit 47) and one-half mile (0.80 km) later, with I-26/I-240 (exit 1B). NC 191 heads into the southwestern section of Asheville named Brevard Road. At just over 21.5 miles (34.6 km), the route reaches its northern end at US 19 Business/US 23 Business (Haywood Road).[1][2]
History
[edit]NC 191 is an original state highway.[2] In 1971, the highway was routed along modern-day I-240 from Brevard Road to Haywood Road, a highway that was previously unnumbered. As a result, Brevard Road became unnumbered north of the freeway. Around 1981, NC 191 was moved back onto Brevard Road to end where it currently does at US 19 Business/US 23 Business The freeway became I-240.[2]
Major intersections
[edit]County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Henderson | Hendersonville | 0.00 | 0.00 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus |
Mills River | 7.41 | 11.93 | ![]() ![]() | West end of NC 280 overlap | |
8.53 | 13.73 | ![]() ![]() | East end of NC 280 overlap | ||
Buncombe | Avery Creek | 13.20 | 21.24 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus NC 146 |
Bent Creek | 15.65 | 25.19 | ![]() | ||
Asheville | 17.69 | 28.47 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus NC 112 | |
18.30 | 29.45 | ![]() ![]() | Exit 33 (I-26/US 74) | ||
20.03 | 32.24 | ![]() | Exit 47(I-40) | ||
20.65 | 33.23 | ![]() ![]() | Exit 1B (I-26/I-240) | ||
21.64 | 34.83 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Special routes
[edit]Asheville alternate route
[edit]Location | Asheville, North Carolina |
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Length | 1.8 mi[3] (2.9 km) |
Existed | 1957–1960 |
North Carolina Highway 191A (NC 191A) was established as a concurrency with US 19A/US 23A along Haywood Road, between Hanover Street and Patton Avenue. The route existed only in the late 1950s.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Overview Map North Carolina Route 191 (Map). Yahoo Maps. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
- ^ a b c d NC Roads: NC 191 Archived November 25, 2010, at the Wayback Machine[self-published source]
- ^ "North Carolina Highway 191A - Asheville" (Map). Google Maps. Google. July 13, 2013. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
External links
[edit]Media related to North Carolina Highway 191 at Wikimedia Commons
- NCRoads.com: N.C. 191
- NCRoads.com: N.C. 191-A