North Carolina Highway 59
 North Carolina Highway 59 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by NCDOT | ||||
| Length | 8.288 mi[1] (13.338 km) | |||
| Existed | 1958[2]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  I-95 in Hope Mills | |||
  I-95 BL / US 301 in Hope Mills NC 162 in Hope Mills | ||||
| North end |   US 401 Bus. in Fayetteville | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | North Carolina | |||
| Counties | Cumberland | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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North Carolina Highway 59 (NC 59) is an 8.288-mile-long (13.338 km) primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina that runs through Cumberland County from Interstate 95 (I-95) near Hope Mills to U.S. Route 401 Business (US 401 Bus.) in Owens, within the city limits of Fayetteville.
Route description
NC 59 is an urban route southwest of Fayetteville. NC 59 begins at I-95 (exit 41) and proceeds north from there intersecting I-95 Bus. and U.S. Route 301 shortly thereafter at a partial cloverleaf interchange.[3] NC 59 continues north entering the town of Hope Mills. NC 162 intersects the highway just north of downtown Hope Mills, as NC 59 continues north through the suburban parts of Fayetteville. NC 59 comes to its northern end at US 401 Bus. (Raeford Road)[3]
History
NC 59 was first commissioned in 1932 as a new primary highway from US 1/NC 50 in Raleigh following present day US 401 to Louisburg and ending at US 158/NC 48 in Warrenton.[2] In 1957, NC 59 was renumbered in its entirety by US 401.[2]
Today's alignment was commissioned in 1958 and initially it ran from US 401 west of Owens and around the north side of Fayetteville and ended at US 401 north of Fayetteville.[2] In 1963, NC 59 was extended south through Hope Mills and ended at US 301 as an upgrade to State Routes 1141, 1118, and 1124.[2] By 1968, the northern terminus of NC 59 was truncated to its current endpoint at US 401 Bus. in Owens. US 401 Bus. replaced the original alignment of NC 59 north of there. In 1982, when I-95 was opened around Fayetteville, NC 59 was extended to it.[2]
Major intersections
The entire route is in Cumberland County.
| Location | mi[3] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Hope Mills | 0.00 | 0.00 | I-95 – Lumberton, Smithfield | Western terminus; I-95 exit 41 | |
| 0.67 | 1.08 | I-95 BL / US 301 – Parkton, Fayetteville | Interchange | ||
| 4.98 | 8.01 | NC 162 (George Owen Road) | |||
| Fayetteville | 8.27 | 13.31 | US 401 Bus. (Raeford Road) – Fayetteville, Raeford | Eastern terminus | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
- ^ "NCDOT GIS Data Layers". North Carolina Department of Transportation. 2012. Retrieved December 28, 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f NC Roads: NC 59[self-published source] Archived October 2, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c Overview Map North Carolina Route 59 (Map). Yahoo Maps. Retrieved 2010-01-28.