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Learn about the history, route, and features of U.S. Route 70, a major east–west highway in North Carolina that connects several cities and scenic areas. The web page covers the western, central, and eastern sections of the highway, as well as its junctions, bypasses, and scenic byways.
Records and interviews provide details about the lives — and deaths — of some North Carolina construction workers who died on the job. ... accident in Rowan County. ... 60 to 70 hours a week ...
Learn about the history, geography, demographics, and government of Rowan County, a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Founded in 1753, it is the oldest continuously populated European-American town in the western half of North Carolina.
Learn about the history, route, and features of I-85, a major interstate highway that connects three metropolitan areas and nine of the 20 largest cities in North Carolina. Find out how I-85 parallels several US highways, crosses the Catawba River, and has a weave interchange with US 29 and US 74.
Badin Lake is a reservoir in North Carolina created by the damming of the Yadkin-Pee Dee River. It has 115 mi (185 km) of shoreline, various recreational activities, and a historic plane crash site.
Continuing on westbound NC 150, the route crosses the Yadkin into Rowan County along with US 29/70 on Wil-Cox Bridge while a new bridge is built. The three conjoined highways continue together through downtown Spencer, passing Spencer Shops, and split in downtown Salisbury.
NC 801 was first commissioned in 1927–28 as a short route traveling east–west from to NC 65 (now US 158) at the now-defunct town of Hillsdale.The route was extended south from its eastern terminus to connect with NC 90 (now US 64) by 1930, becoming a north–south route.
In 1932, US 601 was extended north into North Carolina, replacing SC 96. In North Carolina US 601 was placed on concurrency with almost all of NC 80, from the South Carolina state line, near McFarlan, to downtown Mount Airy. In 1934, NC 80 was expunged from US 601. In 1935, most of US 601 was replaced by the arrival of US 52.