North Carolina Highway 41

North Carolina Highway 41 marker
North Carolina Highway 41
Route of NC 41 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NCDOT
Length141.1 mi (227.1 km)
Existed1928–present
Major junctions
South end SC 41 at the South Carolina state line
Major intersections
East end US 70 near Cove City
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountiesRobeson, Bladen, Sampson, Duplin, Jones, Craven
Highway system
← I-40→ I-42

North Carolina Highway 41 (NC 41) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The highway travels in a north–south orientation between the South Carolina state line to Lumberton, then switches to an east–west orientation connecting the cities and towns of Elizabethtown, White Lake, Harrells, Wallace, Beulaville and Trenton.[1]

Route description

History

NC 41 first appeared on North Carolina state transportation maps in 1929. Upon establishment, the highway began in Wallace and continued 1 mile (1.6 km) east to intersect US 17-1 and NC 40 in Tin City. The highway continued northeast for 20 miles (32 km) through Chinquapin before intersecting NC 24 in Beulaville. From Beulaville, NC 41 continued in an northeasterly direction for 27 miles (43 km) until ending at NC 12 west of Trenton. At the time of establishment, the entire roadway was a graded road.[2] By December 1930, NC 41 was extended west by 14 miles (23 km) from Wallace to NC 60 south of Delway. The new section of NC 41 from NC 60 to Wallace was also a graded road.[3] NC 41 was extended west once more by 1933. The highway followed a brief 1⁄2 mile (0.80 km) concurrency with US 421 and NC 60 to Harrells Store before turning west and travelling 21 miles (34 km) to its new terminus at US 701 and NC 23 in White Lake.[4][5] Additionally, the segment of NC 41 between Wallace and Tin City was paved by 1933.[4]

By 1935, NC 41 was extended west once more to the South Carolina state line. From the state line, the new alignment of NC 41 travelled north to Lumberton, replacing NC 70. In Lumberton it turned east, replacing NC 201 to Dublin, and then ran concurrently with NC 28 to Elizabethtown. In Elizabethtown, NC 41 began to run concurrently alongside US 701 until meeting its former terminus in White Lake. The entirety of the new alignment between South Carolina and White Lake was paved. The segment of NC 41 between US 421 near Harrells Store and US 117 near Wallace was also paved by 1935 and another segment between US 421 and the South River was upgraded to a topsoil, sand-clay, or gravel road.[6] The segment west of the South River to US 701 was upgraded to a topsoil, sand-clay, or gravel road by 1936.[7] The NC 28 and NC 41 concurrency between Dublin and Elizabethtown was replaced with a NC 41 and NC 87 concurrency in 1939 with no change to the routing of NC 41. By 1940, the highway was paved between Tin City and the Northeast Cape Fear River and along a section in Jones County between its eastern terminus and an area east of Comfort.[8] The project to pave NC 41 in Jones County continued in the following years. The highway was paved between an area east US 258 and NC 12 by 1941 and by 1942 the paving project was completed to US 258.[9][10] Paving east of Beulaville was complete by 1948 and the entire highway was paved by 1951.[11][12]

NC 41 was rerouted between Tomahawk and Harrells by 1952 using its modern routing. Much of the former route became an extension of NC 411 while the remainder was downgraded to a secondary road known as Harrells Highway.[13][1] By 1961, the highway was rerouted near Dublin to bypass the town to the south. The former route between NC 41 west of Dublin and NC 87 became a secondary roadway and the NC 41 and NC 87 concurrency was eliminated through Dublin.[14] On June 4, 1970, NC 41 was realigned in Tin City continuing east from its intersection with NC 11. The realignment ended a short 0.8 miles (1.3 km) concurrency with NC 11 and a 0.2 miles (0.32 km) segment of NC 41 east of NC 11 became a secondary road.[15] NCDOT rerouted NC 87 and NC 41 to follow a new bypass around Elizabethtown on June 15, 1998, leaving behind the routing along Broad Street. NC 41 was the follow the new highway, concurrent with NC 87 until reaching US 701 at an interchange. At the interchange, NC 41 was to turn and run concurrently with US 701 through Elizabethtown.[16] NCDOT reversed the rerouting of NC 41 less than one month later, placing it along Broad Street concurrently with NC 87 Business, on July 10, 1998.[17] Despite NCDOT rerouting NC 41 away from the bypass in Elizabethtown, no signage was updated to reflect the new routing. A second change to reroute NC 41 along NC 87 Business was request in 2013 and was approved in 2015.[18][19] The request was approved on August 20, 2015.[20] In Lumberton, NC 41 was realigned on September 29, 2006. The highway was removed from Pine Street between NC 72 and Elizabethtown Road, and Elizabethtown Road between Pine Street and NC 211. Instead, the highway was rerouted to run concurrently with NC 72 to NC 211, and then turn to run concurrently with NC 211 to Elizabethtown Road.[21]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
RobesonMarietta0.00.0
 SC 41 south – Lake View		South Carolina state line
3.04.8 NC 904 – Fair Bluff
Fairmont9.114.6 NC 130 (Golf Course Road) – Rowland, Chadbourn
9.715.6

 NC 130 Bus. east (Cottage Street)		South end of NC 130 Bus overlap
9.815.8

 NC 130 Bus. west (Iona Street)		North end of NC 130 Bus overlap
Lumberton16.927.2 I-74 / US 74 (Andrew Jackson Highway) – Laurinburg, Rockingham, Chadbourn, WhitevilleDiamond interchange
20.432.8
 NC 72 west (2nd Street) – Red Springs		South end of NC 72 overlap
20.933.6
 NC 72 east (2nd Street) – Orrum		North end of concurrency with NC 72
22.335.9

 NC 211 (Roberts Avenue) to I-95 / US 301 – Bladenboro, Red Springs, Fayetteville		I-95/US 301, Exit 20
BladenDublin36.158.1 NC 131 – Bladenboro, Tar Heel
37.460.2 NC 410 – Bladenboro
39.162.9
 NC 87 north (Albert Street) – Tar Heel, Fayetteville		South end of NC 87 overlap
Elizabethtown40.965.8

 NC 87 south / NC 87 Bus. – Delco		North end of NC 87 overlap; south end of NC 87 Bus overlap
45.372.9



 US 701 south / NC 242 south (Poplar Street) / NC 87 Bus. south (Broad Street) – Clarkton, Bladenboro		North end of NC 87 Bus overlap; south end of US 701 and NC 242 overlaps
Suttons Corner46.675.0

 NC 53 west / NC 242 north – Roseboro, Fayetteville		North end of NC 242 overlap; south end of NC 53 overlap
White Lake50.781.6
 NC 53 east – Atkinson		North end of NC 53 overlap
52.684.7
 US 701 north – Garland		North end of US 701 overlap
Smith Crossroads60.697.5 NC 210 – St. Helena, Fayetteville
SampsonHarrells70.4113.3
 NC 411 west (Harrells Highway) – Garland		South end of NC 411 overlap
71.8115.6 US 421 / NC 411 (Delway & Wilmington Highways) – Wilmington, DelwayEastern terminus of NC 411; north end of NC 411 overlap
DuplinWallace85.2137.1 US 117 (Norwood Street) – Burgaw, Teachey
86.2138.7 NC 11 – Atkinson, Kenansville
88.1141.8 I-40 – Kenansville, BurgawDiamond interchange; I-40, exit 385
Chinquapin96.5155.3
 NC 50 north – Kenansville		South end of NC 50 overlap
98.4158.4
 NC 50 south – Holly Ridge		North end of NC 50 overlap
99.3159.8
 NC 111 south – Catherine Lake		South end of NC 111 overlap
Beulaville105.7170.1 NC 24 (Main Street) – Kenansville, Richlands
106.0170.6

 NC 111 north / NC 241 north – Goldsboro, Pink Hill		North end of NC 111 overlap; southern terminus of NC 241
Jones​115.6186.0 US 258 – Richlands, Kinston
Trenton131.5211.6
 NC 58 north – Kinston		South end of NC 58 overlap
134.4216.3
 NC 58 south – Maysville		North end of NC 58 overlap
CravenCove City141.1227.1 US 70 – Kinston, New BernDiamond interchange
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "North Carolina Highway 41" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
  2. ^ North Carolina State Highway Commission (1929). State Highway System of North Carolina (Map). 1:1448228. Raleigh: Bynum Printing Company.
  3. ^ North Carolina State Highway Commission (1930). State Highway System of North Carolina (Map). 1:1448228. Raleigh: Bynum Printing Company.
  4. ^ a b North Carolina State Highway Commission (1933). State Highway System of North Carolina (Map) (1933 ed.). 1:887,040. Cartography by C.M. Sawyer. Raleigh: North Carolina State Highway Commission.
  5. ^ North Carolina State Highway Commission (1936). Sampson County (PDF) (Map). Raleigh: North Carolina State Highway Commission. p. 80.
  6. ^ State Highway System of North Carolina (Map) (1935 ed.). Cartography by C.M. Sawyer & W.W. Hampton. North Carolina State Highway Commission. 1935.
  7. ^ Sawyer, C.M. (1936). State highway system of North Carolina (Map). 1:823,680. Raleigh: North Carolina State Highway and Public Works Commission.
  8. ^ North Carolina State Highway and Public Works Commission (1940). North Carolina Primary Highway System (Map) (1940 ed.). 1:823,680. North Carolina State Highway and Public Works Commission.
  9. ^ North Carolina State Highway and Public Works Commission (1941). North Carolina Primary Highway System (Map) (1941-1942 ed.). 1:823,680. Cartography by C.M. Sawyer. North Carolina State Highway and Public Works Commission.
  10. ^ North Carolina State Highway and Public Works Commission (1942). North Carolina Primary Highway System (Map) (1942 ed.). 1:823,680. Cartography by C.M. Sawyer. North Carolina State Highway and Public Works Commission.
  11. ^ North Carolina primary highway system (Map) (1948-1949 ed.). Cartography by C.M. Sawyer. Winston-Salem, N.C.: Winston Ptg. Co. 1948.
  12. ^ North Carolina primary highway system (Map) (1951 ed.). 1:823,680. Cartography by North Carolina State Highway and Public Works Commission. Winston-Salem, N.C.: Winston Ptg. Co. 1951.
  13. ^ North Carolina primary highway system (Map) (1952 ed.). 1:823,680. Cartography by North Carolina State Highway and Public Works Commission. Winston-Salem, N.C.: Winston Ptg. Co. 1952.
  14. ^ North Carolina highway system (Map) (1961 ed.). 1:823,680. Cartography by North Carolina State Highway Commission. Raleigh, N.C.: North Carolina State Highway Commission. 1961.
  15. ^ "Route Changes (1970-06-04)" (PDF). Raleigh: North Carolina Department of Transportation. June 4, 1970. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  16. ^ "Route Changes (1998-06-15)" (PDF). Raleigh: North Carolina Department of Transportation. June 15, 1998. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  17. ^ "Route Changes (1998-07-10)" (PDF). Raleigh: North Carolina Department of Transportation. July 10, 1998. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  18. ^ "NC 41 Route Change (2013-01-09)" (PDF). North Carolina Department of Transportation. January 9, 2013. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  19. ^ NC 41 Route Change Map (PDF) (Map). North Carolina Department of Transportation. January 9, 2013. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
  20. ^ "Route Changes (2015-08-20)" (PDF). Raleigh: North Carolina Department of Transportation. August 20, 2015. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  21. ^ "Route Changes (2006-09-29)" (PDF). Raleigh: North Carolina Department of Transportation. September 29, 2006. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
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