North Carolina Highway 59

NC Highway 59 marker

NC Highway 59
Route information
Maintained by NCDOT
Length: 8.288 mi[1] (13.338 km)
Existed: 1958[2] – present
Major junctions
South end: I95 in Hope Mills
  I95 Bus. / US 301 in Hope Mills
NC 162 in Hope Mills
North end:
US 401 Bus. in Fayetteville
Location
Counties: Cumberland
Highway system
NC 58NC 60

North Carolina Highway 59 (NC 59) is a North Carolina state highway 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.

Locationmi[3]kmDestinationsNotes
Hope Mills0.000.00 I95 / Chicken Foot Road Lumberton, SmithfieldI-95 exit 41
0.671.08 I95 Bus. / US 301 Parkton, FayettevilleInterchange
4.988.01 NC 162 (George Owen Road)
Fayetteville8.2713.31
US 401 Bus. (Raeford Road) / Glensford Drive Fayetteville, Raeford
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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