U.S. Route 1 in North Carolina
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U.S. Highway 1 (US 1) is a north–south United States Numbered Highway which runs along the East Coast of the U.S. between Key West, Florida, and the Canada–United States border near Fort Kent, Maine. In North Carolina, US 1 runs for 174.1 miles (280.2 km) across the central region of the state. The highway enters North Carolina from South Carolina, southwest of Rockingham. US 1 runs northeast, passing through or closely bypassing Southern Pines and Sanford in the Sandhills region. It next passes through Cary, the state capital of Raleigh, and Wake Forest. The highway continues north to Henderson, before leaving the state at the Virginia state line, near Wise. The route is mostly a multilane divided arterial road, with several freeway segments. It serves as a strategic highway, connecting the North Carolina Sandhills and Research Triangle regions northward to the Southside region.[3]
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Maintained by NCDOT | ||||
Length | 174.1 mi[1][2] (280.2 km) | |||
Existed | 1926–present | |||
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South end | US 1 at the South Carolina state line | |||
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North end | US 1 at the Virginia state line | |||
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Country | United States | |||
State | North Carolina | |||
Counties | Richmond, Moore, Lee, Chatham, Wake, Franklin, Vance, Warren | |||
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