 North Carolina Highway 61 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by NCDOT | ||||
| Length | 19.8 mi (31.9 km) | |||
| Existed | 1930–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  NC 62 near Alamance | |||
| Major intersections | ||||
| North end |  NC 150 in Osceola | |||
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | North Carolina | |||
| Counties | Guilford | |||
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North Carolina Highway 61 (NC 61) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It serves as the main north–south highway in eastern Guilford County, connecting Whitsett and Gibsonville.
Route description
NC 61 is a two-lane rural highway from NC 62, located between Julian and Alamance, to NC 150, in Osceola. Serving primary as a farm-to-market, it connects the farms in eastern Guilford County with Whitsett and Gibsonville.
History
Established in 1930 as a new primary routing, it traversed from NC 109, in Thomasville, to NC 60, in Julian. In 1936, NC 61 was extended northeast to US 70, near Whitsett. In 1940, NC 61 was truncated at its current southern terminus, its former routing south to Thomasville replaced by NC 62. In 1961, NC 61 was extended on new primary routing north and onto NC 100 to Gibsonville; there, it continued north to its current northern terminus at NC 150, in Osceola.
Major intersections
The entire route is in Guilford County.
| Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| | 0.0 | 0.0 | NC 62 – Burlington, Julian, High Point | Western terminus | |
| Whitsett | 6.3 | 10.1 |   I-40 / I-85 – Burlington, Greensboro | ||
| 7.4 | 11.9 |  US 70 (Burlington Road) – Burlington, Greensboro | |||
| 8.2 | 13.2 |   NC 100 west | West end of NC 100 overlap | ||
| Gibsonville | 10.0 | 16.1 |  NC 100 east (Main Street) – Elon | East end of NC 100 overlap | |
| Osceola | 19.8 | 31.9 | NC 150 (Burlington Road) – Brown Summit | Eastern terminus | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ "North Carolina Highway 61" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
- State Highway System of North Carolina (PDF) (Map). Cartography by NCDOT. North Carolina Department of Transportation. 1930. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
- North Carolina Primary Highway System (PDF) (Map). Cartography by NCDOT. North Carolina Department of Transportation. 1940. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
- "Route Change (1961-12-07)" (PDF). North Carolina Department of Transportation. December 7, 1961. Retrieved October 26, 2014.