North Carolina Highway 308 Explained

State:NC
Type:NC
Route:308
Map:NC 308 map.svg
Length Mi:52.9
Length Round:1
Established:1933
Direction A:West
Direction B:East
Terminus A: near Rich Square
Terminus B: in Pleasant Grove
Junction:
Counties:Northampton, Bertie, Washington
Previous Type:NC
Previous Route:307
Next Type:US
Next Route:311

North Carolina Highway 308 (NC 308) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It serves mainly to connect the city of Windsor to communities and towns in eastern Bertie County.

Route description

NC 308 is a two-lane rural highway that traverses 52.9miles from US 258 and NC 561 near Rich Square to NC 32 in Pleasant Grove. The highway provides a direct link for Roxobel, Kelford, and Lewiston Woodville to Windsor, the county seat of Bertie County. Continuing east, it crosses the Roanoke River, forms a concurrency with NC 45 and North Carolina Bicycle Route 3,[1] then connects the communities of Westover and Mackeys, before ending at NC 32 in Pleasant Grove.

Scenic byways

Edenton-Windsor Loop is an 87miles is a double loop byway connecting the cities of Edenton and Windsor. NC 308 covers 24.8miles of the loop from Windsor to Pleasant Grove. The byway is noted for historical homes in Edenton, the Sans Souci Ferry, the scenic river and coastal views, and history.[2]

History

Established in 1933 as a new primary routing, it went from US 258/NC 12 near Rich Square to NC 30 (today's US 13 Business) at Granville Street in Windsor. In 1975, NC 308 was extended east to NC 45. Between 1980 and 1982, NC 308 was extended again to its current eastern terminus in Pleasant Grove.[3]

Special routes

Windsor truck route

State:NC
Type:NC-Truck
Route:308
Location:Windsor, North Carolina
Length Mi:2.5
Length Round:1

North Carolina Highway 308 Truck (NC 308 Truck) is a 2.5miles route that bypasses southeast of downtown Windsor. It overlaps at first with US 13 and US 17, then with US 17 Business.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NC 3 - Ports of Call . North Carolina Bike Routes Beta . Walk Bike North Carolina Bicycle Routes . May 6, 2016.
  2. Web site: NCDOT: Scenic Byways. January 24, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20110125165457/http://www.ncdot.org/travel/scenic/. January 25, 2011. dead.
  3. Web site: NCRoads.com: N.C. 308. January 24, 2013.