| State: | NC |
| Type: | NC |
| Route: | 522 |
| Alternate Name: | Rocky River Road |
| Map: | NC 522 map.svg |
| Length Mi: | 5.8 |
| Length Round: | 1 |
| Established: | 1951[1] |
| Direction A: | South |
| Direction B: | North |
| Terminus A: | at the South Carolina state line |
| Terminus B: | in Roughedge |
| Counties: | Union |
| Previous Type: | US |
| Previous Route: | 501 |
| Next Type: | I |
| Next Route: | 540 |
North Carolina Highway 522 (NC 522) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The highway runs north - south from the South Carolina state line, near Sapps Crossroads to NC 200 in Roughedge, entirely in Union County.
NC 522 is a short 5.84miles two-lane rural highway in Union County, passing through an area of mixed forest and farmland.[2]
Established as a new primary routing around 1951, it is complementary extension of SC 522; unchanged since.[1] [3]