North Carolina Highway 901 Explained

State:NC
Type:NC
Route:901
Alternate Name:Memorial Highway
Map:NC 901 map.svg
Length Mi:19.0
Length Round:1
Established:1930
Direction A:South
Terminus A: near Calahaln
Junction: in Harmony
near Union Grove
Direction B:North
Terminus B: near New Hope
Counties:Davie, Iredell
Previous Type:I
Previous Route:885
Next Type:NC
Next Route:902

North Carolina Highway 901 (NC 901) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The highway serves to connect the town of Harmony with nearby major highways.

Route description

NC 901 is a two-lane rural highway that traverses 19miles from US 64, near Calahaln, to NC 115, near New Hope. Surrounded most of its journey with farmland, NC 901 is a no-thrills road through northern Iredell County.

NC 901 is a viable alternate route between Mocksville and Wilkesboro; it is shorter in mileage, though takes a few minutes longer than via US 601 and US 421.

History

Established by 1930 as a new primary routing, from US 64/NC 90 to US 21/NC 26, in Harmony. In 1937, NC 901 was extended northwest to its current northern terminus at NC 115.

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