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North Carolina Highway 561
State highway in North Carolina, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
North Carolina Highway 561 (NC 561) is a 100-mile-long (160 km) North Carolina state highway and a rural traffic artery connecting Louisburg and Ahoskie with many small-to-medium-sized towns in the Down East and Coastal Plain regions within minutes from the Virginia state line. NC 561 is a spur of NC 56, although the two highways never actually intersect.
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Maintained by NCDOT | ||||
Length | 99.5 mi[1] (160.1 km) | |||
Existed | 1925–present | |||
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Country | United States | |||
State | North Carolina | |||
Counties | Franklin, Nash, Halifax, Northampton, Hertford | |||
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