User:Ncchild/North Carolina Highway 98
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North Carolina Highway 98 (NC 98) is a 44 mile (70.8 km) state highway and a semi-urban traffic artery connecting Durham, Wake Forest, and Bunn as well as many small-to-medium-sized towns in the north portion of The Triangle region. Running from downtown Durham, the route leaves the city to the east, running into a rural area near Falls Lake. As the road approaches Wake Forest, it widens to a 4 lane divided highway and runs along the southern side of the city. Once leaving Wake Forest NC 98 becomes a two lane road again, running through rural areas east of Bunn. After a short concurrency with NC 39, NC 98 continues southeast to reach its eastern terminus at US 64 Alternative west of Spring Hope.
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Length | 43.7 mi[1] (70.3 km) | |||
Existed | 1934–present | |||
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Country | United States | |||
State | North Carolina | |||
Counties | Durham, Wake, Franklin, Nash | |||
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NC 98 first appeared in 1930 as a state route connecting NC 91 and NC 102 in the coastal region of North Carolina. That routing was abolished in 1931 in favor an extended NC 58. The current routing of NC 98 began in 1934 with the road's western terminus at NC 91 (present-day Jones Dairy Road) to US 64 west of Spring Hope. In 1941, NC 98 was moved to a new section of road running from Zebulon Road to US Highway 1 in Youngsville, which would later become part of NC 96. In 1952, NC 98 was again relocated along NC 264 through Wake Forest to Durham, and NC 96 took over its abandoned section. In 2003, the town of Wake Forest approved a new corridor for a bypass to relocate NC 98 around Wake Forest. The bypass was completed in 2010, along with the rerouting of NC 98 Business along a new alignment of Durham Road.[2]