North Carolina Highway 96
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| NC 96 | |||||||||
| Length: | 112 mi (180 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1940/1952[1] | ||||||||
| North end: |   SR 96/SR 49 at the Virginia border in Virgilina |
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| Major junctions: |
 US 158 in Oxford; US 15 in Oxford; I-85 in Oxford; US 1 in Youngsville; US 401 near Rolesville;  US 64/264 in Zebulon; US 301 in Selma and Smithfield; US 70 between Selma; I 95 near Four Oaks; |
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| South end: |  NC 55 west of Meadow |
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| Counties: | Granville, Wake, Johnston | ||||||||
| Major cities: | Oxford, Youngsville, Zebulon, Selma, Smithfield | ||||||||
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[edit] Route Description
NC 96 is a North Carolina State highway that is continuation of Virginia's State Route 96. The Virginia route is signed east/west while the NC route is signed north/south.[2]. It is mostly a rural highway linking up several small-to-medium sized towns in central North Carolina. Like most NC routes, it has numerous concurrencies with other highways, including NC 49 which also continues across the Virginia border, US 158 and US 15 in Oxford, US 301 in Smithfield & Selma, and US 701.
[edit] History
This is the second route to bear number 96, this routing was originally NC 562. It got its modern number in 1940, when border-crossing routes were renumbered to match their Virginia counterparts. The original routing ended at North Carolina Highway 56. It was extended in 1952 to its current terminus.[3]
