U.S. Route 15 in North Carolina

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This article is about the section of U.S. Route 15 in North Carolina. For the entire route, see U.S. Route 15.

U.S. Route 15 marker

U.S. Route 15
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Route information
Maintained by NCDOT
Length: 159 mi[1] (256 km)
Existed: 1927 – present
Major junctions
South end: US 15 / US 401 at the SC line near McColl, SC
  I‑74 / US 74 in Laurinburg
US 421 in Sanford
I‑40 in Durham
NC 147 in Durham
I‑85 / US 70 in Durham
North end: US 15 at the VA line near Clarksville, VA
Location
Counties: Scotland, Hoke, Moore, Lee, Chatham, Orange, Durham, Person
Highway system
← NC 14 NC 16 →

U.S. Route 15 is a north–south United States highway that traverses the majority of North Carolina in concurrency with U.S. Route 501, known as "15-501" ("Fifteen Five-o-one").

Route description

US 15-501 turns left in Durham

From the South Carolina state line, US 15 is in concurrency with US 401 to Laurinburg. Merging with US 501, it becomes what is known as "15-501" ("Fifteen Five-o-one"), a concurrency that extends for 106 miles (171 km) across central North Carolina; US 15 also the dominant partner, using its mile markers along the route. After Laurinburg it goes north to Aberdeen, linking briefly with US 1 before continuing to Pinehurst. In Pinehurst, 15-501 goes through a rare roundabout, then continues north, through Carthage, back to US 1. After another brief concurrency with US 1 through Sanford, it exits off the freeway and goes due north to Pittsboro. After Pittsboro, 15-501 becomes an expressway, connecting the cities of Chapel Hill and Durham; this section of the route is famous because of the two universities it connects: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University. Though the road is a symbol of the separation of the Carolina-Duke rivalry, NCDOT has been trying to remedy that by making the route a superstreet for better traffic flow.[2] In Durham, 15-501 upgrades to an urban freeway, allowing for quick access from south Durham to north; the freeway ends merging into Interstate 85. At exit 176B (on I-85), US 501 splits off towards Roxboro, while US 15 continues with I-85 towards Oxford.

After Durham, US 15 continues to follow I-85 till exit 186A, where it goes first to Creedmoor, then on into Oxford. After going through downtown Oxford, it continues north, near Mayo Lake, to Clarksville, Virginia.

History

Established in 1927, it was aligned along NC 75 from the South Carolina state line, through Rockingham, Pinehurst and Durham, to the Virginia state line.[3]

Junction list

County Location mi[1] km Exit Destinations Notes
South Carolina state line 0.0 0.0 US 15 / US 401 continue south into South Carolina
Scotland Laurinburg 5.0 8.0
US 15 Bus. / US 401 Bus.
6.0 9.7 I‑74 / US 74 / US 501 – Rockingham, Lumberton, Wilmington Southern terminus of US 501 concurrency
7.0 11.3
US 74 Bus. (Church Street)
9.0 14.5
US 401 / US 15 Bus. / US 501 Bus. – Fayetteville		 Northern terminus of US 401 concurrency
Laurel Hill Township 12.0 19.3 NC 144 (Old Wire Road) – Wagram, Laurel Hill
Hoke
 No major junctions
Richmond
 No major junctions
Moore Aberdeen 31.8 51.2 NC 211 – Raeford Southern terminus of NC 211 concurrency
32.0 51.5 US 1 – Rockingham Southern terminus of US 1 concurrency
32.2 51.8 NC 5 – Pinehurst
34.0 54.7 US 1 – Southern Pines Northern terminus of US 1 concurrency
Pinehurst 38.0 61.2 NC 2 / NC 211 – Southern Pines, West End Roundabout; northern terminus of NC 211 concurrency
​ 41.5 66.8 NC 73 – West End
Carthage 45.0 72.4 NC 22 – Southern Pines Southern terminus of NC 22 concurrency
46.0 74.0 NC 22 (McNeill Street) Northern terminus of NC 22 concurrency
48.0 77.2 NC 24 / NC 27 (Monroe Street) Southern terminus of NC 24 / NC 27 concurrency
​ 50.0 80.5 NC 24 / NC 27 – Cameron Northern terminus of NC 24 / NC 27 concurrency
Lee ​ 59.0 95.0 US 1 – Cameron, Southern Pines Southern terminus of US 1 concurrency
Tramway 61.0 98.2 NC 78 (Tramway Road) – Cameron
Sanford 63.5 102.2 66
NC 42 / US 1 Bus. – Asheboro, Fuquay-Varina		 Interchange; south end of freeway
65.0 104.6 68 Spring Lane
65.5 105.4 69A
NC 87 / US 421 Bus. – Olivia, Pineview, Spout Springs		 Southern terminus of NC 87 concurrency
66.0 106.2 69B Burns Drive / Canterbury Road
66.5 107.0 70 US 421 – Fuquay-Varina, Dunn, Greensboro
67.5 108.6 71
US 1 / US 1 Bus. – Cary, Raleigh		 Roundabout interchange; north end of freeway; northern terminus of US 1 concurrency
Chatham Pittsboro 81.0 130.4 NC 87 – Graham, Burlingham Northern terminus of NC 87 concurrency
82.0 132.0
US 64 Bus.
84.0 135.2 US 64 – Siler City, Apex US 64 exit 383
Orange Chapel Hill 97.0 156.1 NC 54 / NC 86 – Graham, Blackwood, Hillsborough Interchange; southern terminus of NC 54 concurrency
99.0 159.3 NC 54 (Raleigh Road) – Durham Interchange; northern terminus of NC 54 concurrency
102.0 164.2 Franklin Street Interchange; northbound exit and southbound entrance
Durham Durham 103.0 165.8 I‑40 – Greensboro, Raleigh I-40 exit 270
105.0 169.0 105A
105B
US 15 Bus. / US 501 Bus. / Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway		 Interchange; south end of freeway
106.0 170.6 106 Cornwallis Road
107.0 172.2 107 NC 751 (Cameron Boulevard)
108.0–
108.5		 173.8–
174.6		 108A
108B
108C
108D
NC 147 (Durham Freeway) / US 70 Bus. (Hillsborough Road) / Morreene Road		 Signed as exits 108A (Morreene Road), 108B & 108C (NC 147), and 108D (US 70 Bus.)
109.0 175.4 – I‑85 / US 70 – Greensboro Southern terminus of I-85 / US 70 concurrency; I-85 exit 174A; southbound exit and northbound entrance
See I-85
111.5 179.4 – US 501 (Duke Street) / Gregson Street – Roxboro Northern terminus of US 501 concurrency; I-85 exit 176
See I-85
112.5 181.1 – US 70 – RDU Airport, Raleigh Northern terminus of US 70 concurrency; I-85 exit 178
See I-85
Granville Dutchville 122.0 196.3 I‑85 – Petersburg Northern terminus of I-85 concurrency; north end of freeway, I-85 exit 186
Creedmoor 127.0 204.4 NC 56 – Butner, Wilton, Franklinton
​ 139.0 223.7 I‑85 – Durham, Petersburg I-85 exit 202
Oxford 142.0 228.5 NC 96 (MLK Jr. Avenue) – Henderson Southern terminus of NC 96 concurrency
142.3 229.0
US 158 Bus. (Williamsboro Street)		 Southern terminus of US 158 Bus. concurrency
143.0 230.1
NC 96 (Roxboro Road) / US 158 Bus. – Roxboro		 Northern terminus of NC 96 / US 158 Bus. concurrency
144.0 231.7 US 158 (Oxford Loop Road) – Roxboro, Henderson
Virginia state line 159.0 255.9 US 15 continues north into Virginia
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Popularity

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  • Fifteen501 is a magazine devoted to life in Durham, Orange and Chatham counties, named after the highway that connects these areas. It is published quarterly.
  • The highway is mentioned in The Mountain Goats' song "Wild Sage", from the album Get Lonely.

See also

References

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External links

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  • Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
  • NCRoads.com: U.S. 15


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