North Carolina Highway 124

The western terminus of NC 124 is located at an intersection with NC 42 and Wilson County Road, northeast of a location known as Bridgersville.{{cite map |publisher = North Carolina Department of Transportation |date= February 17, 2010 |title = Wilson County, North Carolina |author1 = North Carolina Department of Transportation State Road Maintenance Unit - Mapping and Information Section |edition = 2009-2010 |url = https://xfer.services.ncdot.gov/imgdot/DOTCountyMaps/historic/2009_2010_county_maps.pdf|location=Raleigh|page=306}} NC 124 runs east through a rural area with alternating farmland and forested areas. After {{convert|1.2|mi|km}} the highway bears to the southeast toward Macclesfield. In the unincorporated community of Pitt Crossroads, NC 124 intersects NC 111.{{cite map |publisher = North Carolina Department of Transportation |date= April 6, 2009 |title = Edgecombe County, North Carolina |author1 = North Carolina Department of Transportation State Road Maintenance Unit - Mapping and Information Section |edition = 2009-2010 |url = https://xfer.services.ncdot.gov/imgdot/DOTCountyMaps/historic/2009_2010_county_maps.pdf|location=Raleigh|page=104}} NC 124 then crosses Bynum Mill Creek and continues southeast. East of an intersection with Floral Street, NC 124 enters the town limits of Macclesfield and picks up the name Green Street. NC 124 primarily travels through a residential area of Macclesfield. It intersects the southern terminus of NC 122 at Second Street, an intersection adjacent to several businesses. From the intersection, the highway turns to the east and leaves the town limits of Macclesfield near Moore Street. It returns to a rural region and travels {{convert|2.2|mi|km}} until reaching US 258 in the unincorporated community of Crisp. At the intersection, NC 124 turns to the northeast. It continues for {{convert|3|mi|km|spell=in}} through a rural area to its eastern terminus at NC 42 and NC 43 southwest of Old Sparta.{{cite map |publisher = North Carolina Department of Transportation |year = 2021 |title = State Transportation Map |author1 = North Carolina Department of Transportation |author2 = North Carolina State Tax Commission |edition = 2021-2022 |url = https://www.ncdot.gov/travel-maps/maps/Pages/state-transportation-map.aspx|location=Raleigh}}

The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) measures average daily traffic volumes along many of the roadways it maintains. In 2016, average daily traffic volumes along NC 124 varied from 780 vehicles per day near its eastern terminus to 2,500 vehicles per day west of US 258 near Crisp.{{cite map |publisher = North Carolina Department of Transportation |year = 2016 |location=Raleigh|title = Edgecombe County, North Carolina |author = North Carolina Department of Transportation Management Systems and Assessments Unit |edition = 2016 |url = https://xfer.services.ncdot.gov/imgdot/DOTTSUMaps/AADT_COUNTIES_2016/Edgecombe/Edgecombe_County_AADT_2016.pdf}} No section of NC 124 is included within the National Highway System, a network of highways in the United States which serve strategic transportation facilities, nor does it connect to the system at any point.{{cite map |publisher = Federal Highway Administration|date = September 30, 2020|location=Washington, DC|title = National Highway System: North Carolina |author = Federal Highway Administration Management Systems and Assessments Unit|url = https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/nhs_maps/north_carolina/nc_northcarolina.pdf}}

NC 124 was established between 1931 and 1933 by the North Carolina State Highway Commission. It first appeared on North Carolina state transportation maps in 1933. The original western terminus was located at its modern-day location, an intersection with NC 42 in western Edgecombe County. The highway travelled approximately {{convert|6|mi|km|spell=in}} along a gravel, sand-clay, and topsoil roadway, through Macclesfield, to its eastern terminus at US 258 and NC 12 in Crisp.{{cite map |publisher = North Carolina State Highway Commission |year = 1933 |title = State Highway System of North Carolina |author = North Carolina State Highway Commission |url = https://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ncmaps/id/757 |edition = 1933 |scale=1:887,040 |cartography=C.M. Sawyer |location = Raleigh }}{{cite map |publisher = North Carolina State Highway Commission |year = 1931 |title = State Highway System of North Carolina |author = North Carolina State Highway Commission. |url = https://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ncmaps/id/754 |edition = 1931 }} NC 12 was removed from its concurrency with US 258 by 1935, eliminating the connection with NC 124.{{cite map |publisher = North Carolina State Highway Commission |year = 1935 |title = State highway system of North Carolina |first1 = C.M. |last1 = Sawyer |first2=W.W.|last2=Hampton|url = https://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/ncmaps/id/747/rec/10 |location = Raleigh|scale=1:11,520}} By 1940, NC 124 was paved in its entirety.{{cite map |publisher = North Carolina State Highway and Public Works Commission |year = 1939 |title = Map of North Carolina |author = North Carolina State Highway and Public Works Commission |url = https://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ncmaps/id/763 |edition = 1939 |scale = 1:982,080 }}{{cite map |publisher = North Carolina State Highway and Public Works Commission |year = 1940 |title = North Carolina Primary Highway System |author = North Carolina State Highway and Public Works Commission |url = https://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ncmaps/id/835 |edition = 1940 |scale = 1:823,680 }} Between 1963 and 1964, NC 124 was extended northeast from US 258 in Crisp to its current eastern terminus at NC 42 and NC 43. Since then, the road's designation has not been changed.{{cite map |publisher = A. Hoen & Co. |year = 1963 |title = North Carolina Official Highway Map |cartography = North Carolina State Highway Commission |url = https://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ncmaps/id/1450 |location = Baltimore |scale= 1:823,680}}{{cite map |publisher = A. Hoen & Co. |year = 1964 |title = North Carolina Official Highway Map |cartography = North Carolina State Highway Commission |url = https://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ncmaps/id/1453|first1 = Gwendolyn |last1 = Hester|first2 = V.L. |last2 = Taylor |location = Baltimore |scale= 1:823,680}}

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• {{commons category-inline|North Carolina Highway 124}}
• [http://www.vahighways.com/ncannex/route-log/nc124.html NCRoads.com: N.C. 124]

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Category:Transportation in Edgecombe County, North Carolina