North Carolina Highway 59

{{Short description|State highway in Cumberland County, North Carolina, US}}

{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox road

|state=NC

|type=NC

|route=59

|map={{maplink-road|from=North Carolina Highway 59.map}}

|map_custom=yes

|length_mi=8.288

|length_round=3

|length_ref={{cite web|url=http://www.ncdot.gov/it/gis/DataDistribution/DOTData/default.html |title=NCDOT GIS Data Layers |publisher=North Carolina Department of Transportation |year=2012 |accessdate=December 28, 2012}}

|direction_a= South

|terminus_a= {{jct|state=NC|I|95}} in Hope Mills

|junction=

  • {{jct|state=NC|BL|95|US|301}} in Hope Mills
  • {{Jct|state=NC|NC|162}} in Hope Mills

|direction_b= North

|terminus_b= {{jct|state=NC|US-Bus|401|dab1=Fayetteville}} in Fayetteville

|counties= Cumberland

|established=1958[http://members.cox.net/ncroads/nc059.html NC Roads: NC 59]{{self-published source|date=February 2016}} {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091002094454/http://members.cox.net/ncroads/nc059.html |date=October 2, 2009 }}

|deleted=November 2022

|previous_type=NC

|previous_route=58

|next_type=NC

|next_route=60

}}

North Carolina Highway 59 (NC 59) was an {{convert|8.288|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina that ran through Cumberland County from Interstate 95 (I-95) near Hope Mills to U.S. Route 401 Business (US 401 Bus.) in Owens, within the city limits of Fayetteville.

Route description

NC 59 was an urban route southwest of Fayetteville. NC 59 began at I-95 (exit 41) and proceeded north from there intersecting I-95 Bus. and U.S. Route 301 shortly thereafter at a partial cloverleaf interchange. NC 59 continued north entering the town of Hope Mills. NC 162 intersected the highway just north of downtown Hope Mills, as NC 59 continued north through the suburban parts of Fayetteville. NC 59 came to its northern end at US 401 Bus. (Raeford Road)

History

NC 59 was first commissioned in 1932 as a new primary highway from US 1/NC 50 in Raleigh following present day US 401 to Louisburg and ending at US 158/NC 48 in Warrenton. In 1957, NC 59 was renumbered in its entirety by US 401.

Today's alignment was commissioned in 1958 and initially it ran from US 401 west of Owens and around the north side of Fayetteville and ended at US 401 north of Fayetteville. In 1963, NC 59 was extended south through Hope Mills and ended at US 301 as an upgrade to State Routes 1141, 1118, and 1124. By 1968, the northern terminus of NC 59 was truncated to its final endpoint at US 401 Bus. in Owens. US 401 Bus. replaced the original alignment of NC 59 north of there. In 1982, when I-95 was opened around Fayetteville, NC 59 was extended to it.

In November 2022, at the request of both municipalities (Fayetteville and Hope Mills), the North Carolina Department of Transportation decommissioned NC 59 to secondary road 1596. They asked for the change in an effort to redirect commercial truck traffic. The goal of the two cities is to make this route less congested and safer for pedestrians.{{cite press_release|url=https://www.ncdot.gov/news/press-releases/Pages/2022/2022-11-16-nc-59-cumberland-county.aspx |title=N.C. 59 Is Eliminated in Cumberland County |date=November 16, 2022 |publisher=North Carolina Department of Transportation |location=Raleigh, NC |access-date=November 17, 2022}}{{cite news |last1=Pitts |first1=Myron B |title=NCDOT dropping ‘N.C. 59’ name at request of Fayetteville, Hope Mills |url=https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/2022/11/17/fayetteville-nc-59-being-renamed-and-made-secondary-route/69657288007/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=The Fayetteville Observer |date=17 November 2022}}

Major intersections

{{Jcttop|state=NC|length_ref={{google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/34.9373472,-78.9220339/35.0428713,-78.9609113/@34.991795,-78.9460298,13933m/am=t/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!4m1!3e0 |accessdate=November 23, 2022}}|county=Cumberland}}

{{NCint

|location=Hope Mills

|lspan=3

|mile=0.00

|road={{jct|state=NC|I|95|city1=Lumberton|city2=Smithfield|road|Chicken Foot Road}}

|notes=Western terminus; I-95 exit 41

}}

{{NCint

|mile=0.67

|road={{jct|state=NC|BL|95|US|301|city1=Parkton|city2=Fayetteville}}

|notes=Interchange

}}

{{NCint

|mile=4.98

|road={{jct|state=NC|NC|162|name1=George Owen Road}}

}}

{{NCint

|location=Fayetteville

|mile=8.27

|road={{jct|state=NC|US-Bus|401|dab1=Fayetteville|city1=Fayetteville|city2=Raeford|name1=Raeford Road|road|Glensford Drive}}

|notes=Eastern terminus

}}

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References

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