North Carolina Highway 60
{{Short description|State highway in Cherokee County, North Carolina, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
|state=NC
|type=NC
|route=60
|map=NC 60 map.svg
|length_mi=5.069
|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
|direction_b=North
|terminus_a={{Jct|state=GA|SR-Spur|60|dab1=Mineral Bluff}} at the Georgia line
|terminus_b={{jct|state=NC|US|64|US|74}} near Ranger
|counties=Cherokee
|previous_type=NC
|previous_route=58
|next_type=NC
|next_route=61
}}
North Carolina Highway 60 (NC 60) is a primary state highway in the extreme southwestern corner of North Carolina. The highway runs north–south from the Georgia state line to U.S. Route 64/U.S. Route 74 (US 64/US 74), near Ranger.
Route description
NC 60 is a continuation of SR 60 Spur. From the Georgia state line to US 64/US 74, the entire route is four-lane with a center turning lane throughout (though the road in Georgia is only two-lanes wide). It also serves to connect the community of Culberson, which lays close to the state line.{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/34.9877644,-84.1812391/35.0276302,-84.1112348/@35.0077275,-84.1636778,14z/am=t/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!4m1!3e0 |accessdate=February 15, 2016}}
History
The first NC 60 was an original state highway, traveling from the Tennessee state line, near Zionville, to NC 40, in Castle Hayne. It served as a major route through the state, passing through Boone, Wilkesboro, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Sanford and Clinton.{{cite map |publisher= North Carolina Department of Transportation |url= http://dotw-xfer01.dot.state.nc.us/imgdot/DOTStateTravelMapHistoric/STM1930.pdf |format= PDF |title= State Highway System of North Carolina |cartography= NCDOT |year= 1930 |accessdate= July 11, 2014}} In 1934, the route was decommissioned in favor of US 421.
The current alignment of NC 60 was established in 1934 as a renumbering of a part of NC 294 traveling as it does today. The only difference is that it continued into Georgia as SR 86 before being renumbered SR 60 and later SR 60 Spur. In 2000, the highway was widened to four-lane with a center turning lane throughout.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}}
Major intersections
{{Jcttop|state=NC|county=Cherokee|length_ref=}}
{{NCint
|location=Culberson
|mile=0.000
|road={{jct|state=GA|SR-Spur|60|dab1=Mineral Bluff|dir1=south|name1=Murphy Highway|city1=Blue Ridge|location2=Atlanta}}
|notes=Georgia state line}}
{{NCint
|location=Ranger
|mile=5.069
|road={{jct|state=NC|US|64|US|74|city1=Murphy|location2=Chattanooga}}
}}
{{jctbtm}}
References
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External links
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- [http://www.vahighways.com/ncannex/route-log/nc060.html NCRoads.com: N.C. 60]