North Carolina Highway 901

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

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|state=NC

|type=NC

|route=901

|alternate_name=Memorial Highway

|map=NC 901 map.svg

|length_mi=19.0

|length_round=1

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|established=1930

|direction_a=South

|terminus_a={{jct|state=NC|US|64}} near Calahaln

|junction={{Jct|state=NC|US|21}} in Harmony
{{Jct|state=NC|I|77}} near Union Grove

|direction_b=North

|terminus_b={{jct|state=NC|NC|115}} near New Hope

|counties=Davie, Iredell

|previous_type=I

|previous_route=885

|next_type=NC

|next_route=902

}}

North Carolina Highway 901 (NC 901) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The highway serves to connect the town of Harmony with nearby major highways.

Route description

NC 901 is a two-lane rural highway that traverses {{convert|19.0|mi|km}} from US 64, near Calahaln, to NC 115, near New Hope. Surrounded most of its journey with farmland, NC 901 is a no-thrills road through northern Iredell County.

NC 901 is a viable alternate route between Mocksville and Wilkesboro; it is shorter in mileage, though takes a few minutes longer than via US 601 and US 421.

History

Established by 1930 as a new primary routing, from US 64/NC 90 to US 21/NC 26, in Harmony. In 1937, NC 901 was extended northwest to its current northern terminus at NC 115.

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Junction list

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{{NCint

|county=Davie

|location=none

|mile=0.0

|road={{jct|state=NC|US|64|city1=Mocksville|city2=Statesville}}}}

{{NCint

|county=Iredell

|cspan=3

|location=Harmony

|mile=6.4

|road={{jct|state=NC|US|21|name1=Harmony Highway|city1=Jonesville|city2=Statesville}}}}

{{NCint

|location=none

|mile=11.6

|road={{jct|state=NC|I|77|city1=Elkin|city2=Statesville}}}}

{{NCint

|location=none

|mile=19.0

|road={{jct|state=NC|NC|115|name1=Wilkesboro Highway|city1=Wilkesboro|city2=Statesville}}}}

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References

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