North Carolina Highway 751

North Carolina Highway 751 marker

North Carolina Highway 751
Route information
Maintained by NCDOT
Length 23.8 mi[1] (38.3 km)
Existed 1930[2] – present
Major junctions
South end US 64 near Apex
 
North end
US 70 Bus. near Durham
Location
Counties Chatham, Durham, Orange
Highway system
NC 742NC 770

North Carolina Highway 751 (NC 751) is a northsouth state road in North Carolina that runs from U.S. Route 64 (US 64) near Jordan Lake State Recreation Area, to US 70 Business near Durham. The road also continues south approximately 4.3 miles (6.9 km) to US 1 as New Hill-Olive Chapel Road (SR 1141). It runs largely parallel to NC 55, extending farther west towards Hillsborough which can be reached by continuing on US 70.

Route description

NC 751 at US 70 Bus.

History

NC 751 is a route formed early during the creation of the North Carolina route system. The original system established primary routes with two digit numbers and spurs with an extra digit at the end. NC 751 then was the first spur off of NC 75 which ran along the basic route of today's US 15 and was supplanted by it, and then also by US 501 in the late 1920s. NC 751's first routing took it from NC 75 (Old Chapel Hill Road in Durham) to NC 10, which is now US 70. In the 1950s with US 15-501 put onto a new route to the north, NC 751 was extended along Chapel Hill Street (now University Drive) and south along Hope Valley Road to NC 54. Later it was extended further south to US 64.

Junction list

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Chatham0.00.0 US 64 Raleigh, PittsboroTo Jordan Lake State Recreation Area
DurhamDurham12.119.5 I-40 Raleigh, Chapel Hill
13.121.1 NC 54 Raleigh, Chapel Hill
18.229.3
US 15 Bus. / US 501 Bus. (Durham-Chapel Hill Boulevard) Chapel Hill
20.733.3 US 15 / US 501 Roxboro, Oxford, Chapel Hill
Orange23.838.3
US 70 Bus. (Hillsborough Road)
To Bennett Place
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Special routes

Durham truck route


North Carolina Highway 751 Truck
Location Durham, North Carolina
Length 3.0 mi[3] (4.8 km)

North Carolina Highway 751 Truck (NC 751 Truck) is a bypass route for truck drivers that are traveling through the city of Durham. It travels along US 15 Bus./US 501 Bus. (Durham-Chapel Hill Boulevard) and US 15/US 501. Signage along the route only appears at key intersections.

References

  1. 1 2 Google (June 4, 2014). "North Carolina Highway 751" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
  2. NCRoads.com: N.C. 751
  3. Google (May 13, 2014). "NC 751 Truck - Durham, North Carolina" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved May 13, 2014.

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