North Carolina Highway 274

North Carolina Highway 274
Route information
	Maintained by NCDOT
Length	36.7 mi [1] (59.1 km)
Existed	1930–present
Major junctions
South end	SC 274 at the South Carolina line near Lake Wylie, SC
	US 29 / US 74 in Gastonia ; US 321 in Gastonia; I-85 in Gastonia
North end	NC 27 in Hulls Crossroads
Location
Counties	Gaston, Lincoln
Highway system

Last updated April 28, 2019

North Carolina Highway 274 (NC 274) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It connects rural areas of Lincoln and Gaston counties to Gastonia.

A state highway, state road, or state route is usually a road that is either numbered or maintained by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a state or province falls below numbered national highways in the hierarchy. Roads maintained by a state or province include both nationally numbered highways and un-numbered state highways. Depending on the state, "state highway" may be used for one meaning and "state road" or "state route" for the other.

North Carolina is a state in the southeastern region of the United States. It borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west, Virginia to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. North Carolina is the 28th-most extensive and the 9th-most populous of the U.S. states. The state is divided into 100 counties. The capital is Raleigh, which along with Durham and Chapel Hill is home to the largest research park in the United States. The most populous municipality is Charlotte, which is the second-largest banking center in the United States after New York City.

Lincoln County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 78,265. Its county seat is Lincolnton. Lincoln County is included in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Route description

History

NC 274 was established in 1930 as a new primary routing, from NC 27 to U.S. Route 74 (US 74) and NC 20 (now NC 161) in Bessemer City.^[2] Around 1938, it was extended southeast to its current southern terminus at the South Carolina state line, where it continues as South Carolina Highway 274 (SC 274).^[3] Between 1963 and 1968, southbound lanes along Broad Street were added on west side of tracks in downtown Gastonia.^{[ citation needed ]}

North Carolina Highway 27 (NC 27) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The route traverses 198 miles (319 km) through southern and central North Carolina, about 100 miles (160 km) of it as a concurrency with NC 24.

U.S. Route 74 (US 74) is an east–west United States highway that runs for 515 miles (829 km) from Chattanooga, Tennessee to Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. Predominantly in North Carolina, it serves as an important highway from the mountains to the sea, connecting the cities of Asheville, Charlotte and Wilmington.

North Carolina Highway 20 is a 27-mile (43 km) North Carolina state highway that runs through Hoke, Robeson and Bladen counties. It serves as a major road in each of the three incorporated communities through which it passes. The route is co-designated as St. Pauls Road in Raeford, Main Street in Lumber Bridge, and Broad Street in St. Pauls.

Junction list

County	Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Gaston		0.0	0.0	SC 274 east – Lake Wylie	South Carolina state line
	Gastonia	10.3	16.6	US 29 north / US 74 east (Franklin Boulevard)	North end of US 29 and east end of US 74 overlap
		10.7	17.2	US 321 (York Street / Chester Street)	North-south US 321 divided on one-way streets
		12.4	20.0	US 29 south / US 74 west (Franklin Boulevard) – Spartanburg	South end of US 29 and west end of US 74 overlap
		13.9	22.4	I-85 – Charlotte, Kings Mountain
		15.0	24.1	NC 275 east (Dallas-Bessemer City Highway) – Dallas
	Bessemer City	17.6	28.3	NC 161 south (13th Street) – Kings Mountain
		23.3	37.5	NC 216 south (County Line Road) – Kings Mountain
	Cherryville	26.6	42.8	NC 150 (Church Street) to NC 279 – Lincolnton, Shelby
Lincoln		31.0	49.9	NC 182 – Lincolnton, Fallston
Lincoln	Hulls Crossroads	36.7	59.1	NC 27 – Lincolnton, Morganton
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

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References

1 2 Google (January 8, 2012). "North Carolina Highway 274" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
↑ State Highway System of North Carolina (PDF) (Map). Cartography by NCDOT. North Carolina Department of Transportation. 1930. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
↑ North Carolina Primary Highway System (PDF) (Map). Cartography by NCDOT. North Carolina Department of Transportation. 1940. Retrieved November 10, 2014.

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[google-1] 1 2 Google (January 8, 2012). "North Carolina Highway 274" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved January 8, 2012.

[2] State Highway System of North Carolina (PDF) (Map). Cartography by NCDOT. North Carolina Department of Transportation. 1930. Retrieved November 10, 2014.

[3] North Carolina Primary Highway System (PDF) (Map). Cartography by NCDOT. North Carolina Department of Transportation. 1940. Retrieved November 10, 2014.