North Carolina Highway 57

North Carolina Highway 57
North Carolina Highway 57
Route information
	Maintained by NCDOT
Length	43.1 mi (69.4 km)
Existed	1921–present
Major junctions
South end	NC 86 near Hillsborough
	US 501 in Roxboro; US 158 / NC 49 in Roxboro
North end	NC 62 in Milton
Location
Counties	Orange, Person, Caswell
Highway system

North Carolina Highway 57 (NC 57) is a 43.1-mile-long (69.4 km) primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina and a semi-rural traffic artery connecting Roxboro to a few small-to-medium-sized towns in The Triangle region north of the cities of Durham and Chapel Hill.

Route description[]

The northern terminus of NC 57 begins at NC 62 near the Dan River in the border town of Milton, just shy of the Virginia state line. From there, the highway travels through the center of town and southeast to Roxboro. NC 57 merges with US 158 and NC 49 in Roxboro and continues east to US 501 (North Madison Boulevard) just west of downtown. At that point, US 158 and NC 57 turn right to follow US 501 through the southern section of Roxboro, passing the northern terminus of NC 157. US 158 breaks off just past that junction and heads east to Oxford while US 501 and NC 57 continue southward towards Durham.

The two highways remain concurrent almost to the Durham County line where NC 57 turns right before Rougemont and crosses into Orange County on its way to Hillsborough where the highway ends at NC 86 just north of town.

NC 57 has three highway concurrencies along its route. These include US 158 for 1.4 miles (2.3 km) in Roxboro, NC 49 for 0.4 miles (0.64 km) in Roxboro, and US 501 for 10.8 miles (17.4 km) between Rougemont and Roxboro.

History[]

During the 1920s, NC 57 originally ran east–west from Roxboro to Henderson along present day US 158. By 1940, the highway was changed to its current route.^{[citation needed]}

Major intersections[]

County	Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Orange		0.0	0.0	NC 86 – Hillsborough, Yanceyville	Southern terminus
Orange	Caldwell, Orange County	8.6	13.8	NC 157
Person		14.7	23.7	US 501 south (Durham Road) – Durham	Southern end of US 501 concurrency
	Roxboro	24.5	39.4	US 158 east (Old Durham Road) – Oxford	Southern end of US 158 concurrency
		24.9	40.1	NC 157 south (Main Street)	Northern terminus of NC 157
		25.5	41.0	US 501 north / NC 49 north (Madison Boulevard) – South Boston, Virgilina	Northern end of US 501 concurrency; southern end of NC 49 concurrency
		25.9	41.7	US 158 west / NC 49 south (Leasburg Road) – Haw River	Northern end of US 158 / NC 49 concurrencies
Caswell	Semora	38.2	61.5	NC 119 to US 58 – Mebane	Northern terminus
Caswell	Milton	43.1	69.4	NC 62 (Academy Street / Broad Street) / Fairview Drive – Yanceyville, Danville
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus