North Carolina Highway 92

North Carolina Highway 92
North Carolina Highway 92
Route information
	Maintained by NCDOT
Length	20.7 mi (33.3 km)
Major junctions
West end	; US 264 / US 17 Bus. in Washington
	NC 32 in ; US 264 near Bath;
East end	NC 99 / NC 306 in Bayview
Location
Counties	Beaufort
Highway system
	North Carolina Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Scenic;

North Carolina Highway 92 (NC 92) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It runs through connecting Washington and Bath, entirely in Beaufort County

Route description[]

NC 92 begins at the intersection of North Bridge Street and West 5th Street in downtown Washington, the county seat of Beaufort County. North Bridge Street carries US 17 Business north and south while West 5th Street carries US 264 east and west. NC 92 and US 264 run along a concurrency from this point and travel east-southeast through a mix of businesses, houses, and open space. After 1⁄2 mile (0.80 km) the road curves to the north and the road name changes to John Small Avenue. Since the beginning of the road, the width was one lane in each direction with a center turn lane. About 1 mile (1.6 km) from the start, the roadway widens to two lanes in each direction with a center turn lane and it passes some schools and more businesses and houses. As it exits the city limits, US 264 and NC 92 begin to head into a more sparsely populated area of the county, crossing a railroad at-grade and passing Beaufort County Community College. At , NC 32 intersects the highway. Past this intersection, the highway narrows to two lanes in each direction. 3 miles (4.8 km) past NC 32 at the community of , US 264 bends towards the north while NC 92 breaks off the concurrency and heads on a two-lane road east towards Bath.^[1]

After crossing the Bath Creek on a 1,000-foot-long (300 m) bridge, the road enters the town limits of Bath. In Bath, NC 92 carries the name Carteret Street through the town and its historic district. The road bends to the southeast and intersects Bayview Avenue which provides access to the census-designated place of the same name. For the road's last 3 miles (4.8 km), it is bounded on the north by farmland and on the south by a thick patch of forest staying no more than 1⁄2 mile (0.80 km) north of the Pamlico River. At the community of , NC 92 ends at the intersection of NC 99 and NC 306. This point marks the southern terminus of NC 99 which continues northeast towards Belhaven and the northern terminus of NC 306, only 1⁄4 mile (0.40 km) north of the North Carolina Department of Transportation Ferry Division's Bayview-Aurora Ferry.^[1]

History[]

Major intersections[]

The entire route is in Beaufort County.

Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Washington	0.0	0.0	US 264 west (Pactolous Highway) – Greenville US 17 Bus. (North Bridge Street) – Williamston	Western terminus of US 264/NC 92 overlap
	6.4	10.3	NC 32 – Plymouth
	9.2	14.8	US 264 east – Pantego	Eastern terminus of US 264/NC 92 overlap
	20.7	33.3	NC 99 north / NC 306 south (Bayview-Aurora Ferry) – Belhaven, Aurora	Eastern terminus of NC 92; northern terminus of NC 306
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Overview Map North Carolina Route 92 (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2009-01-21.

External links[]

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Media related to North Carolina Highway 92 at Wikimedia Commons
NCRoads.com: N.C. 92

[google-1] Overview Map North Carolina Route 92 (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2009-01-21.

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