North Carolina Highway 562

North Carolina Highway 96
Route of NC 96 in red
Route information
Maintained by NCDOT
Length:	106.7 mi (171.7 km)
Existed:	1940 – present
Major junctions
South end:	NC 55 near Newton Grove
	I‑40 near Peacocks Crossroads I‑95 / US 301 / US 701 in Four Oaks US 70 in Selma Future I‑495 / US 64 / US 264 in Zebulon US 401 near Rolesville US 1A in Youngsville US 1 near Youngsville I‑85 in Oxford US 15 / US 158 Bus. in Oxford US 158 in Oxford
North end:	SR 49 / SR 96 in Virgilina, VA
Location
Counties:	Sampson, Johnston, Wake, Franklin, Granville
Highway system
North Carolina Highway System Interstate U.S. State Scenic ← I‑95 NC 97 →

North Carolina Highway 96 (NC 96) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is a predominantly rural highway that travels north-south; from NC 55, west of Newton Grove, to Virgilina, Virginia, where it continues on as Virginia State Route 96. It also connects the cities of Smithfield, Selma, Zebulon, Youngsville and Oxford.

The current NC 96 was established in 1940 as a renumbering of NC 562; it ran from NC 56, in Wilton, to Virgilina, Virginia. In 1952, NC 96 was extended south as a new primary routing to Youngsville, replaced NC 98 and NC 264 to Zebulon, new primary routing to Selma, concurrency with US 301 to Four Oaks, and finally new primary routing to end at NC 55. Around 1960, NC 96 was adjusted in the Four Oaks area to accommodate I-95; it was placed on concurrency briefly with US 701, leaving behind part of US 301 and Boyette Road (SR-1182).