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| Maintained by NCDOT | ||||
| Length: | 85.5 mi (137.6 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1921 – present | |||
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 Mission Crossing Byway New River Valley Byway |
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| South end: |
 US 19E in Ingalls
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| North end: | Rugby Road at the VA state line | |||
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| Counties: | Avery, Watauga, Ashe | |||
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| Location: | Ingalls–Linville Falls, NC |
| Length: | 4.2 mi (6.8 km) |
| Existed: | 1925–1933 |
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| Location: | Banner Elk-Valle Crucis, NC |
| Length: | 15.2 mi (24.5 km) |
North Carolina Highway 194 (NC 194) is a primary state highway in the state of North Carolina. Primarily in the High Country, it runs from US 19E, in Ingalls, to the Virginia state line, near Helton.
NC 194 begins in the community of Ingalls going east, on a somewhat curvy stretch of road known as Three Mile Highway, to US 221 (locals going to or from Spruce Pine take a shortcut on Mullin Hill Road). Being the first of three concurrences with US 221, the routes go through the town of Crossnore then separates. NC 194, from Crossnore to Elk Park is relatively calm road (even a passing lane is available for southbound travelers between Newland and Elk Park.
Between Elk Park and Vilas, the route becomes aggressively curvy, as it hugs the banks of the Elk River (between Elk Park and Banner Elk), the Craborchard Creek (from Watauga county line to Valle Crucis), and the Watauga River (in Valle Crucis). While in Banner Elk, the road will pass by the Elk River Airport, Lees–McRae College, and the ski resorts on Beech and Sugar.
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