North Carolina Highway 75
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| Waxhaw Highway | ||||
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| Length: | 12.8 mi (20.6 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1934 – present | |||
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 SC 75 at the SC line near Hancock, SC
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 NC 16 in Waxhaw
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 NC 200 in Monroe
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| Counties: | Union | |||
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| Location: | SC state line–Monroe, NC |
| Length: | 14.2 mi (22.9 km) |
| Existed: | 1921–1934 |
North Carolina Highway 75 (NC 75) is a primary state highway in the state of North Carolina. Its entire length runs through Union County and serves as the primary connector between the towns of Waxhaw, Mineral Springs, and Monroe. The route roughly parallels a CSX railline for its entire span.
NC 75 starts at the North Carolina-South Carolina state line, near Hancock. In South Carolina, it continues as SC 75 for 8.2 miles (13.2 km) to SC 5, in Van Wyck.
Heading east from the state line, it becomes South Main Street in Waxhaw, where it connects with the southern terminus of NC 16, at Broome Street. Passing the Museum of the Waxhaws just outside town, it continues east to the town of Mineral Springs. It then goes northeast, passing Rocky River Road towards Monroe, where it ends abruptly at an auxiliary road to NC 200 (Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard). Before August 2011, NC 75 continued into downtown Monroe, ending at Charlotte Avenue. The entire route, with exception of within Waxhaw city limits, is known and labeled as the Waxhaw Highway.
The second and current NC 75 was established in 1934 as a renumbering of NC 25, it originally traveled from the South Carolina state line to US 74/NC 151 (Charlotte Avenue) in Monroe. Around 1957, NC 75 was extended east two blocks to NC 200 (Main Street), replacing part of US 74A. By 1962, NC 75 was extended again along Haynes Street/Skyway Drive to US 74/US 601 (Roosevelt Boulevard), in concurrency with NC 84 and NC 200. Between 1969 and 1982, the eastern terminus was moved back to Charlotte Avenue.
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