N.C. 5
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Photo: NC 5's Southern End is at the entrance to the Malcom Blue Farm in Aberdeen. (Photo by Adam Prince)
N.C. 5 < 4 | Home | 6 > Photo: NC 5's Southern End is at the entrance to the Malcom Blue Farm in Aberdeen. (Photo by Adam Prince) |
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| N.C. 5 8 miles | |||
| The Road: | Begins at NC 211 west of Pinehurst, and ends at the Malcom Blue Farm in Aberdeen, all of which is in Moore County. | Towns and Attractions: | Pinehurst, Aberdeen, Malcolm Blue Farm. | History: |
NC 5 was born in 1961, replacing a section of NC 211. NC 5 ran from US 1 in Aberdeen northwest to the new NC 211 location northwest of Pinehurst. NC 5 had also been part of US 15-501 until the late 1950s.
Around 1983, NC 5 was extended east to its current end over secondary routes, coinciding around the time the Malcolm Blue Farm became an attraction. Some of this routing may have followed a piece of NC 701. The short Poplar St segment was likely US 1 and NC 50 in the past, while Main St was once part of NC 211.
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Comment: |
NC 5's purpose today is to provide a direct route from Aberdeen to Pinehurst, as well as provide a single-route way to the Malcolm Blue Farm, which requires a few turns from US 1.
NC 5 is posted without direction banners east of US 1. NC 5 was the original routing of NC 70 and was even briefly US 311 in days long past. Oddly, all the other allowable single digit route numbers made an appearance by 1934. However, no one has found any evidence of an earlier NC 5. |
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