U.S. Route 15 in North Carolina

This article is about the section of U.S. Route 15 in North Carolina. For the entire route, see U.S. Route 15.

U.S. Highway 15 marker U.S. Highway 15
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Route information
Maintained by NCDOT
Length	159 mi (256 km)
Existed	1927–present
Major junctions
South end	File:US 15.svgFile:US 401.svg US 15 / US 401 at the South Carolina state line near McColl, SC
Major intersections	File:I-74.svgFile:US 74.svg I-74 / US 74 in Laurinburg File:US 421.svg US 421 in Sanford File:I-40.svg I-40 in Durham File:NC 147.svg NC 147 in Durham File:I-85.svgFile:I-885.svgFile:US 70.svg I-85 / I-885 / US 70 in Durham
North end	File:US 15.svg US 15 at the Virginia state line near Clarksville, VA
Location
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
Counties	Scotland, Hoke, Moore, Lee, Chatham, Orange, Durham, Granville
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided North Carolina Highway System Interstate US State Scenic
← NC 14 → NC 16

U.S. Highway 15 (US 15) is a north–south United States Numbered Highway running from Walterboro, South Carolina, to Painted Post, New York. In the U.S. state of North Carolina, the highway runs for 159 miles (256 km) from the South Carolina state line to the south of Laurinburg to the Virginia state line north of Bullock. US 15 travels in concurrency with US 501 for 106 miles (171 km) between Laurinburg and Durham.

Route description

File:15-501 in Durham, NC.jpg

US 15/US 501 turns left in Durham

From the South Carolina state line, US 15 is in concurrency with US 401 to Laurinburg. Merging with US 501, it becomes what is known as "15-501" ("Fifteen Five-o-one"), a concurrency that extends for 106 miles (171 km) across central North Carolina; US 15 also the dominant partner, using its milemarkers along the route. After Laurinburg, it goes north to Aberdeen, linking briefly with US 1 before continuing to Pinehurst. In Pinehurst, US 15/US 501 goes through a rare roundabout, then continues north, through Carthage, back to US 1. After another brief concurrency with US 1 through Sanford, it exits off the freeway and goes due north to Pittsboro. After Pittsboro, US 15/US 501 becomes an expressway, connecting the cities of Chapel Hill and Durham; this section of the route is famous because of the two universities it connects: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University. Though the road is a symbol of the separation of the Carolina–Duke rivalry, the North Carolina Department of Transportation has been trying to remedy that by making the route a superstreet for better traffic flow. In Durham, US 15/US 501 upgrades to an urban freeway, allowing for quick access from south Durham to north; the freeway ends merging into Interstate 85 (I-85). At exit 176B (on I-85), US 501 splits off toward Roxboro, while US 15 continues with I-85 toward Oxford. After Durham, US 15 continues to follow I-85 till exit 186A, where it goes first to Creedmoor, then on into Oxford. After going through downtown Oxford, it continues north, near Mayo Lake, to Clarksville, Virginia.

History

Established in 1927, it was aligned along North Carolina Highway 75 from the South Carolina state line, through Rockingham, Pinehurst, and Durham, to the Virginia state line.

Junction list

County	Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Scotland	​	0.00	0.00		File:South plate.svg File:US 15.svgFile:South plate.svg File:US 401.svg US 15 south / US 401 south – Bennettsville	Continuation into South Carolina
	Laurinburg	5.0	8.0		File:Business plate.svg File:US 15.svgFile:Business plate.svg File:US 401.svg US 15 Bus. / US 401 Bus.
		6.0	9.7		File:South plate.svg File:US 501.svgFile:US 74.svg US 501 south / US 74 (I-74) – Rockingham, Lumberton, Myrtle Beach	Southern end of US 501 concurrency; I-74 exit 183
		7.0	11.3		File:Business plate.svg File:US 74.svg US 74 Bus. (Church Street)
		9.0	14.5		File:US 401.svgFile:Business plate.svg File:US 15.svgFile:Business plate.svg File:US 501.svg US 401 / US 15 Bus. / US 501 Bus. – Fayetteville	Northern end of US 401 concurrency
	​	12.0	19.3		File:NC 144.svg NC 144 (Old Wire Road) – Wagram, Laurel Hill
Drowning Creek					Scotland-Hoke county line
Moore	Aberdeen	31.8	51.2		File:NC 211.svg NC 211 – Raeford	Southern end of NC 211 concurrency
		32.0	51.5		File:US 1.svg US 1 – Rockingham	Southern end of US 1 concurrency
		32.2	51.8		File:NC 5.svg NC 5 – Pinehurst
		34.0	54.7		File:US 1.svg US 1 – Southern Pines	Northern end of US 1 concurrency
	Pinehurst	38.0	61.2		File:NC 2.svgFile:NC 211.svg NC 2 / NC 211 – Southern Pines, West End	Roundabout; northern end of NC 211 concurrency
	​	41.5	66.8		File:NC 73.svg NC 73 – West End
	Carthage	45.0	72.4		File:NC 22.svg NC 22 – Southern Pines	Southern end of NC 22 concurrency
		46.0	74.0		File:NC 22.svg NC 22 (McNeill Street)	Northern end of NC 22 concurrency
		48.0	77.2		File:NC 24.svgFile:NC 27.svg NC 24 / NC 27 (Monroe Street)	Southern end of NC 24 / NC 27 concurrency
	​	50.0	80.5		File:NC 24.svgFile:NC 27.svg NC 24 / NC 27 – Cameron	Northern end of NC 24 / NC 27 concurrency
Lee	​	59.0	95.0		File:US 1.svg US 1 – Cameron, Southern Pines	Southern end of US 1 concurrency
	Tramway	61.0	98.2		File:NC 78.svg NC 78 (Tramway Road) – Cameron
	Sanford	63.5	102.2	66	File:NC 42.svgFile:Business plate.svg File:US 1.svg NC 42 / US 1 Bus. – Asheboro, Fuquay-Varina	South end of freeway; exit numbers follow US 1
		65.0	104.6	68	Spring Lane
		65.5	105.4	69A	File:NC 87.svgFile:Business plate.svg File:US 421.svg NC 87 / US 421 Bus. – Olivia, Pineview, Spout Springs	Southern end of NC 87 concurrency
		66.0	106.2	69B	Burns Drive / Canterbury Road
		66.5	107.0	70	File:US 421.svg US 421 – Fuquay-Varina, Dunn, Greensboro
		67.5	108.6		File:North plate.svg File:US 1.svgFile:South plate.svg File:Business plate.svg File:US 1.svg US 1 north (Claude E. Pope Memorial Highway north) / US 1 Bus. south – Sanford	Roundabout interchange; north end of freeway section; northern end of US 1 concurrency; US 1 exit 71
Deep River				Bridge
Chatham	Pittsboro	81.0	130.4		File:NC 87.svg NC 87 – Graham, Burlington	Northern end of NC 87 concurrency
		82.0	132.0		File:Business plate.svg File:US 64.svg US 64 Bus.
		84.0	135.2		File:US 64.svg US 64 – Siler City, Raleigh	US 64 exit 383
Orange	Chapel Hill	97.0	156.1		File:West plate.svg File:NC 54.svgFile:North plate.svg File:NC 86.svg NC 54 west (Fordham Boulevard South west) / NC 86 north – Carrboro, UNC Chapel Hill	Interchange; southern end of NC 54 concurrency
		99.0	159.3		File:NC 54.svg NC 54 (Raleigh Road) – Raleigh, UNC Chapel Hill	Cloverleaf interchange; northern end of NC 54 concurrency
		102.0	164.2		Franklin Street	Interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance
Durham	Durham	103.0	165.8		File:I-40.svg I-40 – Greensboro, Raleigh	I-40 exit 270
		105.0	169.0	105A-B	File:Business plate.svg File:US 15.svgFile:Business plate.svg File:US 501.svg US 15 Bus. / US 501 Bus. (Chapel Hill Boulevard) / Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway – South Square	South end of freeway; signed as exit 105A (US 15 Bus./US 501 Bus.) and 105B (MLK Pkwy.)
		106.0	170.6	106	Cornwallis Road
		107.0	172.2	107	File:NC 751.svg NC 751 (Cameron Boulevard)
		108.0– 108.5	173.8– 174.6	108A	Morreene Road	Southbound exit and northbound entrance ramps use C/D lanes
				108B-C	File:NC 147.svgFile:To plate blue.svg File:South plate blue.svg File:I-85.svgFile:To plate.svg File:West plate.svg File:US 70.svg NC 147 (Durham Freeway) to I-85 south / US 70 west	Access via C/D lanes; signed as exits 108B (south) and 108C (north)
				108D	File:Business plate.svg File:US 70.svg US 70 Bus. (Hillsborough Road)	Northbound exit and southbound entrance ramps use C/D lanes
		109.0	175.4	—	File:South plate blue.svg File:I-85.svgFile:West plate.svg File:US 70.svg I-85 south / US 70 west – Burlington, Greensboro	Southern end of I-85 / US 70 concurrency; I-85 exit 174A; southbound left exit and northbound left entrance
				174B	Hillandale Road	Exit numbers follow I-85
				175	File:NC 157.svg NC 157 (Guess Road)	To NC School of Science & Math and Duke Homestead
		111.5	179.4	176	File:North plate.svg File:US 501.svg US 501 north (Duke Street) / Gregson Street – Northgate	North end of US 501 overlap; signed northbound as exits 176A (Gregson St.) and 176B (US 501)
				177	File:South plate.svg File:Business plate.svg File:US 15.svgFile:Business plate.svg File:US 501.svgFile:East plate.svg File:NC 55.svg US 15 Bus. south / US 501 Bus. (Roxboro Street) / NC 55 east (Avondale Drive)	To North Carolina Central University
		112.5	181.1	178	File:South plate blue.svg File:I-885.svgFile:East plate.svg File:US 70.svg I-885 south / US 70 east – RDU Airport, Raleigh	Northern end of US 70 concurrency; northern terminus of I-885; US 70 exit 285
				179	East Club Boulevard
				180	Glenn School Road
	Gorman			182	Red Mill Road
				183	Redwood Road
Falls Lake				Bridge
Granville	​	122.0	196.3		File:North plate blue.svg File:I-85.svg I-85 north – Petersburg	Northern end of I-85 concurrency; north end of freeway section; I-85 exit 186A
	Creedmoor	127.0	204.4		File:NC 50.svgFile:NC 56.svg NC 50 / NC 56 – Butner, Wilton, Franklinton
	​	139.0	223.7		File:I-85.svg I-85 – Durham, Petersburg	I-85 exit 202
	Oxford	142.0	228.5		File:NC 96.svg NC 96 (MLK Jr. Avenue) – Henderson	Southern end of NC 96 concurrency
		142.3	229.0		File:Business plate.svg File:US 158.svg US 158 Bus. (Williamsboro Street)	Southern end of US 158 Bus. concurrency
		143.0	230.1		File:NC 96.svgFile:Business plate.svg File:US 158.svg NC 96 (Roxboro Road) / US 158 Bus. – Roxboro	Northern terminus of NC 96 / US 158 Bus. concurrency
		144.0	231.7		File:US 158.svg US 158 (Oxford Loop Road) – Roxboro, Henderson
	​	159.0	255.9		File:North plate.svg File:US 15.svg US 15 north – Clarksville	Continuation into Virginia
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

See also

• Special routes of U.S. Route 15

External links

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• File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to U.S. Route 15 in North Carolina at Wikimedia Commons
• NCRoads.com: U.S. 15