North Carolina Highway 751


North Carolina Highway 751 is a north-south state road in North Carolina that runs from U.S. Route 64 near Jordan Lake State Recreation Area, to US 70 Business near Durham. The road also continues south approximately to US 1 as New Hill-Olive Chapel Road. It runs largely parallel to NC 55, extending farther west towards Hillsborough which can be reached by continuing on US 70.

Route description

History

NC 751 is a route formed early during the creation of the North Carolina route system. The original system established primary routes with two digit numbers and spurs with an extra digit at the end. NC 751 then was the first spur off of NC 75 which ran along the basic route of today's US 15 and was supplanted by it, and then also by US 501 in the late 1920s. NC 751's first routing took it from NC 75 to NC 10, which is now US 70. In the 1950s with US 15-501 put onto a new route to the north, NC 751 was extended along Chapel Hill Street and south along Hope Valley Road to NC 54. Later it was extended further south to US 64.

Junction list

Special routes

Durham truck route

North Carolina Highway 751 Truck is a bypass route for truck drivers that are traveling through the city of Durham. It travels along US 15 Bus./US 501 Bus. and US 15/US 501. Signage along the route only appears at key intersections.