Jump to US 70A



Route:

At its height, 15A ran from Creedmoor to Laurinburg, over current NC 50 and US 401.  It was superceded by 401 south of Raleigh and 50 north of Raleigh in 1956, although 15A at some point used Old Creedmoor Rd. in northern Wake County -- when it was moved onto "new" Creedmoor (current 50) is uncertain.




Route:

The only twice-dead road in Wake County, 70A began life as the new designation for what had been NC 9 (and is currently Leesville Rd.).  When the new alignment of US 70 (Glenwood Ave) opened in 1940 or so, 70A was killed over its Leesville Rd. route...and transferred to the former US 70.  This routing survived for 15 years or so, before it was superceded by a longer NC 54 in 1954.


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