North Carolina Highway 97
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| NC 97 |
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| Length: | 65 mi (105 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1959/1975[1] | ||||||||
| West end: |   Business US 64 northwest of Wendell, NC |
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| Major junctions: |
US 64 at Zebulon; I-95 in Nash County |
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| East end: |  NC 122 in Hobgood, NC |
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| Counties: | Wake, Nash, Edgecombe, Halifax | ||||||||
| Major cities: | Zebulon, Rocky Mount | ||||||||
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NC 97 is a North Carolina state highway in the northern Coastal Plain region of the state. It is 65 miles (105 km) long and is signed east/west.
NC 97 was originally NC 95 in the 1930's. It was renumbered in 1958 or 1959 to avoid conflict with I-95. In 1975 its western terminus was extended to replace the old alignment of US 64 Bypass north of Wendell; a new US 64 Bypass freeway was built further north of Wendell.
