North Carolina Highway 561: Difference between revisions

'''North Carolina Highway 561''' ('''NC 561''') is a 101{{convert|100|mi||adj=mid|-mile (163 km)long}} [[North Carolina]] [[state highway]] and a rural traffic artery connecting [[Louisburg, NCNorth Carolina|Louisburg]] and [[Ahoskie, NCNorth Carolina|Ahoskie]] with many small-to-medium -sized towns in the "[[Down East" (North Carolina)|Down East]] and Coastal Plain regions within minutes from the [[Virginia]] state line. NC 561 is a spur of [[NC 56]], although the two highways never actually intersect.

The two highways pass [[North Carolina Highway 308|NC 308]] south of Rich Square on its way into [[Halifax County, North Carolina|Halifax County]], where NC 561 turns right and proceeds towards [[Halifax, NC|Halifax]]... meeting [[NC 481]] in [[Tillery., North Carolina|Tillery]]. NC 561 will turnturns right onto [[U.S. Route 301 in North Carolina|US 301]], [[NC 903]] and [[NC 125]] just south of Halifax and then turn left a short ways up and continue west towards [[Brinkleyville, North Carolina|Brinkleyville]]. The highway will makemakes a right at [[Beaver Dam, North Carolina|Beaver Dam]], just before its junction with [[Interstate 95 in North Carolina|I-Interstate 95]] (Exitexit #160 off the interstateInterstate). NC 561 will meetmeets [[North Carolina Highway 4|NC 4]] and [[NC 48]] at Brinkleyville, where NC 4 will runruns concurrent with NC 561 past [[Medoc Mountain State Park]]. The highway will eventually breakbreaks off heading north to [[Littleton, NC|Littleton]] as NC 561 continues west to [[Hollister., North Carolina|Hollister]]. [[NC 43]] will joinjoins the highway past Hollister for a short distance before NC 561 breaks off and travels to [[Centerville, NC|Centerville]], crossing [[NC 58]] in town. NC 561 will continuecontinues southwest into [[Louisburg, NC|Louisburg]] where it meets its western terminus at [[U.S. Route 401 in North Carolina|US 401]] and [[NC 39]], justabout a little ways{{convert|3,000|ft|km}} north of [[NC 56]].