NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 567

SENATE BILL 315

 

 

AN ACT TO DESIGNATE CERTAIN MAJOR HIGHWAYS AS HISTORIC ALBEMARLE TOUR HIGHWAYS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  This act may be cited as the Historic Albemarle Tour Highway Act.

Sec. 2.  Definitions. As used in this act, the words and expressions defined in this section shall be held to be as follows:

(a)        Historic Albemarle Tour Highways shall include those roads designated as follows:

(1)        N. C. 168 from the Virginia State line north of Moyock to its junction with N. C. 34 at Sligo.

(2)        N. C. 34 from Sligo to its junction with U. S. 158 at Barco.

(3)        U. S. 158 from Barco to its junction with U. S. 64-264 at Whalebone.

(4)        U. S. 258 from the Virginia State line to its junction with N. C. 308 south at Rich Square.

(5)        U. S. 17 from the Virginia State line through Elizabeth City, Hertford, Edenton, and Windsor to its junction with U. S. 264 at Washington.

(6)        U. S. 13 from the Virginia State line to its junction with U. S. 64 at Williamston.

(7)        U. S. 301 from the Virginia State line to its junction with N. C. 561 at Halifax.

(8)        U. S. 258 from its junction with N. C. 308 south of Rich Square to its junction with N. C. 561 east of Spring Hill.

(9)        N. C. 32 from the Virginia State line through Edenton to its junction with N. C. 99 five miles south of Plymouth.

(10)      N. C. 37 from its junction with N. C. 32 to its junction with U. S. 64.

(11)      N. C. 37 from its junction with N. C. 32 to its junction with U. S. 17.

(12)      N. C. 32 from U. S. 64 south of Plymouth to its junction with N. C. 99.

(13)      N. C. 99 from its junction with N. C. 32 south of Plymouth to its junction with U. S. 264 at Pantego.

(14)      U. S. 158 from its junction with N. C. 34 at Barco west to its junction with U. S. 13.

(15)      U. S. 158 from its junction with U. S. 13 at Winton west to its junction with U. S. 301 at Garysburg.

(16)      N. C. 308 from its junction with U. S. 13 west of Windsor to its junction with U. S. 258 - N. C. 561 south of Rich Square.

(17)      N. C. 561 from its junction with U. S. 258 to its junction with U. S. 301 south of Halifax.

(18)      U. S. 64 from its junction with U. S. 158 at Whalebone west to its junction with U. S. 17-13 at Williamston.

(19)      U. S. 264 from its junction with U. S. 158 at Whalebone to its junction with U. S. 17 at Washington.

(20)      N. C. 92 from its junction with U. S. 264 five miles west of Leechville through Belhaven and Bath to its junction with U. S. 264 three miles east of the junction of U. S. 264 - N. C. 32.

(b)        Department: North Carolina Department of Transportation and Highway Safety.

(c)        Signs: To be similar to those of the Andrew Jackson or other approved highway signs in wording and size, the design of which will be prepared by Historic Albemarle Tour, Inc., subject to approval by the Board of Transportation. The Board of Transportation shall be responsible for the construction and maintenance of the signs authorized by this act. It should be noted that these signs are of a directional purpose and are not to be confused with the signs under the Historical Highway Marker program of the Departments of Cultural Resources and Transportation, Section 136-42.3 of the General Statutes.

(d)        Points of Location: The placement of Historic Albemarle Tour signs shall be at or reasonably near the following locations:

(1)        Along the main points of entry into the Historic Albemarle area.

(2)        In the vicinity of each historic site or museum, as determined by the Department of Cultural Resources, the exact location to be determined by the site manager or director in cooperation with the Board of Transportation.

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 12th day of June, 1975.