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U.S. Route 70 in North Carolina

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Driving Time-Lapse: U.S. 70 / I-795 / NC 581 - June 21, 2016 - Goldsboro, NC

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Driving Time-Lapse: U.S. Route 70 South - May 2, 2016 - Raleigh, North Carolina

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US 220 - North Carolina (Interstate 73 to Interstate 40) northbound

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What happens when a driver is forced to use a runaway truck ramp?

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Future Interstate to Connect Northeastern North Carolina to Virginia

U.S. Route 70 (US 70) is a part of the United States Numbered Highway System that runs from Globe, Arizona, to the Crystal Coast of the US state of North Carolina. In North Carolina, it is a major 488-mile-long (785 km) east–west highway that runs from the Tennessee border to the Atlantic Ocean. From the Tennessee state line near Paint Rock to Asheville it follows the historic Dixie Highway, in concurrency with U.S. Route 25. The highway connects several major cities including Asheville, High Point, Greensboro, Durham, Raleigh, Goldsboro, and New Bern. From Beaufort on east, US 70 shares part of the Outer Banks Scenic Byway, a National Scenic Byway, before ending in the community of Atlantic, located along Core Sound.
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