North Carolina Highway 72

State highway in Robeson County, North Carolina, US

North Carolina Highway 72

Route information
Maintained by NCDOT
Length| 32.9 mi[1] (52.9 km)
Existed| 1934–present
Major junctions
West end|  NC 211 in Red Springs
Major intersections|  I-95 / US 301 / NC 711 in Lumberton
East end|  US 17 near Holden Beach
Location
Country| United States
State| North Carolina
Counties| Brunswick
Highway system

* North Carolina Highway System

* Interstate
* US
* State
* Scenic

| ←  NC 71| | →  I-73

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North Carolina Highway 72 (NC 72) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina that serves the communities of Red Springs and Lumberton. The east;west-signed highway physically runs more north and south through Robeson County.it got extended to Holden Beach, NC in 2025, having a concurrency with US 74/North Carolina Highway 130, and North Carolina Highway 211. Signed as a North;South Highway in Columbus and Brunswick Counties

## Route description

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The western terminus of NC 72 and NC 710 is in Red Springs at the NC 211 intersection. From there, the two highways travel on a concurrency south (signed east) for 1.8 miles (2.9 km) and split, with NC 72 heading towards Lumberton. Inside the city limits of Lumberton, NC 711 joins NC 72 for a concurrency for about one-half mile (0.80 km). The highway has an interchange with I-95 and US 301 at which point NC 711 ends. Inside Lumberton, it has a concurrency with NC 41. The final leg of the route sees it intersect with NC 211 (also where the NC 41 concurrency ends) then heads south (signed east) to its terminal junction with US 74 (Future I-74) near Orrum and Boardman.[1]

## History

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NC 72 was created in 1934 running from Red Springs to US 74 near Lumberton.[2] In 1949, NC 72 was extended to US 301, replacing part of an old alignment of US 74.[3] In 1983, NC 72 was extended along Fifth Street through Lumberton, then south on Roberts Avenue/Wilmington Highway to its current eastern terminus with US 74.[4]

## Major intersections

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Directional signage at the end of the I-95/US 301 exit ramp

The entire route is in Robeson County.

Location| mi[1]| km| Destinations| Notes

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Red Springs| 0.0| 0.0|
NC 211 (4th Avenue / Main Street) / NC 710 begins| West end of NC 710 overlap
​| 1.8| 2.9|
NC 710 east – Rowland| East end of NC 710 overlap
Lumberton| 16.2| 26.1|
NC 711 north (Country Club Road) – Pembroke| West end of NC 711 overlap
16.6–
16.8| 26.7–
27.0|
I-95 / US 301 / NC 711 ends – Rowland, Laurinburg, Fayetteville| East end of NC 711 overlap; exit 17 (I-95)
19.0| 30.6|
NC 41 south (Martin Luther King Jr. Drive) – Fairmont| West end of NC 41 overlap
21.1| 34.0|

NC 41 north / NC 211 (East 5th Street / North Roberts Avenue) to I-95 – Red Springs, Bladenboro| East end of NC 41 overlap
​| 33.0| 53.1|  US 74 – Laurinburg, Whiteville| Future I-74
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

* Concurrency terminus

## References

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1. ^ a b c "North Carolina Highway 72" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
2. ^ North Carolina Primary Highway System (PDF) (Map). Cartography by NCDOT. North Carolina Department of Transportation. 1940. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
3. ^ North Carolina Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Cartography by NCDOT. North Carolina Department of Transportation. 1951. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
4. ^ "Route Change (1983-01-01)" (PDF). North Carolina Department of Transportation. January 1, 1983. Retrieved June 12, 2014.

## External links

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KML file (edit • help)

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* Media related to North Carolina Highway 72 at Wikimedia Commons
* NCRoads.com: N.C. 72

*[mi]: Miles
*[km]: Kilometers