North Carolina Highway 711 (NC 711) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It connects the town of Pembroke with Interstate 95 (I-95) and U.S. Route 301 (US 301) in Lumberton. The highway travels in an east-to-west orientation but is signed as a north-south highway (with its easternmost point in Lumberton as its southern terminus), entirely in Robeson County.
 North Carolina Highway 711 | ||||
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| Maintained by NCDOT | ||||
| Length | 11.7 mi[1] (18.8 km) | |||
| Existed | 1952–present | |||
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| South end |    I-95 / US 301 / NC 72 in Lumberton | |||
| North end |  NC 710 in Pembroke | |||
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | North Carolina | |||
| Counties | Robeson | |||
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Route description
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NC 711 is a predominantly two-lane highway that travels from I-95/US 301 in Lumberton to NC 710 in Pembroke. South of the I-95 interchange, the road continues to the east towards downtown Lumberton as NC 72. NC 711 and NC 72 share a concurrency for 1⁄2 mile (0.80 km) north of the interchange. Two key features of the route is its crossing of the Lumber River near its southern terminus and its pass-by of University of North Carolina at Pembroke in downtown Pembroke.
History
editNC 711 was established in 1951 or 1952 as a reestablishment of a primary highway between Lumberton and Pembroke. The route previously existed as US 74, but was downgraded to a secondary road when it was rerouted south onto new bypass south of the Lumber River in 1949. The original routing was from NC 72 to NC 710.[2] Between 1963-1968, NC 711 was extended south, overlapping NC 72 to its current southern terminus with I-95/US 301.[3][4]
Junction list
editThe entire route is in Robeson County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Lumberton | 0.0 | 0.0 |  I-95 / US 301 / NC 72 east (Caton Road) – Rowland, Laurinburg, Fayetteville | East end of NC 72 overlap; exit 17 (I-95) | |
| 0.5 | 0.80 | NC 72 east (Caton Road) – Red Springs | West end of NC 72 overlap | ||
| Pembroke | 11.7 | 18.8 | NC 710 – Rowland, Red Springs | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
edit- ^ a b "North Carolina Highway 711" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
- ^ North Carolina Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Cartography by NCDOT. North Carolina Department of Transportation. 1951. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
- ^ North Carolina County Maps (PDF) (Map). Cartography by North Carolina State Highway Commission. North Carolina Department of Transportation. 1962. Robeson County inset. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
- ^ North Carolina County Maps (PDF) (Map). Cartography by North Carolina State Highway Commission. North Carolina Department of Transportation. 1968. Robeson County inset. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
External links
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Media related to North Carolina Highway 711 at Wikimedia Commons- NCRoads.com: N.C. 711
