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U.S. Highway 25
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| U.S. 25 exists as a full freeway between the South Carolina state line and Zirconia. The limited access highway improves the access between the city of Greenville, South Carolina and Hendersonville, North Carolina. Pictured here is the first U.S. 25 reassurance shield posted near the state line. Photo taken 09/12/04.
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| Northbound U.S. 25 at the first interchange of the freeway (Exit 1). North Carolina 225 interacts with U.S. 25 via Bobs Creek Road at a diamond interchange in an otherwise non-descript area. The numbering convention relates to the original U.S. 25 routing between
Exit 1 and Tuxedo. Photo taken 09/12/04.
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| Nearing the community of Tuxedo on U.S. 25 northbound. Exit 3 joins Green River Road with the federal highway southwest of Tuxedo. Photo taken 09/12/04.
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| Northbound at the Green River Road diamond interchange (Exit 3). Green River Road becomes Blue Ridge Road upon crossing the Henderson and Transylvania County line en route to U.S. 276. The highway otherwise ends nearby at old U.S. 25 near the settlement of Tuxedo. Photo taken 08/23/03.
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| The original U.S. 25 (North Carolina 225) and U.S. 25 merge together at the Exit 5 diamond interchange near Zirconia. U.S. 25 departs the freeway here along the Greenville Highway for Flat Rock (pop. 1,690) and downtown Hendersonville (pop. 10,420). Photo taken 08/23/03.
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| U.S. 25 departs the freeway via Exit 5. North Carolina 225 overtakes the freeway alignment northward to Interstate 26. U.S. 25 Truck begins and follows North Carolina 225 to the next exit. This configuration is slated to change however. It appears that U.S. 25 will bypass Flat Rock and Hendersonville via a realignment along the North Carolina 225 freeway and Interstate 26 between the Fletcher/Mountain Home interchange (Exit 44) southward to Zirconia. The alignment shift would truncate North Carolina 225 and eliminate the need for U.S. 25 Truck. The original path of U.S. 25 through town will likely become U.S. 25 Business under this scenario.1 Photo taken 08/23/03.
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| North Carolina 225 and Truck U.S. 25 downgrade to a super two freeway at the U.S. 176 (Spartanburg Highway) interchange near Five Points. Truck U.S. 25 departs North Carolina 225 for U.S. 176 northbound through East Flat Rock (pop. 4,151) and Hendersonville. Southward the Spartanburg
Highway meanders to the Polk County communities of Saluda (pop. 575) and Tryon (pop. 1,760). Photo taken 08/23/03.
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| A trumpet interchange composes the northern terminus of North Carolina 225 at Interstate 26 and U.S. 74. 23 miles separate the merge of North Carolina 225 northbound onto Interstate 26 with the city of Asheville and Interstate 40. Photo taken 08/23/03.
| | U.S. 25 South
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| U.S. 25 (Dixie Highway) southbound at junction Interstate 26 (Exit 44) outside of Fletcher in Henderson County. The federal highway merges onto Interstate 26 to bypass Hendersonville and Flat Rock between Exits 44 and 54 on the freeway to the east. U.S. 25 Alternate continues southward into Hendersonville via the Asheville Highway otherwise. Photo taken 08/13/04.
| | Scenes Pertaining to U.S. 25
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| U.S. 25 Alternate (Asheville Highway) northbound at its interchange with Interstate 40 & U.S. 25 (Exit 44). U.S. 25 returns to its surface alignment from Interstate 26 into Fletcher, Arden, Skyland, and ultimately Asheville. U.S. 25 Alternate follows the original U.S. 25 alignment through Flat Rock and Hendersonville. Photo taken 09/12/04.
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Sources:
1 - Droz, Robert V. "AASHTO SCOH Report." Online posting, Yahoo Groups -
Southeast Roads and Transport, July 3, 2003.
Page Updated November 24, 2004.
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