Historic Albemarle Tour

The Historic Albemarle Tour or Historic Albemarle Highway is a tour route located in northeastern North Carolina. The tour follows several U.S. and State highways in the seventeen county region, identifying historic sites and towns, marked with brown signs with the George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle coat of arms.

Historic Albemarle Tour
Route information
Maintained by NCDOT
Existed1975 (1975)–present
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountiesBertie, Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Washington
Highway system

Route description
Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum in Hatteras Village
Manor House of Hope Plantation near Windsor
North Carolina Aquarium near Manteo

The tour route is not a linear route, like most scenic routes, but a collection of several highways in the region. The following list are the component highways that make-up the tour route:

Highway Route Sites of Interest
US 13 Williamston–VA state line
US 17 Washington–VA state line
US 64 Williamston–Whalebone Junction
US 158 Barco–Whalebone Junction
US 258 NC 561–VA state line
US 264 Washington–Whalebone Junction
US 301 Halifax–VA state line
NC 11 Pitt-Martin county line–Murfreesboro
NC 32 NC 99–VA state line
NC 34 Barco–Sligo
NC 37 US 64–US 17
NC 92 US 264–NC 99/NC 306
NC 99 Pantego–NC 32
NC 168 Sligo–VA state line
NC 308 US 13–US 258/NC 561
NC 561 US 301–US 258

Sites

History

The tour route was established in 1975 by the North Carolina General Assembly; which included designated highways, locations and signage. A 1977 act amended the original law to expand the list of designated highways and locations.[1][2]

References
  1. "NC Senate Bill 315: An act to designate certain major highways s Historic Albemarle Tours Highways" (PDF). Retrieved March 20, 2016.
  2. "NC Senate Bill 409: An act to amend the Historic Albemarle Tour Highway Act" (PDF). Retrieved March 20, 2016.
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