North Carolina Highway 142

North Carolina Highway 142 (NC 142) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina that goes through the town of Hassell. The entire route is two lanes wide.

North Carolina Highway 142
Route information
Auxiliary route of NC 42
Maintained by NCDOT
Length	9.2 mi (14.8 km)
Existed	1975[1]–present
Tourist routes	Tar Heel Trace
Major junctions
West end	NC 111 in Fountain Fork
Major intersections	NC 42 near Hassell NC 11 near Hassell
East end	NC 125 / NC 903 near Hamilton
Location
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
Counties	Edgecombe, Martin
Highway system
North Carolina Highway System Interstate US State Scenic
← NC 141 → NC 143

Route description

The western terminus of the highway is NC 111. Traveling east 2.5-mile (4.0 km), the highway beings a brief 1.1-mile (1.8 km) concurrency with NC 42 and joins the Tar Heel Trace scenic byway.^[2] NC 42 departs the route at the NC 11 intersection, NC 142 continues 1.4-mile (2.3 km) to the rural community of Hassell. Leaving Hassell to the east, NC 142 terminates after 3.7-mile (6.0 km) with the NC 125/NC 903 junction. The Tar Heel Trace continues southbound on NC 125.

History

The route was created in 1975 as part of a rerouting of NC 42, which formerly ran from the current NC 11/NC 42/NC 142 junction to the NC 125/NC 903 junction. In 1980 the route was expanded west to its current profile by promoting two secondary routes in Edgecombe and Martin County.^[1]

Junction list

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Edgecombe	Fountain Fork	0.0	0.0	NC 111 – Princeville, Oak City	Western terminus
Martin	​	2.5	4.0	NC 42  – Wilson, Oak City	West end of NC 42 concurrency
	​	3.6	5.8	NC 11 / NC 42 east – Greenville, Oak City	East end of NC 42 concurrency
	​	9.2	14.8	NC 125 / NC 903 – Hamilton, Williamston	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus