North Carolina Highway 274

North Carolina Highway 274 (NC 274) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It connects rural areas of Lincoln and Gaston counties to Gastonia.

North Carolina Highway 274
Route information
Maintained by NCDOT
Length	36.7 mi[1] (59.1 km)
Existed	1930–present
Major junctions
South end	SC 274 at the South Carolina state line near Lake Wylie, SC
Major intersections	US 29 / US 74 in Gastonia US 321 in Gastonia I-85 in Gastonia
North end	NC 27 in Hulls Crossroads
Location
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
Counties	Gaston, Lincoln
Highway system
North Carolina Highway System Interstate US State Scenic
← NC 273 → NC 275

Route description

Directional signs of NC 274 at the end of NC 161 in Bessemer City

History

NC 274 was established in 1930 as a new primary routing, from NC 27 to U.S. Route 74 (US 74) and NC 20 (now NC 161) in Bessemer City.^[2] Around 1938, it was extended southeast to its current southern terminus at the South Carolina state line, where it continues as South Carolina Highway 274 (SC 274).^[3] Between 1963 and 1968, southbound lanes along Broad Street were added on west side of tracks in downtown Gastonia.^{[citation needed]}

Junction list

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Gaston	​	0.0	0.0	SC 274 east – Lake Wylie	South Carolina state line
	Gastonia	10.3	16.6	US 29 north / US 74 east (Franklin Boulevard)	North end of US 29 and east end of US 74 overlap
		10.7	17.2	US 321 (York Street / Chester Street)	North-south US 321 divided on one-way streets
		12.4	20.0	US 29 south / US 74 west (Franklin Boulevard) – Spartanburg	South end of US 29 and west end of US 74 overlap
		13.9	22.4	I-85 – Charlotte, Kings Mountain
		15.0	24.1	NC 275 east (Dallas-Bessemer City Highway) – Dallas
	Bessemer City	17.6	28.3	NC 161 south (13th Street) – Kings Mountain
	​	23.3	37.5	NC 216 south (County Line Road) – Kings Mountain
	Cherryville	26.6	42.8	NC 150 (Church Street) to NC 279 – Lincolnton, Shelby
Lincoln	​	31.0	49.9	NC 182 – Lincolnton, Fallston
	Hulls Crossroads	36.7	59.1	NC 27 – Lincolnton, Morganton
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus