NC-E56 Roanoke River

Marker text: E56 ROANOKE RIVER
Early channel of trade, its valley long an area of plantations. Frequent floods until 1952, since controlled by Kerr Dam. Old name was "Moratuck."
Archives, Conservation and Highway Departments, 1954

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Location: US 158/301 at Roanoke River bridge southwest of Garysburg, Northampton County, North Carolina

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