North Carolina Highway 138 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by NCDOT | ||||
| Length | 13.6 mi[1] (21.9 km) | |||
| Existed | 1973–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  NC 742 in Oakboro | |||
| North end |  US 52 near Albemarle | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | North Carolina | |||
| Counties | Stanly | |||
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North Carolina Highway 138 (NC 138) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It serves to connect the community of Aquadale to nearby Oakboro and Albemarle.
NC 138 is a two-lane rural highway that begins immediately after NC 742 begins in downtown Oakboro. Going east, it crosses over Long Creek, a tributary of the Rocky River, then proceeds northeast to Aquadale. After crossing a railroad track in Aquadale it goes north to end at U.S. Route 52 (US 52) just south of Albemarle.
NC 138 was established in 1973 as a new primary routing from NC 742 in Oakboro, through Aquadale, to US 52/NC 24/NC 27/NC 73 in Albemarle.[2] In 2010, NC 138's northern terminus was truncated further south along a new routing of US 52.[3]
The entire route is in Stanly County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Oakboro | 0.0 | 0.0 |   NC 742 (Main Street) to NC 205 – Burnsville | ||
| | 13.6 | 21.9 | US 52 – Wadesboro, Salisbury | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
