North Carolina Highway 78 (NC 78) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The highway connects the Tramway community with Sanford's Jonesboro Heights neighborhood.

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North Carolina Highway 78
Tramway Road / Main Street
Route information
Maintained by NCDOT
Length	4.569 mi[1][2] (7.353 km)
Existed	1940–present
Major junctions
West end	US 1 / US 15 / US 501 in Tramway
East end	US 421 Bus. / NC 42 / NC 87 in Sanford
Location
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
Counties	Lee
Highway system
North Carolina Highway System Interstate US State Scenic
← I-77 → NC 79

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NC 78 is a 4.6-mile (7.4 km) two-lane highway, traversing from US 1/US 15/US 501 in Tramway, to US 421 Business/NC 42/NC 87 in Jonesboro Heights. The routing provides a southern bypass of downtown Sanford.

Established in late 1940 as a renumbering of NC 93, NC 78 went from US 1/US 15/US 501 in Tramway, to US 421 in Jonesboro (today Jonesboro Heights). In 1961, NC 78 was rerouted from its terminus at Main Street and Lee Street (now Lee Avenue), to Woodland Avenue and Lee Street (today Horner Boulevard), in Sanford.^[3] By the late 1960s, NC 78 was rerouted again to its current terminus with Horner Boulevard.

Originally, the first NC 78 existed from 1934-1940, traversing from NC 79 in Gibson to US 74 near Hamlet. Around 1938, it was rerouted from Grace Chapel Road to US 74. In 1940, it was renumbered as NC 381, which was synched with SC 381 in South Carolina.^{[citation needed]}

The entire route is in Lee County.

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Location	mi[2]	km	Destinations	Notes
Tramway	0.0	0.0	US 1 / US 15 / US 501 (Jefferson Davis Highway) / Center Church Road
Sanford	4.6	7.4	US 421 Bus. / NC 42 / NC 87 (Horner Boulevard / Main Street)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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