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Route information
Maintained by NCDOT
Existed 1975 (1975)–present
Location
Counties: Bertie, Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Washington
Highway system
North Carolina Highway System


The Historic Albemarle Tour or Historic Albemarle Highway is a tour route located in northeastern North Carolina. The tour follows several U.S. and State highways in the seventeen county region, identifying historic sites and towns, marked with brown signs with the George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle coat of arms.

Route description

GraveyardoftheAtlanticMuseum
Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum in Hatteras Village
Front of 1803 Hope Mantion
Manor House of Hope Plantation near Windsor
NC Aquarium at Roanoke Island
North Carolina Aquarium near Manteo

The tour route is not a linear route, like most scenic routes, but a collection of several highways in the region. The following list are the component highways that make-up the tour route:

Highway Route Sites of Interest
US 13 WilliamstonVA state line
US 17 WashingtonVA state line
US 64 WilliamstonWhalebone Junction
US 158 BarcoWhalebone Junction
US 258 NC 561–VA state line
US 264 WashingtonWhalebone Junction
US 301 HalifaxVA state line
NC 11 Pitt-Martin county line–Murfreesboro
NC 32 NC 99–VA state line
NC 34 BarcoSligo
NC 37 US 64–US 17
NC 92 US 264–NC 99/NC 306
NC 99 Pantego–NC 32
NC 168 SligoVA state line
NC 308 US 13–US 258/NC 561
NC 561 US 301–US 258

Sites

History

The tour route was established in 1975 by the North Carolina General Assembly, which included designated highways, locations and signage. A 1977 act amended the original law to expand the list of designated highways and locations.

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