Route information | ||||
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Maintained by NCDOT | ||||
Length | 16.0 mi (25.7 km) | |||
Existed | 1961–present | |||
Little Switzerland segment | ||||
Length | 12.3 mi[1] (19.8 km) | |||
South end | NC 226 near Woodlawn | |||
North end | NC 226 near Little Switzerland | |||
Bakersville segment | ||||
Length | 3.7 mi[2] (6.0 km) | |||
South end | NC 226 near Ledger | |||
North end | NC 226 in Loafers Glory | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | North Carolina | |||
Counties | McDowell, Mitchell | |||
Highway system | ||||
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North Carolina Highway 226A (NC 226A) is an alternate state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Signed along two segments that branch from NC 226: The first connecting the community of Little Switzerland; the second as a bypass west of Bakersville. It is also distinctive as being one of two alternate state routes in North Carolina, the other being NC 268A.