North Carolina Highway 3

"NC 3" redirects here. For the NC-3 airplane, see Curtiss NC.
"NC 3" may also refer to North Carolina's 3rd congressional district.
North Carolina Highway 3 marker
North Carolina Highway 3
Route information
Maintained by NCDOT
Length27.8 mi[1] (44.7 km)
Existed2002[2]–present
Major junctions
South end US 601 in Concord
Major intersections US 29 in Kannapolis
North end NC 150 in Mooresville
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountiesCabarrus, Iredell
Highway system
← NC 2→ NC 4

North Carolina Highway 3 (NC 3) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The road runs from US 601 in southern Concord, north through Mooresville to US 29 in Kannapolis. It is numbered after Dale Earnhardt, the NASCAR driver, who was driving the #3 car when he died at the 2001 Daytona 500.[3] This state highway runs from Kannapolis, Earnhardt's birthplace, to downtown Mooresville, where many NASCAR teams are based. A short section of NC 3 is named Dale Earnhardt Boulevard, a name which was given to the road prior to Earnhardt's death.

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