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| U.S. 176 20 miles | ||
| Enters Polk County from South Carolina.
Ends at U.S. 25 in Hendersonville, Henderson County.
Nationally, U.S. 176 starts in Goose Creek, South
Carolina.
In Polk County, 176 runs through Tryon along Trade Street. The highway follows the North Pacolet River and provides access to Pearson's Falls. The road ascends Cedar Mountain before running through Saluda. In Henderson County, 176 crosses the Green River over a bridge built
in 1928 (photo above). It also crosses the ECD before going though East
Flat Rock and Hendersonville. 176 ascends more than 1000 feet between Tryon
and Flat Rock, as the map at right shows.
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| History | ||
| U.S. 176 is an original 1927 U.S.
highway. It was signed over the original N.C. 191, and its routing remains
essentially unchanged today. The
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| 176 should be extended over U.S.
25 through downtown Hendersonville and over N.C. 191 all the way north
to Asheville. Then 191 can be killed. The Hendersonville-to-Asheville corridor
doesn't need another U.S. highway. But this plan does make the route
numbering in the area more efficient while making 176 more dignified.
176 certainly has its twisty stretches, in the
run along the North Pacolet, the climb up to Saluda and (less so) the final
surge toward the E.C.D. But the road isn't that long, so it doesn't have
the reputation for wickedness that other highways in the state have.
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