North Carolina Highway 192
proposed State highway in Forsyth County, North Carolina, US
North Carolina Highway 192 (NC 192) is an east–west primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It serves as the designation of an existing 2.6-mile (4.2 km) segment of freeway that was previously designated as I-74 and U.S. Route 311 (US 311). The stretch spans between Interstate 40 (I-40) in Winston-Salem and the Winston-Salem Northern Beltway in Union Cross. Signage for NC 192 was uncovered in early 2026, alongside I-74 signage along the open segment of the Winston-Salem Northern Beltway. The final section of the Winston-Salem Northern Beltway opened on September 19, 2026, at which point I-74 was rerouted completely onto the new beltway.
Route description
The state highway begins at the trumpet interchange with I-40 in Winston-Salem and runs east for 2.6 miles (4.2 km) along the four-lane freeway. The route comes to a folded-diamond with Ridgewood Road, which in-turn, connects to Union Cross Road and High Point Road. NC 192 continues southeast into Union Cross, at a multi-level interchange with the Winston-Salem Northern Beltway (I-74).
History
The freeway to become NC 192, opened in 1984 as a realignment of US 311. It was designated I-74 in 2012, with signs being updated in 2014, despite the shoulders of the route, lacking the standard width of Interstate Highway standards.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “North Carolina Highway 192” as proposed State highway in Forsyth County, North Carolina, US. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as proposed State highway in Forsyth County, North Carolina, US. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q65034974. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2026, 1984, 2012 and 2014.
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This entry incorporates text from “North Carolina Highway 192” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.