Previous US 501 ALT's:
Final ROUTE LOG (501 ALT #1)
US 29 Bus SB, US 501: 0 - 0
US 29 Bus NB: 1.2 - 1.2
US 501: 2.9 - 4.1
Final ROUTE LOG (501 ALT #2)
US 501, SC 503: 0 - 0
US 17: 0.4 - 0.4
Final ROUTE LOG (501 ALT #3)
US 501: 0 - 0
US 76: 1.0 - 1.0
Final ROUTE LOG (501 ALT #4)
US 501: 0 - 0
US 501: 1.0 - 1.0
Final ROUTE LOG (501 ALT #5)
US 158, US 501, NC 57: 0 - 0
US 501, NC 49: 2.0 - 2.0
Final ROUTE LOG (501 ALT #6)
US 15, US 15 ALT Begin, US 501, NC 54: 0 - 0
NC 54 ALT EB: 1.3 - 1.3
NC 54 ALT EB, NC 86: 0.2 - 1.5
US 15, US 15 ALT END, US 501: 2.8 - 4.3
Final ROUTE LOG (501 ALT #7)
US 1, US 1 ALT Begin, US 15, US 15 ALT Begin, US 501: 0 - 0
US 421, NC 87: 3.3 - 3.3
US 1, US 1 ALT END, US 15, US 15 ALT END, US 501: 3.2 - 6.5
Final ROUTE LOG (501 ALT #8)
US 15, US 15 ALT Begin, US 501: 0 - 0
NC 751: 1.1 - 1.1
US 70 ALT WB: 4.3 - 5.4
US 70 ALT EB: 0.2 - 5.6
NC 98: 0.6 - 6.2
US 15, US 15 ALT END, US 70: 0.8 - 7.0
NC 55: 0.2 - 7.2
US 501: 2.9 - 10.1
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US 501 ALT #1: Appeared about 1936 as a renumbering of mainline US 501 through central Lynchburg. Initially the route began at US 501 Campbell Ave and used 12th St Main St, Rivermont Rd and Bedford Ave out to Boonsboro Rd.
Around 1947, US 501 ALT was put on one-way splits in northern Lynchburg, using Bedford Rd (SB) and Rivermont Rd (NB).
Initial Lynchburg routing of US 501
1935 Official
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US 501 ALT original route
1946 Official
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US 501 ALT split north of town
1946 Official
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Around 1955, US 501 ALT was put on one-way splits in Lynchburg using 12th St (NB) and 5th St (SB)
In Sept 1959 (CTB), US 501 ALT was removed from 12th St and was using only 5th St. This changed the south terminus of US 501 ALT.
In 1963, US 501 ALT returned to just using Bedford Ave in northern Lynchburg.
US 501 ALT using 5th/12th
1957 Official
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US 501 ALT using 5th only
1961 Official
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US 501 ALT split north of town gone
1963 Official
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In Oct 1989 (AASHTO), US 501 ALT was decommissioned to non-primary status except for 5th St which remained US 29 Business (now VA 163).
US 501 ALT #2: Appeared in April 1937 (SCDOT) on Broadway Ave in Myrtle Beach between US 501/SC 503 Main St and US 17.
In 1947, US 501 ALT was downgraded to S-26-15.
US 501 ALT was erroneously shown as SC 501 ALT on the Horry County map.
US 501 ALT #3: Appeared by 1940 as a cutoff between US 501 (now 501 Bus) and US 76 in Marion.
In 1947, US 501 ALT was downgraded to S-34-42. Today the portion of Jones Ave west of Walnut is part of SC 41 ALT while Supply Rd over to US 76 remains S-34-42.
US 501 ALT #4: Appeared June 1946 (AASHO) in Buena Vista VA. Ran along Beech Ave from Park Ave then 16th St east back to US 501 Magnoila. Sycamore Ave through downtown Buena Vista, one block west of mainline US 501.
In 2004, US 501 was realigned along the alignment of US 501 ALT.
Traffic logs and the 2025 Arcgis map suggest US 501 ALT still exists.
US 501 ALT was not posted as far back as the early 1990s which was my first foray into Buena Vista.
US 501 ALT in Myrtle Beach
1940 Horry County
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US 501 ALT in Marion
1943 Marion County
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US 501 ALT
Buena Vista
1946 Rockbridge County
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US 501 ALT #5 was born between 1945-49 as a renumbering of US 501 on Main St through Roxboro.
In 1960, US 501-A became US 501 Business. Today Main St is unnumbered.
US 501 on Main St
1944 Person County
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US 501-A on Main St
1949 Person County
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US 501 Business on Main St
1962 Person County
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The 6th US 501-A was born in 1953 as a renumbering of mainline US 15-501 through Chapel Hill when US 15-501 was placed on the eastern bypass of Chapel Hill. US 501-A was renumbered as US 501 Business in 1960. Today it is part of NC 86 and also Franklin St.
US 501 through Chapel Hill
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US 15A-501A through Chapel Hill
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US 15-501 Business replaces 15A-501A.
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The 7th US 501-A was born in 1956 when US 1-15-501 was put on a western bypass of Sanford. In 1960 this was renumbered as US 1-15-501 Business. Today it is just US 1 Business and below NC 42 just Carthage St.
US 501 through Sanford
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US 501-A through Sanford
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US 501-A becomes US 501 Bus
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The 8th US 501-A was born about 1959 when US 501 was placed on the new western Durham bypass. The old route through Durham became US 501-A. No maps seem to show this US 501-A but it is explicity in 1960 NCDOT correspondence with AASHO.
In 1960, US 501-A became US 501 Business.
US 501-A did exist in Durham
1960 AASHO correspondence
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