Talk:North Carolina Highway 42

Proposed split

10 miles of North Carolina Highway 42 will be renumbered as North Carolina Highway 36 according to this article. This means a separate article on the renumbering will may become necessary.

Draft article here.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 21:04, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

I strongly oppose a split at this time until it is confirmed that NC 36 will be established. They are currently having public input on the topic and editors should never assume it is a done deal. --WashuOtaku (talk) 21:44, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

It sure looked like a done deal until I read it more carefully. We can revisit this when more is known. Doesn't seem like a good idea to me.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 23:09, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

Having a draft ready is fine, sorry for being excited over it. I hope NCDOT does not do it either. --WashuOtaku (talk) 23:18, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

Hold up; do you not want NC 42 to be renumbered? Why? Also, my vote is wait. ChessEric 19:55, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

They are not renumbering all of NC 42, just ten miles of it so people on I-40 do not get confused with it and future I-42. --WashuOtaku (talk) 21:15, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

WP:NOTFORUM The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.

I know that, but do you not want those 10 miles to be renumbered? ChessEric 18:40, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

It is all very unnecessary. This is to fix of a supposed problem by creating a new problem. It is also not like we don't have precedent already with I-73/NC 73 and I-74/US 74. The easiest solution is to give NC 42 an actual road name like they do in many areas, like "Fuquay-Varina Highway" as an example. --WashuOtaku (talk) 18:58, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

I was thinking the same thing actually, although I was just thinking that the confusion could easily be handled by additional signage. When I lived in Maryland, me and my family once to Cumberland, which is accessible via I-70 to I-68. About 15 miles before I-68, however, is an exit for MD 68. Maryland just used a lot of signage to make sure people didn't get the numbers mixed up, which you can see right here. Plus, they have the US 74/I-74 concurrency in the state due to I-74 being bought so far south. I guess NCDOT's mindset was that they wanted to use "36" because no other route in the state used that number and they just figured they'd use it for this since they couldn't use it for the interstate. I know I'm getting off topic, so I'll leave it at that. ChessEric 19:33, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

NC 36 question

Should NC 36 be given its own article now, or should we just leave it as is in the article? If the latter is preferred, should we put both shields in the infobox? ChessEric 15:19, 15 February 2026 (UTC)