NC 11 Business #1: Served Kinston. It was created in 1960 as a renumbering of NC 11-A, running on Queen St and Vernon Ave.
NC 11 Business in Kinston was decommissioned Sept 1969 (NCDOT). Official maps imply it lasted to 2000.
Today the Queen St segment is part of US 70-258 Business and NC 58. Vernon Ave east of Queen is SR 1838.

NC 11-A through Central Kinston 1949 Lenoir County

NC 11-A becomes NC 11 Business 1962 Lenoir County

NC 11 Business gone 2007 Lenoir County

NC 11 Business #2: Serves Aulander. Created in Sept 1978 (NCDOT)as a renumbering of SR 1209 and SR 1204, which had been mainline NC 11 from 1967-72 before bypassing Aulander to the east. The northern half had also once been part of NC 350 for a number of years.
NC 11 Business follows Main St through Aulander.

NC 11 bypassing Aulander, no NC 11 Bus 1978-79 Official

NC 11 Bus in Aulander 1979-80 Official

NC 11 Business #3: The second NC 11 Business was born Sept 2003 (NCDOT) as Bethel was bypassed to the east by NC 11. This had been NC 11 mainline previously. NC 11 Business uses Main St. through Bethel and is 100% duplexed with US 13 Business.

NC 11 through Bethel 2003 Official

NC 11 Bus in Bethel 2004 Official

NC 11 Business #4: Created in Nov 2019 when NC 11 was given a freeway bypass around the west of Greenville.
This route is posted as bannerless NC 11 while the new route around Greenville is posted as NC 11 BYPASS.

NC 11 Business #5?: Is there a NC 11 Business in Kenansville? Nope. Not according to the Nov. 2006 Duplin County Map or postings as of 2018. THere is a bypass of Kenansville to the east that meets NC 11 on both sides of Kenansville. However, the map shows the bypass as NC 903 and the town route as mainline NC 11. There is also no NC 903 Business.

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