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The oldest active US 64-A was born in Nov 1978 (NCDOT) as a replacement for NC 98 (really!) and is the 10th US 64-A. It runs between US 64/NC 98/NC 231 west of Spring Hope and ends at US 64/64 Business Nashville.
US 64-A follows original NC 90 except for Quiet Waters Rd.
This was erroneously labeled as US 64 Bus on the 1979-80 Official but is shown as US 64-A on the 1980 Nash County Map.
US 64 through Spring Hope
1976-77 Official
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US 64-A through Spring Hope
1979-80 Official
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The second oldest current US 64-A was created about 1987 as a renumberinbg of mainline US 64 and is the 11th US 64-A. It runs from US 64/64 Business Rocky Mount to US 64-258/NC 111-122 Tarboro.
US 64-A follows NC 90 except at Tarboro it follows the 1960s bypass of Tarboro.
US 64 bypasses Rocky Mount
1987 Official
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US 64 freeway extended to Princeville
1990-91 Official
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The newest US 64-A was created about 1996 as a renumbering of mainline US 64 and is the 13th US 64-A. It initially ran from US 64-258/NC 111-122 Princeville east to US 64 (using Roberson School Rd) east of Bethel.
About 2000, US 64-A was extended east replacing US 13-64 to NC 903 Robersonville.
In 2001 or 2002, US 64-A was extended over more US 13-64 over to US 17/NC 125 along the original Williamston Bypass.
In 2004, US 64-A was extended over US 64 to its current endpoint of US 13-17-64 east of Williamston.
US 64-A east to Robersonville
2000 Official
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US 64-A east to S. Williamston
2003 Official
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US 64-A east to E. Williamston
2004 Official
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Now a chronological look at decommissioned US 64-A routes:
The 1st US 64-A appears to go back to the great renumbering of late 1934. It ran through Rocky Mount on Thomas Ave while mainline US 64 used Sunset Ave, Raleigh St and Tarboro St. This routing is shown as unlabeled primary route in the 1932 Texaco inset of Rocky Mount and my guess was that this was NC 90-A first.
This US 64-A became part of mainline US 64 between 1945-49. Today it is the westbound split of US 64 Business.
US 64-A is shown but not labeled on 1936 and 1938 Nash County Maps.
NC 90-A using Thomas St?
1932 Texaco
US 64-A using Thomas St
1944 Nash County
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US 64 moved to Thomas St
1949 Nash County
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The 2nd US 64-A appeared in 1940. It began at US 64 Bat Cave and duplexed with US 74 east to Ruth, then replaced NC 181 northeast to meet US 64-70 (now US 64-70 Bus) Morganton.
In 1948, US 64-A became mainline US 64.
NC 181 Ruth to Morganton
1929 Official
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US 64-A Bat Cave/Ruth/Morganton
1946 Official
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US 64 takes over
1948 Official
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The 3rd US 64-A appeared about 1941, replacing US 64 through Franklinville over to Ramseur.
About 1957, US 64-A was downgraded to Andrew Hunter Rd and part of NC 22.
US 64 through Franklinville
1938 Chatham County
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US 64-A through Franklinville
1956 Rand McN
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The 4th US 64-A was created in 1943 or 1944 as a new primary routing in Brevard, running along Caldwell St.
In 1960, US 64-A was renumbered as US 64 Business which was later downgraded but became US 64 Business again in the late 2000s.
US 64-A appears on Caldwell
1944 Transylvania County
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US 64-A becomes US 64 Business
1962 Transylvania County
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The 5th US 64-A was created about 1952 as a renumbering of mainline US 64 through Siler City. It ran along 3rd Ave through town.
US 64-A was downgraded to secondary status about 1957.
US 64 through Siler City
1944 Chatham County
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US 64-A through Siler City
1952 Shell
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The 6th US 64-A was born about 1954 as a replacement for mainline US 64 through Williamston.
US 64-A used Main St to downtown, then Haughton St and Sycamore St (now Jamesville Rd) back out to US 64.
In 1960, US 64-A became US 64 Business. Today Main St and Jamesville Rd are secondary while Haugton is part of US 17 Business and NC 125.
US 64 through Williamston
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US 64-A through Williamston
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US 64-A becomes US 64 Bus
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The 7th US 64-A was born about 1954 as a renumbering of mainline US 64 through Statesville.
US 64-A began at Westminster Dr and ended at the I-40 interchange east of I-77.
US 64-A was renumbered as US 64 Business in 1960. Today it is again mainline US 64 except the westernmost piece is part of US 70.
US 64 through Statesville
1953 Iredell County
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US 64-A through Statesville
1957 Iredell County
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US 64-A becomes US 64 Business
1962 Iredell County
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The 8th US 64-A was born between 1954-57 as a renumbering of mainline US 64 through Columbia along Main St.
US 64-A became US 64 Business in 1960. Today west of Broad St is secondary and the removed Scuppernong River bridge.
US 64 through Columbia
1953 Tyrell County
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US 64-A through Columbia
1957 Tyrell County
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US 64-A becomes US 64 Business
1962 Tyrell County
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The 9th US 64-A was born about 1960 as the connector from the temporary end of I-40 to US 64-70 at Hildebran. It is shown but not labeled on the 1962 Burke County map, but explicitly labeled from at least 1968-72 on the county maps.
When I-40 was extended east in 1976, US 64-A was downgraded to SR 1890.
US 64-A at Hildebran
1968 Burke County
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US 64-A becomes SR 1890
1980 Burke County
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The 12th US 64-A was born in late 1987 or early 1988 as a renumbering of US 64 from Morganton to Statesville as a 100% duplex with US 70.
In July 1988 (NCDOT), the US 64-A designation was recognized as erroneous and was dropped (see the last page of this NCDOT document). This never appeared on an official map but has been shown on Rand McN atlases from that time through at least 2014.
NCDOT applied to AASHTO for the creation of a 14th US 64-A to run along the vacated US 64 routing from Murphy to NC 141. This request was rejected and the road became secondary instead.
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