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US 301 generally follows the same route as [[Interstate 95 in North Carolina|I-95]] through North Carolina; they both enter the state near the [[South of the Border (attraction)|South of the Border]] attraction in South Carolina, [[concurrency (road)|overlap]] together around [[Lumberton, North Carolina|Lumberton]], and share multiple interchanges before reaching Virginia.
Starting at the South Carolina border concurrent with [[U.S. Route 501 in North Carolina|US 501]], it goes northwest until it passes through the Bracey Swamp where both routes curve northeast running parallel to the CSX [[South End Subdivision]] until they enter [[Rowland, North Carolina|Rowland]] where the concurrency with US 501 ends. US 301 then makes two sharp right curves and then one left curve where it passes through [[Raynham, North Carolina|Raynham]] before merging with I-95 from exit 10 to exit 22. North of Lumberton, it crosses I-95 twice before entering [[Fayetteville, North Carolina|Fayetteville]], overlapped with [[Interstate 95 Business (Fayetteville, North Carolina)|I-95 Business]] along Eastern Boulevard. North of [[Eastover, North Carolina|Eastover]], it encounters a connecting road to [[U.S. Route 13 in North Carolina|US 13]] just before it crosses under North Carolina Highway 295 (NC 295), also known as Future [[Interstate 295 (North Carolina)|I-295]], as it parallels I-95 to its immediate west. Traversing through the cities of [[Wade, North Carolina|Wade]], [[Godwin, North Carolina|Godwin]], [[Dunn, North Carolina|Dunn]], and [[Benson, North Carolina|Benson]], where it crosses over [[Interstate 40 in North Carolina|I-40]] without an interchange; it joins the southbound right-in/right-out interchange from Exit 90 on I-95 before serving as the northern terminus of [[U.S. Route 701|US 701]] in [[Four Oaks, North Carolina|Four Oaks]], and starts a concurrency with [[North Carolina Highway 96]] (NC 96). From there it continues on through [[Smithfield, North Carolina|Smithfield]], then [[Selma, North Carolina|Selma]] where the NC 96 concurrency ends, and then passes through [[Micro, North Carolina|Micro]]. At [[Kenly, North Carolina|Kenly]], US 301 goes away from I-95 into the cities of [[Wilson, North Carolina|Wilson]] and [[Rocky Mount, North Carolina|Rocky Mount]], before returning to a more easterly parallel to the Interstate. US 301 continues north through the towns of [[Enfield, North Carolina|Enfield]], [[Halifax, North Carolina|Halifax]], and [[Weldon, North Carolina|Weldon]], where it joins [[U.S. Route 158|US 158]] in an overlap with a bridge over the [[Roanoke River]], then leaves the overlap as it enters [[Garysburg, North Carolina|Garysburg]] before crossing into Virginia.<ref name=google/>
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