NC 214 is an east–west state highway

State highway

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 in eastern North Carolina

North Carolina

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; it is entirely in Columbus County.

Route description

NC 214 goes from about 1 mile east of Bolton

Bolton, North Carolina

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 and through the town of Lake Waccamaw

Lake Waccamaw, North Carolina

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. It parallels U.S. 74 and 76 along its route. It ends about 1.5 miles east of Whiteville

Whiteville, North Carolina

Whiteville is a city in Columbus County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 5,148 at the 2000 census. It is the only city of Columbus County and is the county seat....

.

History

In the 1930s, NC 214 was made as a highway through Lake Waccamaw off of U.S. 74 and N.C. 20. In the 1980s, it was rerouted so that N.C. 20 was now N.C. 214, and U.S. 74 was on another highway. However, it was shorter than it is now; it was later extended to the east and west. The original N.C. 214 is now Lake Shore Dr.