title: North Carolina Highway 381
text: # North Carolina Highway 381
  
  North Carolina Highway 381 (NC 381) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The highway connects the cities of Hamlet and Gibson.
  
  ## Route description
  
  NC 381 is a two-lane rural highway that traverses 10.6 miles (17.1 km) from the South Carolina state line in Gibson to U.S. Route 74 Business near Hamlet. The highway is flanked with farms and has little traffic.
  
  ## History
  
  Established in 1940 as a renumbering of NC 78 when the route was extended to the South Carolina state line, connecting with SC 381; remained unchanged since inception.
  
  ## Junction list
  
  | County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Scotland | Gibson | 0.0 | 0.0 | SC 381 south – McColl | South Carolina state line |
  | Scotland | Gibson | 0.4 | 0.64 | NC 79 south (Main Street) – Bennettsville | South end of NC 79 overlap |
  | Scotland | Gibson | 1.2 | 1.9 | NC 79 north (Main Street) / X Way Road – Laurinburg | North end of NC 79 overlap |
  | Richmond | ​ | 9.6 | 15.4 | US 74 – Laurinburg, Rockingham | Exit 320 (US 74) |
  | Richmond | ​ | 10.6 | 17.1 | US 74 Bus. / Old Laurinburg Road – Laurinburg, Hamlet | |
  | 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus ||||||
  