North Carolina Highway 690  North Carolina Highway 690 (NC 690) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The highway runs east–west, connecting the cities of Vass and Spring Lake. NC 690 is a two-lane rural highway that begins in Vass and ends near Spring Lake. The highway passes through mostly forest and farmland, some of which within the confines of Fort Bragg, with the Woodlake private gated community just east of Vass. Established in 1999 as a new primary route, it has not changed since then.