NC 184
North Carolina Highway 184 is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It runs from NC 105 at Tynecastle (Sugar Mountain) to the town of Beech Mountain.
Serving as a spur of NC 105, NC 184 allows easy connection from Boone or Linville to Banner Elk and golf/ski resorts at Sugar and Beech mountains. It is predominantly a two-lane mountain highway with a speed limit no greater than 45mph. Congestion is common, which peaks in early Autumn (fall colors) and Winter holidays. The highway crosses the Eastern Continental Divide just north of Tynecastle, but is unmarked.
The final part of the highway, from the stoplight in Banner Elk to the Town Hall on Beech Mountain, served as a major finish in the Tour DuPont Bike Race during the 1990s. Lance Armstrong also made his return to biking after cancer on 184 up Beech Mountain.
Though the highway is commonly known as "184" throughout the state, the highway does have other known names it uses locally in areas.
In 1937, NC 184 was originally established as a spur of NC 18 to Boiling Springs. Three years later (1940) it was renumbered to NC 150.
The current route, established in 1956 as a new primary routing, connecting NC 105 to NC 194 in Banner Elk. Sometime during the mid-1980s, NC 184 was extended to its current northern terminus in Beech Mountain.
