Special routes of U.S. Route 401

U.S. Highway 401 Business
Location	Laurinburg, North Carolina
Length	4.4 mi[1] (7.1 km)
Existed	1960–present

U.S. Route 401 Business (US 401 Bus) was established in 1960 as a renumbering of US 401A through downtown Laurinburg, it has remained unchanged since.[2]

The entire route is in Laurinburg, Scotland County.

mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
0.0	0.0	US 15 / US 401 (McColl Road) – McColl	South end of US 15 Business overlap
0.5	0.80	I-74 / US 74 – Hamlet, Rockingham, Lumberton
1.3	2.1	US 501 Bus. south – Raemon, Rowland	South end of US 501 Business overlap
2.0	3.2	US 74 Bus. (Church Street) – Hamlet, Maxton
2.9	4.7	US 15 Bus. north (Aberdeen Road) / US 501 Bus. north – Aberdeen	North end of US 15/US 501 Business overlap
4.4	7.1	US 401 – Wagram, Raeford
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

U.S. Highway 401 Business
Location	Raeford, North Carolina
Length	4.7 mi[3] (7.6 km)

U.S. Route 401 Business (US 401 Bus) first started unofficially in 1954, US 15A was rerouted onto a bypass around Raeford, the old alignment through downtown was unnumbered until around the early 1960s, when it became US 401 Business. The route follows Harris Avenue, Main Street, and Central Avenue.[2][4]

The entire route is in Raeford, Hoke County.

mi[3]	km	Destinations	Notes
0.0	0.0	US 401 – Laurinburg
0.8	1.3	NC 211 east (Main Street) – Red Springs, Lumberton	East end of NC 211 overlap
0.9	1.4	NC 211 west (Main Street) – Aberdeen, Pinehurst	West end of NC 20/NC 211 overlap
1.2	1.9	NC 20 east (Saint Pauls Road) – Saint Pauls	East end of NC 20 overlap
3.0	4.8	Rockfish Road
4.7	7.6	US 401 – Fayetteville
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

U.S. Highway 401 Business
Location	Fayetteville, North Carolina
Length	9.6 mi[5] (15.4 km)
Existed	late 1960s–present

U.S. Route 401 Business (US 401 Bus) was established in late 1960s from a renumbering of US 401, this business loop goes through Fayetteville via Raeford Road, Robeson Street, Martin Luther King Jr Freeway, and Ramsey Street.[2]

The entire route is in Fayetteville, Cumberland County.

mi[5]	km	Destinations	Notes
0.0	0.0	US 401 – Raeford, Laurinburg
1.0	1.6	NC 59 south (Hope Mills Road) – Hope Mills
2.0	3.2	All American Expressway – Fort Bragg, Pope Army Airfield
5.0	8.0	NC 87 south (Martin Luther King Jr Freeway)	South end of NC 87 overlap
6.0	9.7	Hay Street
6.3	10.1	NC 24 / NC 87 north (Bragg Boulevard)	North end of NC 87 overlap
7.0	11.3	Ramsey Street
8.0	12.9	Rosehill Road
9.6	15.4	US 401 – Lillington
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

U.S. Highway 401 Business
Location	Rolesville, North Carolina
Length	4.67 mi (7.52 km)
Existed	2015–present

U.S. Route 401 Business (US 401 Bus) is a 4.67-mile (7.52 km) business loop along Main Street, through downtown Rolesville. The Town of Rolesville had been planning this long time, since 1985, but the project never went through. U.S. 401 initially lead in and out of the town until its 2015 opening. Approved by AASHTO on May 29, 2014; its official establishment is dependent on the opening of the Rolesville bypass, which will be signed as U.S. 401.[6] On July 16, 2015, the Rolesville bypass opened.[7]

U.S. Highway 401 Business
Location	Bennettsville, South Carolina
Length	3.4 mi[8] (5.5 km)
Existed	1958–1989

U.S. Route 401 Business (US 401 Bus.) was a 3.4-mile (5.5 km) business route of US 401 that traveled through Bennettsville via Main Street and Tyson Avenue. It was established in 1958, when mainline US 401 was bypassed south of Bennettsville; it followed the old alignment. By 1990, the highway was decommissioned with most being replaced by an extension of SC 385.

U.S. Route 401 Alternate (US 401A) was established in 1957, when US 401 was re-established, it replaced US 15A alignment through downtown Laurinburg, via Main Street. It was renumbered in 1960 into US 401 Business.[2][4]