North Carolina Highway 33

North Carolina Highway 33 (NC 33) is a moderately lengthy state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Spanning a distance of 110 miles (180 km), the east–west route passes through many small towns and communities in Eastern North Carolina's Inner Banks. It bypasses a large portion of the cities of Greenville and Rocky Mount, and goes through central Tarboro.

Route description

Pamlico area

The route's eastern terminus is at the same location as North Carolina Highway 304's northern terminus in rural Pamlico County, North Carolina. Both routes terminate in the community of Hobucken on Goose Creek Island, near Mesic.

From the terminus, NC 33 travels west, along with NC 304 southbound across the Intracoastal Waterway (Goose Creek), entering the Goose Creek Game Land. After crossing the bridge, the two state highways split. NC 33 continues in a northwesterly direction across the Gum Swamp out of Pamlico County and into Beaufort County. Veering due west, the route enters the town of Aurora where it joins NC 306 for a three-mile (5 km) concurrency. West of Aurora, the routes split; NC 33 darts northwest again on a route that parallels the Pamlico River. Entering the town of Chocowinity, NC 33 crosses US 17 (which northbound, crosses the Pamlico River into Washington) on its way into Pitt County.