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A proposed bypass of US Highway 70 would take up 55 acres of land, including the land of the Wyse Fork Battleground. Supporters of the bypass say it would ease traffic in and around Kinston, but historians fear the bypass would destroy the site of one of the last major battles of the Civil War.
A proposed bypass of US Highway 70 would take up 55 acres of land, including the land of the Wyse Fork Battleground. Supporters of the bypass say it would ease traffic in and around Kinston, but historians fear the bypass would destroy the site of one of the last major battles of the Civil War.
The Save Wyse Fork Battlefield Commission says the future Interstate 42 exit near Kinston would destroy the place where the outcome of the four-day battle in 1865 was decided.
The Save Wyse Fork Battlefield Commission says the future Interstate 42 exit near Kinston would destroy the place where the outcome of the four-day battle in 1865 was decided.
There is a threat facing one core historic site in Kinston, construction of a 55-acre interchange at the Wyse Fork Battlefield.