US Route 701 runs from a point in inland, east-central North Carolina south, to a coastal town in east-central South Carolina.  The northern end is near Four Oaks, North Carolina, at an intersection with US Route 301; this terminus is interwoven with an interchange connecting to Interstate 95.  The southern end is at US Route 17 in Georgetown, South Carolina, a coastal town also home to the southeastern end of US Route 521.  US Route 701 reaches communities such as Clinton, Elizabethtown, and Whiteville in North Carolina-- plus Conway, South Carolina.  I don't think US Route 701 ever meets US Route 1, the assumed parent route; rather, it's a branch of US Route 301, making it a branch of a branch!  (So is US Route 1 the grandparent route?)

My photo of US Route 701 comes from the central traffic circle of Newton Grove, North Carolina.  The traffic circle is a six-way junction, where US Route 701 meets US Route 13 and the concurrency between North Carolina Routes 50 and 55.  The sign assembly depicted faces west along the circle, showing the counterclockwise traffic where to exit the circle, if they seek to go south on US Route 701.  This whole situation is just north of Interstate 40 in eastern North Carolina.  The photo comes from the trip to the Wilmington area beaches, which took place in July 2019.
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