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Transportation History In Edgecombe County
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Stagecoaches provided the earliest form of public transportation in Edgecombe County. Their traverse through the county created what are todays main highway routes, including NC Highways 258, 33 and 42. A toll bridge across the Tar River was completed in 1758, before Tarboro's incorporation. the Tar River Steamboat Company was formed in 1848. Rail traffic began in 1860 with a spur line from Rocky Mount to Tarboro and more than 10 years later a completed line between Williamston and Tarboro.
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