Route: Enters Wake County about 5 miles south of Garner.
Leaves Wake County near Falls Lake, 2 miles north of the intersection with NC 98.
Major
Intersections: 		M-US 70 through Garner and a good chunk of Raleigh.
M-US 401 through downtown.
I-40 Exit 298, 2 miles south of downtown.
I-440 Exit 7, at Crabtree Valley Mall.
I-540 Exit 9, north of the Raleigh city limits.
NC 98, 1 mile south of Falls Lake.
History:

The original NC 50 was today's US 1.  Today's NC 50 was originally NC 21 and, for a brief time, NC 13, which was redesignated US 15A in 1936.

For a few years, no road was designated NC 50 in Wake County, but in 1937 current NC 50 from US 70 south into Johnston County was formed. This was the extent of 50 in Wake County for nearly 20 years; in 1956 15A was largely replaced by US 401, but north of Raleigh an extended NC 50 took its place.

Old Creedmoor Road in northern Wake County was certainly US 15A, and may have carried NC 50 for a year or two after 15A was replaced. Today's NC 50 has largely remained the same since then, with the exception of a ten-year stretch from 1985 to 1995 where 50 was routed along the Beltline instead of through downtown.
Attractions: Along with US 70, cuts through the western part of downtown Raleigh and goes past Crabtree Valley Mall. After splitting from US 70, NC 50 provides access to the upper part of Falls Lake before entering Granville County.
Comments:

The only part of 50 that is referred to as such is the section south of Garner.  Everywhere else, it's either superceded by US 70 or simply called Creedmoor Road north of 70.

Creedmoor Road was widened from Glenwood Avenue to Strickland Road in 1992, and remains the same today. The widened stretch was extended north to I-540 in late 2000, in preparation for the freeway's completion in January of 2001. For six months, Creedmoor Road was the eastern end of I-540, before the freeway was extended east in June of 2001.

 

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