NC 903 begins at an intersection with
NC 411 east of
Garland; where it proceeds to first go north, crossing the
Black River, and then east through
Delway and
Magnolia. Northeast of Magnolia, NC 903 connects with
I-40 at its exit 373 and begin its first
concurrency with
NC 24 (one of many concurrences along its route). Traveling along the
Kenansville Bypass, a rural
expressway, it completely bypasses the city of Kenansville. Reverting to a two-lane rural highway and switching to a concurrency with
NC 11 and later
NC 111, it continues north, crossing the
Neuse River, to
US 70 in
La Grange. Continuing north, it reaches
Snow Hill where it overlaps briefly with
NC 58 and with
US 13/
US 258. Breaking away from the concurrences, it goes east to
Maury and then northeast to
Winterville, where it meets up with NC 11 again. As NC 903 enters Greenville, the biggest city along its route, it stays completely on Memorial Drive as various highway routes connect on then off it:
NC 43, from Greenville Boulevard to Fifth Street; US 13, joins at Dickinson Avenue; and
NC 33, from Greene Street to Belvoir Highway. Halfway through the city, it crosses the
Tar River. After passing
US 264 in the north Greenville area, NC 903 splits northeasterly from US 13/NC 11 to
Stokes and then north to
Robersonville which is the first original section of the route. After connecting with US 13 (third and final time) and
US 64, NC 903 goes north and merges with
NC 125 and travels to
Hamilton. Now going in a northwesterly direction, it splits and then reconnects with NC 125 in
Scotland Neck, overlapping briefly with US 258 in town. The NC 903/NC 125 concurrency continues to
US 301 in
Halifax where it finally splits going west towards
I-95 and then to
US 158, bypassing
Roanoke Rapids. Sharing one last concurrency with US 158, it breaks north at
Lttleton, going through the
Lake Gaston area by first crossing the
Roanoke River, travels through the community of Elams, then swings west over Songbird Creek and then finally north into
Virginia, where it downgrades to secondary state road 903. ==History==