Editing Watauga County, North Carolina (section)

==Transportation==
Watauga County, like much of the [[Western North Carolina#High Country|High Country]], has no [[Interstate|interstate highway]]. The county is served by [[List of state highways in North Carolina|state highways]] maintained by the [[North Carolina Department of Transportation]]. The [[Blue Ridge Parkway]] in eastern portions of Watauga is sometimes used as a commuter route due to its proximity to populated areas—for example, it is the fastest route between the unincorporated community of [[Bamboo, North Carolina|Bamboo]] and the town of Blowing Rock.

===Major highways===
* {{Jct|state=NC|US|221}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|US|321}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|US|421}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|88}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|105}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|184}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|194}}
* {{jct|state=NC|BRP}}

===Airport===
A small general aviation airstrip (FAA Identifier: NC14) is located in Boone. However, it has no scheduled commercial service. As such, commercial airline passengers must typically utilize the airports at [[Charlotte Douglas International Airport|Charlotte]], [[Piedmont Triad International Airport|Greensboro]] in North Carolina, or the [[Tri-Cities Regional Airport|Tri-Cities]] in Tennessee.

===Public Transportation===
There is a public transport system in Boone provided by [[AppalCart|AppalCART]] that services the downtown and some outlying areas at no cost, in addition to paratransit, and rural route services for a small fee.<ref>{{cite web |title=appalcart |url=http://appalcart.com |access-date=April 6, 2011}}</ref> Sunway Charters, a charter bus company, operates in cooperation with [[Greyhound Lines]] to provide coach bus service from Boone to Charlotte and Greensboro, called the ''Mountaineer North–South'' and the ''Mountaineer East–West'', respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Peterson |first=Russ |date=December 1, 2021 |title=Bus Tickets - Sunway Charters |url=https://sunwaycharters.com/bus-tickets/ |access-date=November 27, 2023 |website=sunwaycharters.com |language=en-US}}</ref>