 The second NC 97 was born in 1940, running from US 17 (now US 13 Bus) Windsor north to NC 30 (now NC 45) Winton.This was a renumbering of NC 30 and 30-A.In 1951, NC 97 was extended north as a duplex with US 158, then along a new route to NC 37 at the Virginia State Line.