At the Hayes Run Road interchange, NC 213 departs from US 25/US 70 and proceeds northeast towards Mars Hill and passing through Petersburg along the way.

At the eastern edge of Mars Hill, NC 213 ends at an interchange with I-26/US 19/US 23 (exit 11) and Calvin Edney Road (SR 1549).

[4] In 1975, NC 213 was placed on new alignment between Marshall and Petersburg, leaving behind Silver Mill Road.

The old alignment along Main Street was briefly picked up by NC 36 before becoming a secondary road.

The first NC 36 was established in 1934, traveling between US 19/US 23, near Forks of Ivy, to the Tennessee state line at Sam's Gap and continuing on as SR 81.

[3] Between 1937 and 1944, NC 36 was placed on new bypass south of Faust, its old alignment becoming Laurel Valley Road (SR 1503).