North Carolina DOT Renames Stretch of Highway After Ronnie Milsap In this Jan. 16, 2019 photo, Ronnie Milsap poses for a photo on the stage of The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn. Milsap's new album, “Ronnie Milsap: The Duets,” comes out on Friday. (Photo by Donn Jones/Invision/AP) Ronnie Milsap, a Country Music Hall of Fame inductee and six-time Grammy award winner, can add a stretch of highway in North Carolina to his list of accolades. The North Carolina Board of Transportation voted on Dec. 2 to rename a six-mile stretch of US 129 near the singer's hometown of Robbinsville as the Ronnie Milsap Highway.