I-74 Segment 13B

Segment Information

I-74 is to continue on to the end of the US 74 Rockingham Bypass after I-73 leaves at a proposed exit near the current NC 38 interchange. This would be around the last 2.5 miles of the Bypass which runs a total of 13 miles from north of Cordova to east of Hamlet and was opened in November 2000, costing $110 million.¹

The freeway has exit numbers matching US 74's mileage which run from 319 at the NC 38 interchange to 321 at Business 74 (the map above incorrectly lists the last exit as 322), for more information go to the I-74 Exit List.

As with the rest of the US 74 Bypass, the route was also signed as Future Interstate 74 when it opened. However, NCDOT removed the Future I-74 signs in the fall of 2016. Perhaps due to the route being erroneously signed as I-74 in the NCDOT 2017-2018 State Transportation Map (see I-73 Segment 12) and in the 2018-2020 Rand McNally Road Atlases.

I-74 Will be Signed along Rockingham Bypass after completion of I-73/I-74 Rockingham Bypass

It appears now that new I-74 shields will be put up on the Bypass at the completion of the I-73/I-74 Rockingham Bypass (see I-73 Segment 11). Sign plans released on August 20, 2019 showed new I-74/US 74 reassurance marker signs to appear east of the NC 38 exit. An end I-74 sign is to also be put up prior to the merge with Business 74 near Hamlet. Here is the location plan for that sign:

Here is the plan for the future start of the I-74/US 74 West Rockingham Bypass, notice the continued use of US 74 exit numbers:

Here's the plan for the reassurance marker signs, eastbound that will be placed after the NC 38 and NC 381 exits, and westbound after the NC 381 exit: