Progress

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Click on any link in a particular segment below to find additional information, maps, and, if I have them, photos:

Seg. #	Current Route Signage	Segment Location	Needed to Complete:	*Work to Start:**	Completion Date:**
1		Interstate 77 from Virginia Border to Exit 101	Complete		April 2001
2		Interstate 77 to US 52	Complete		June 2000
3		US 52, Mount Airy to Vicinity of NC 65	Upgrade to Interstate Standards	After 2029	--
4*		Winston Salem Loop, Eastern Half from NC 65 to US 311	Construct New Freeway, 3.5 mile section between US 421 and US 158 Open		2025
5		US 311 from W-S Loop to North Main Street, High Point	Complete²		August 2014
6	d	US 311 East Belt Bypass from North Main St., High Point to I-85 East of Archdale	Complete		Nov. 2010
7	d	US 311 Bypass from East of I-85 to I-73/US 220, Randleman	Complete		Nov. 2010, June 2013
8		US 220 from US 311, to North of SR 1364, Asheboro	Complete***		December 2013
9		US 220 North of SR 1364, in Asheboro to South of NC 134/Business 220, Ulah	Complete²		October 2012
10		US 220 from US 220A/134, Ulah to US 220A near Emery	Complete¹		May 1997
11		US 220 Ellerbe Bypass, from US 220A near Emery to South of Ellerbe	Complete³		January 2008
12*	--	US 220 Rockingham Bypass, from Ellerbe to Rockingham	Upgrade US 220 and Construct New Bypass Freeway	US 220 June 2018	Bypass Fall 2023
13		US 74, from US 220 Rockingham Bypass to NC 38	Complete		November 2000
13A		US 74,Rockingham Bypass from NC 38 to End at Business 74	Complete		November 2000
14		US 74, Rockingham Bypass to Laurinburg Bypass	Upgrade to Interstate Standards	After 2029	--
15		US 74, Laurinburg and Maxton Bypass	Upgrade to Interstate Standards	After 2029	--
16		US 74, Maxton Bypass to NC 41, East of Lumberton	Complete		September 2008
17*		US 74 from NC 41, East of Lumberton to US 76, East of Whiteville	Upgrade to Interstate Standards	After 2029	--
18		US 74/76 from West of Whiteville to NC 211 East of Whiteville	Upgrade to Interstate Standards	After 2029	--
19	--	US 74/76 East of Whiteville to US 17 Shallotte Bypass	Construct New Freeway	After 2029	--
20	--	US 17 Shallotte Bypass to SC State Line	Upgrade to Interstate Standards and/or Construct New Freeway	After 2029	--

I-74/I-77, I-74/US74 and Future 74 Corridor sign photos courtesy of Adam Prince.

* Updated with New Information as of April 7, 2021.
Color Key: Complete, Complete, but not signed as Interstate, Under Construction, Funded Future Project, Project Not Listed in STIP.
* Dates from NCDOT's Draft State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) 2020-2029 (Jan. 2019) and are subject to change. The STIP includes all projects funded from 2020 to 2029. Projects thus not included in the STIP have an assumed starting date after 2029.
** For completed and under construction projects only.
*** While the project to upgrade US 220 to Interstate standards is unfunded and thus not set to start until after 2025, NCDOT received a waiver to have the segment signed as a full interstate when the I-73/74 Asheboro construction project (I-73 Segment 8) was completed in October 2012, signing took place in October 2013.

1. Though the road is signed as an interstate, work is still needed on widening the shoulders on the southern end to meet interstate standards. This project was to start in 2011 but has been delayed (again) to after 2027 in latest STIP revision, and this for only the segment from NC 211 south to Alt. US 220.

2. There are remaining project to improve interchanges and/or bridges in this segment, but NCDOT was not required by the FHWA to complete these improvements for the route to be signed as an interstate.

3. Though built to interstate standards, this segment was not made part of the Interstate system until work to upgrade US 220 to interstate standards through Asheboro was complete. Though the exit signs were updated to interstate standards in the summer of 2013, the project also called for putting up official I-73 and I-74 signage (and removing US 220 signs), this was completed in December 2013.

d-On May 21, 2018 AASHTO's Special Committee on US Route Numbering approved NCDOT's request to decommission US 311 from I-73 in Randleman, along I-74 through High Point to where it currently meets US 52 in Winston-Salem. I will leave the shields up on this page until NCDOT removes the signs in each segment, Segment 6 signs were removed in April 2020.

u-future route of I-73, but not currently signed.

I-74 title shield courtesy of David R. Kendrick's Shields Up!
I-74 table shield .gif courtesy of Jeff Kitsko.

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