 Interstate 74 | ||||
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 I-74 highlighted in red; future segments in blue; unbuilt future segments in orange | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byNCDOT | ||||
| Length | 124.91 mi[1][2][3][4] (201.02 km) | |||
| Existed | 1997–present | |||
| NHS | Entire route | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  I-77 at theVirginia state line | |||
| Major intersections | ||||
| East end |   US 74 /NC 41 near Lumberton | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | North Carolina | |||
| Counties | Surry;Forsyth,Guilford,Randolph,Montgomery,Richmond;Robeson | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Interstate 74 (I-74) is a partially completed part of theInterstate Highway System that is planned to run fromDavenport, Iowa, toMyrtle Beach, South Carolina. In the US state ofNorth Carolina, I-74 currently exists in three distinct segments; fromI-77 at theVirginia state line toUS Highway 52 (US 52) nearMount Airy, fromI-40 inWinston-Salem toUS 220 nearEllerbe, and fromUS 74 andUS 74 Business (US 74 Bus.) nearMaxton to US 74/North Carolina Highway 41 (NC 41) nearLumberton. I-74 has an extensiveconcurrency withI-73 fromRandleman to Ellerbe in thePiedmont. When completed, I-74 will link the cities of Mount Airy, Winston-Salem,High Point,Rockingham,Laurinburg, and Lumberton.
The 1991Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) authorized a new high priority transportation corridor fromMichigan to Myrtle Beach, originally to be I-73. Conflicts over the routing of I-73 led to a compromise in 1995 that created a proposed extension of I-74 fromCincinnati, Ohio, to Myrtle Beach. The first section of I-74 was completed on August 27, 1996, betweenSteeds andUlah. I-74 replacedNorth Carolina Highway 752 (NC 752) in 1998 near Mount Airy, and the entirety of the Mount Airy segment was completed by 2000. A segment of the Interstate was opened in 2008 between Maxton and Lumberton, creating the third segment of I-74 in North Carolina. In 2012, I-74 was extended from Ellerbe to Winston-Salem alongUS 311. The Piedmont segment was extended south in June 2013 and June 2018 in concurrency with I-73 and US 220 to Randleman.
As of September 27, 2018[update], there are a total of 124.91 miles (201.02 km) of I-74, broken in three segments across the state: theMount Airy,Piedmont Triad, andLaurinburg areas.[5]
The first section of I-74 begins at theVirginia state line (overlapped withI-77 for approximately four miles [6.4 km]). After separation, it goes east and connects toUS 52 nearMount Airy, where the first section ends.
I-74 is to be routed along US 52 from Mount Airy toRural Hall, where it will then separate onto the newWinston-Salem Northern Beltway and go east aroundWinston-Salem before connecting to existing I-74 south ofKernersville. Under a new accelerated construction plan for the Beltway,right-of-way acquisition began in 2012 and construction started in December 2014. Until construction is completed, travelers wanting to connect between the first and second section of I-74 should stay on US 52 through downtown Winston-Salem and then takeI-40 east to I-74 east towardHigh Point.[6]
The second section of I-74 extends from the intersection with I-40 in southeastern Winston-Salem to High Point. Until January 2019, this section of I-74 was concurrent withUS 311. This section was designated despite not having 10-foot (3.0 m) shoulders, with the promise that shoulders would be widened later. Signs were installed by August 2014. This section connects directly to another section,[7] called theHigh Point East Belt. It connects High Point with bothI-85 Bus. andI-85. Construction completed on June 7, 2013, extended the freeway an additional eight miles (13 km) toUS 220/I-73 at milemarker 86 inRandleman.[citation needed] The highway was originally to be completed by October 2012.[8]
I-74 joins with I-73/US 220 south in Randleman going south toAsheboro. The freeway is already completed but was not allowed to be signed as a full Interstate until the segment through Asheboro was converted toInterstate Highway standards in December 2013.[citation needed] The fourth section of I-74 (and I-73) starts along a bypass of Asheboro where a project to convert US 220 to Interstate standards was completed, and Interstate signs went up in 2012.[7][9]
I-74 continues concurrently with I-73 and US 220 between I-73 milemarkers 68 and 42 (26 mi or 42 km), the first section marked as I-74 (and I-73) in North Carolina in 1997. It continues south, bypassing the towns ofSeagrove,Biscoe, andCandor.Visitor centers (completed in 2010) are located eastbound and westbound at milemarker 61.[10] After exit 41, US 220 leaves the freeway and the route continues as I-73/I-74 for another 16 miles (26 km) towardRockingham. Though this part of I-73/I-74 was completed in 2008 and is up to Interstate standards, it was initially signed as a future Interstate route because it had not been accepted into the Interstate Highway System by theFederal Highway Administration (FHWA) by the time it was opened, necessitating the posting of future shields. This situation was remedied on July 7, 2011, when the FHWA approved the addition of this segment to the Interstate Highway System.[11] The route was finally signed as I-73 and I-74 in late 2013.[citation needed]
In late 2018, this segment was extended by 2.91 miles (4.68 km), from US 220/Haywood Cemetery Road to a partially completedtrumpet interchange on US 220 north of Rockingham. A bypass around Rockingham that connected to the US 74 bypass south of the town opened in late-January 2025.[12]
The Western Rockingham Bypass, from the US 74/US 74 Bus. interchange to US 220, nearEllerbe, has all right-of-way purchases completed along the proposed route. Construction on a 3.724-mile (5.993 km) section, along US 220 (south of Ellerbe), began in March 2014; with a contracted amount of $49.8 million (equivalent to $63.1 million in 2023[13]), it was completed in April 2018. The remaining sections of the new bypass were scheduled to start construction by late 2017; however, under reprioritization of construction projects announced in 2014, they were first removed from the list of projects to be started through 2024[14] then had funding restored with a construction date of 2022 in mid-2016.[15][needs update] In January 2017, however, the project, though still funded, was delayed four years due to a low score in prioritizing projects for the 2018–2027 NCDOT State Transportation Improvement Program.[16] On January 9, 2019, it was announced that the North Carolina State Transportation Improvement Program for 2020 to 2029 included connecting I-73 with US 74 six years sooner than planned.[17] A $146.1-million (equivalent to $172 million in 2023[13]) contract was awarded for the 7.2 miles (11.6 km) of four-lane freeway with "substantial completion" by late 2023.[18] The bypass was completed and opened to traffic on January 28, 2025.[19]
Future I-73 ends near theNC 38 exit where it is planned to be routed south into South Carolina. Future I-74 continues to the end of the freeway. Between Hamlet andLaurinburg is an at-grade expressway that will eventually be converted to Interstate standards.[citation needed] At Laurinburg, I-74 is to use theLaurinburg Bypass that was at the standard North Carolina freeway grade and signed as I-74 in 2008; however, theNorth Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) had to remove the signage the following year when the FHWA ruled against using them until the freeway was up to Interstate standards.
The third section of I-74 is officially named theAmerican Indian Highway; completed in 2008, this 19-mile (31 km) section stretches fromMaxton to south ofLumberton, connecting withI-95/US 301.[20] AfterNC 41, I-74 ends for the final time as the highway continues on as an at-grade expressway signed as US 74/Future I-74 Corridor.[citation needed]
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Future I-74 is to continue to follow US 74, going through the city ofWhiteville and bypassing the town ofLake Waccamaw. While there are no funded projects to convert the entire highway to Interstate standards, NCDOT is funding several smaller projects to replace intersections with interchanges for several of the remaining cross streets, including forNC 72/NC 130 north ofBoardman and replacing other intersections with grade separations, such as with Old US 74 nearEvergreen.[citation needed] An interchange at Boardman Road began construction on May 25, 2021, and opened in September 2023.[21][22] Two intersections at NC 72 and at NC 130 are planned to be converted into a single interchange and that project is scheduled to begin February 2023.[needs update] A third and fourth project, now combined, will build an interchange at Chauncey Town Road (SR 1735) and an overpass at Old Lake Road (SR 1740). Those projects were contracted on June 21, 2022, for an estimated cost of $44 million.[23] This would almost build a completed freeway to the NC 211 interchange in Bolton with one exception: the at-grade intersection at US 74/Creek Road (SR 2225) will be converted to an overpass in 2025 according to the NCDOT 2020–2029 STIP.[citation needed]
Before the town ofBolton, I-74 will separate from US 74 onto a proposed new freeway that will head southward, towardShallotte, then go west on the proposed extension ofSouth Carolina Highway 31 (SC 31; Carolina Bays Parkway) intoSouth Carolina. This entire section of I-74 is still under a feasibility study with several possible routing options; it thus may take years before reaching South Carolina.
Though the highway is commonly known as I-74 throughout the state, the highway does have other known names it uses locally in areas.
ISTEA initially authorized the new high priority transportation corridor 5, tentatively known asI-73, to travel fromMichigan toSouth Carolina.[citation needed] Because of several disputes to the routing, a compromise was reached in 1995, by SenatorJohn Warner and SenatorLauch Faircloth, that extended I-74 from its then current eastern terminus ofCincinnati to overlap I-73. (Original plans called for I-73 to run through Winston-Salem andMount Airy, but, when its alignment was shifted to serveGreensboro, North Carolina, instead, this compromise resulted in I-74 using the Winston-Salem to Mount Airy route.) InVirginia, I-74 would followI-77 intoNorth Carolina, while I-73 would go east toRoanoke then south alongUS 220 toward Greensboro.[26][27][28] However, when I-73 crossed a border between two states, the federal law authorizing the road required that the two states agree that their sections meet. Originally, both Carolinas selected a route running south fromRockingham. North Carolina had more money to spend on roads, though,[29] and, on May 10, 1995, theUS Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works approved North Carolina's plan for I-73 to run eastward to the coast and enter South Carolina atNorth Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.[30] Another compromise, between Faircloth and SenatorStrom Thurmond, agreed to have both Interstates enter South Carolina: I-73 south of Rockingham and I-74 south ofWilmington, North Carolina.[31][32] After later amendments and the 1998Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21), on July 25, 1998, theAmerican Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) accepted I-73/I-74 into the Interstate Highway System within the states of South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia.[citation needed]
The 12.6-mile (20.3 km) portion from south ofSteeds north to south ofUlah was completed August 27, 1996, and was the first road marked as I-74 (and I-73).[33] Future signage was also installed north to the Greensboro area.[34] The remainder of the 26 miles (42 km) of existing and new freeway between Ulah andCandor was also signed as I-73/I-74 along US 220.[citation needed] In 1998,NC 752, a freeway spur of I-77 was renumbered as the segment of completed I-74, from I-77 toUS 601. On June 30, 1999, the freeway was extended an additional five miles (8.0 km) toUS 52, south of Mount Airy. In April 2001, I-74 was overlapped with I-77 from theVirginia state line to exit 101.[citation needed]
In January 2008, a 16.8-mile (27.0 km) section of freeway was completed from Candor toEllerbe; however, it was signed Future I-73/I-74.[35] On November 22, 2010, a 14-mile (23 km) section (known as the East Belt) was added between North Main Street inHigh Point to Cedar Square Road nearGlenola. This also includes the 6.4-mile (10.3 km) section of new freeway that opened between I-85 Business Cedar Square Road.[36] On October 4, 2012, I-74 was extended west from High Point toI-40, inWinston-Salem.[37]
On June 7, 2013, I-74 extended eight miles (13 km) east onto new primary routing from Cedar Square Road to I-73/US 220, nearRandleman. Continuing in concurrency with I-73/US 220, it now connects two segments of the Interstate from Winston-Salem to Candor.
On September 26, 2008, a 19-mile (31 km) section of I-74/US 74 was opened betweenMaxton toNC 41 nearLumberton, known as the American Indian Highway.[citation needed] The Laurinburg Bypass was also resigned I-74/US 74 at the same time.[citation needed] By the middle of the following year, the Laurinburg Bypass was removed of its I-74 designation by NCDOT after a ruling from theFHWA (it was resigned as a Future I-74 Corridor). The reason was that the section, though a freeway by North Carolina standards, it was not up to Interstate standards. It was also at this same time that NCDOT fixed an exit number error along milemarkers 181 to 191.[citation needed]
 North Carolina Highway 752 | |
|---|---|
| Location | Pine Ridge |
| Length | 1.0 mi[38] (1.6 km) |
| Existed | 1994–1998 |
North Carolina Highway 752 (NC 752) was the designation of the four-lane limited-access highway that traversed fromI-77 toNC 89, nearPine Ridge. Established in 1994, it was a one-mile (1.6 km) freeway spur. In 1998, the freeway was extended toUS 601 and was renumbered as I-74. Its short four-year existence was simply to be a placeholder for I-74.[citation needed]
A western bypass of Rockingham is planned, beginning at the partially-builttrumpet interchange withUS 220 where I-73 and I-74 currently end and running southwest to the trumpet interchange betweenUS 74 andUS 74 Bus., which will be reconfigured to accommodate the new bypass. Construction was initially scheduled for 2026 but was rescheduled for late 2019 and was planned to last three years, costing $146.1 million;[39][40] however, the completion date was pushed back due to design changes and material shortages.[41] Upon completion of the bypass, I-74 will be designated along its length and along US 74 around Rockingham and Hamlet, terminating east of Hamlet at US 74 Bus.[42] The bypass will also carry I-73, which will terminate at the interchange with US 74 west of Rockingham until the section of I-73 extending into South Carolina is completed.[42] The bypass was completed and opened to traffic on January 28, 2025.[19]
Currently, three segments are proposed to be part of I-74 in the future. The first corridor is fromMount Airy toRural Hall, whereUS 52 is planned to be converted to Interstate standards.[43] The second is a proposed new freeway inColumbus andBrunswick counties would traverse fromWhiteville toSC 31 inSouth Carolina. The section ofUS 74 from the Rockingham–Hamlet Bypass to the Laurinburg Bypass is also planned to be converted to Interstate standards. However, all of these projects are currently flagged "Scheduled for Reprioritization", with no estimated cost or date established.[44][45][46][47][48]
 North Carolina Highway 74 | |
|---|---|
| Location | Winston-Salem |
| Length | 12.5 mi (20.1 km) |
| Existed | 2020–present |
TheWinston-Salem Northern Beltway is an under constructionfreeway loop around theNorth Carolina city ofWinston-Salem. The western section has been designated as NC 452, which will later become I-274 when completed, and the eastern section of the beltway is designated as NC 74, which will later become part of I-74 when completed.[49][50]
On September 7, 2011, North Carolina GovernorBev Perdue announced that construction of a part of the eastern leg of the beltway would begin in 2014. The section to be built connectsUS 158 toI-40 Bus. (nowUS 421/Salem Parkway). Right-of-way acquisition began in 2012 and cost $34 million (equivalent to $44.6 million in 2023[13]); construction was estimated to cost $156 million (equivalent to $205 million in 2023[13]).[51][52] Construction on the segment, Project U-2579B, commenced in December 2014,[6][52] with an anticipated completion date of November 2018.[citation needed] However, after delays, including an opening date of late 2019,[50] it was finally opened to traffic on September 5, 2020.[53]
Since then, funding has been allocated to complete the remaining sections of NC 74 betweenUS 52 and the current I-74 (formerly cosigned withUS 311), starting with the segment between US 311 and US 158, known as Project U-2579C, in October 2017.[citation needed] Construction on this segment began in 2018;[citation needed] this section has since opened to traffic effective December 23, 2020.[54]
That same year, a contract for the segment betweenNC 66 and US 311, Projects U-2579D, U-2579E, and U-2579F, was awarded. Actual construction began April 2019 and opened to traffic on November 7, 2022.[54][50][needs update] Next, construction on the segments between I-74 and US 421/Salem Parkway, Projects U-2579AA and U-2579AB, was scheduled to begin in 2020[54][6] and completed in 2024.[50] However, the projects were postponed due to the cash crunch caused by theCOVID-19 pandemic. The final contract was awarded on January 22, 2022, with construction beginning later that year. Its completion is now scheduled for 2026.[55] Construction on the interchange with US 52, which began in 2019,[56] was scheduled to be completed in mid-2023,[50] but was since been postponed again to around Thanksgiving 2023.[57] The southbound exit and northbound entrance from US 52 was opened to traffic on November 18, 2023; the rest of the interchange remains under construction.[58]
As of August 2024, the section between US 421 (Salem Parkway) near Kernersville and the current portion of I-74 nearUnion Cross is under construction.
NCDOT conducted a feasibility study in the early 2000s to determine how to extend I-74 fromWhiteville to theSouth Carolina state line. The routing of the study took I-74 eastward along US 74 until it reachedBolton, where it would turn southward west of the town on a new alignment parallel toNC 211. It would then turn southwestward atSupply and travel along the US 17 corridor before reaching the South Carolina state line. The study, which was completed in 2005, recommended building a four-lane freeway with interchanges and service roads along this corridor.[59] Since that time, several smaller projects have been completed, including several at-grade intersections being upgraded to interchanges. More recently, SCDOT and NCDOT have begun coordinating a study to extend theSC 31 (Carolina Bays Parkway) to US 17.[60]
| County | Location | mi | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surry | | 0.0 | 0.0 |  I-77 north –Wytheville | Western terminus of I-74 at theVirginia state line | ||
| Pine Ridge | 5.0 | 8.0 | 5 |  I-77 south –Statesville | West end of I-77 overlap | ||
| 5.6 | 9.0 | 6 |  NC 89 –Mount Airy | ||||
| | 7.8 | 12.6 | 8 | Red Brush Road | |||
| Mount Airy | 11.0 | 17.7 | 11 |  US 601 –Mount Airy,Dobson | |||
| 13.0 | 20.9 | 13 | Park Drive | ||||
| 17.0 | 27.4 | 17 |   US 52 north –Mount Airy | ||||
| Route transition from I-74 to Future I-74 | |||||||
| | 136 | Cook School Road | Existing interchanges ofUS 52 (conversion to Interstate standards, unfunded)[61] | ||||
| | 135 | West Main Street –Pilot Mountain | |||||
| Pilot Mountain | 134 |  NC 268 –Pilot Mountain,Elkin | |||||
| | 131 | Pilot Knob Park Road –Pilot Mountain State Park | |||||
| Stokes | | 129 | Perch Road –Pinnacle | ||||
| Forsyth | King | 123 | South Main Street –King,Tobaccoville | ||||
| 122 | Moore-RJR Drive | ||||||
| Rural Hall | 120 | Westinghouse Road | |||||
| 41B |  NC 65 –Rural Hall,Bethania | Completed in October 2019 (preliminary work for Northern Beltway project)[6][62] | |||||
| Winston-Salem | 41A |  US 52 south –Winston-Salem | Southbound exit and northbound entrance from US 52 opened to traffic on November 19, 2023; rest of the interchange still under construction | ||||
| Stanleyville | 42 |  NC 66 (University Parkway) | Segment currently designated as NC 74, opened on November 7, 2022[6][56][62] | ||||
| Winston-Salem | 43 |  NC 8 (Germanton Road) | |||||
| 45 | Baux Mountain Road | ||||||
| Walkertown | 49 |  US 311 (New Walkertown Road) | Segment currently designated as NC 74, opened on December 23, 2020 | ||||
| 50 |  US 158 (Reidsville Road) | Segment currently designated as NC 74, opened on September 5, 2020[6][62][53] | |||||
| Kernersville | 53 |   US 421 /NC 150 (Salem Parkway) | |||||
| | 55 | Kernersville Road | Under construction as of April 4, 2022 (contract awarded December 2021; scheduled completion in November 2026) | ||||
| Winston-Salem | 56 |  I-40 –Statesville,Greensboro | |||||
| 55.2 | 88.8 | Route transition from Future I-74 to I-74 | |||||
| 55 | I-40 –Statesville,Greensboro | Temporary designation of I-74; former west end of US 311 overlap; futureNC 192 | |||||
| 56.6 | 91.1 | 56 | Ridgewood Road | ||||
| Union Cross | 58.0 | 93.3 | 58 |   NC 192 west –Winston-Salem | Future interchange (contract awarded October 2022; also scheduled for completion in November 2026) | ||
| 58.9 | 94.8 | 59 | Union Cross Road | ||||
| | 60.3 | 97.0 | 60 | High Point Road | |||
| Horneytown | 63.0 | 101.4 | 63 | NC 66 –Kernersville | |||
| Guilford | High Point | 65.0 | 104.6 | 65 | North Main Street | ||
| 66.4 | 106.9 | 66 | Johnson Street | ||||
| 67.4 | 108.5 | 67 |   US 70 /NC 68 (Eastchester Drive) –High Point,Greensboro | ToPiedmont Triad International Airport andHigh Point University | |||
| 69.0 | 111.0 | 69 | Jamestown Parkway | ||||
| 70.3 | 113.1 | 70 | Martin Luther King Jr. Drive | Formerly named Kivett Drive[63] | |||
| 71.1 | 114.4 | 71A | East Green Drive | ||||
| 71.7 | 115.4 | 71B |  US 29 –Thomasville,Greensboro | ||||
| Archdale | 75.2 | 121.0 | 75 |  I-85 –Charlotte,Greensboro | |||
| Randolph | Glenola | 79.4 | 127.8 | 79 | Cedar Square Road | ||
| Sophia | 84.0 | 135.2 | 84 | Old US 311 –Randleman | |||
| Randleman | 86.8 | 139.7 | 86 |   I-73 north /US 220 north –Greensboro | North end of I-73/US 220 overlap; eastbound left exit | ||
| Asheboro | 87.9 | 141.5 | 79 | Pineview Street | |||
| 89.3 | 143.7 | 77 | Spero Road | ||||
| 90.7 | 146.0 | 76 |   ToUS 220 Bus. north / North Fayetteville Street / Vision Drive | ||||
| 91.5 | 147.3 | 75 | Presnell Street | ||||
| 92.4 | 148.7 | 74 |  NC 42 –Asheboro | Left exit; western terminus of NC 42 | |||
| 94.0 | 151.3 | 72 A-B | A:   US 64 Bus. east /NC 49 north –RaleighB: US 64 Bus. west /NC 49 south –Lexington,Charlotte | ToNorth Carolina Zoo | |||
| 95.1 | 153.0 | 71 | McDowell Road | ||||
| | 70 | US 64 –Raleigh,Lexington | |||||
| | 98.7 | 158.8 | 68 |  US 220 Bus. north /NC 134 south –Ulah,Troy | ToUS 220 Alt | ||
| | 100.9 | 162.4 | 66 | New Hope Church Road | ToNorth Carolina Zoo | ||
| Seagrove | 105.1 | 169.1 | 61 |  NC 705 –Seagrove,Robbins | |||
| | 108.4 | 174.5 | 58 | Black Ankle Road | |||
| Montgomery | Ether | 111.1 | 178.8 | 56 |  US 220 Alt. –Ether,Steeds | ||
| Star | 114.2 | 183.8 | 52 | Spies Road –Star,Robbins | |||
| Biscoe | 117.4 | 188.9 | 49 |   NC 24 /NC 27 –Biscoe,Carthage,Troy | |||
| Candor | 122.4 | 197.0 | 44 |  NC 211 –Candor,Pinehurst | |||
| Emery | 125.5 | 202.0 | 41 | US 220 south /US 220 Alt. north –Candor | South end of US 220 overlap | ||
| | 127.4 | 205.0 | 39 | Tabernacle Church Road | |||
| Richmond | Norman | 131.4 | 211.5 | 35 | Moore Street –Norman | ||
| | 133.2 | 214.4 | 33 |  NC 73 –Windblow,Plainview | |||
| | 136.5 | 219.7 | 30 | Haywood Parker Road | |||
| Ellerbe | 138.8 | 223.4 | 28 | ToNC 73 west / Millstone Road | |||
| | 141.5 | 227.7 | 25 | US 220 north –Ellerbe | |||
| | 23 | Dockery Road / Haywood Cemetery Road | |||||
| | 22 | US 220 south –Rockingham | |||||
| | 20 | Cartledge Creek Road | Opened January 28, 2025[14][19] | ||||
| | 16 | US 74 west /US 74 Bus. east –Monroe,Rockingham | |||||
| Route transition from I-74 to Future I-74 | |||||||
| | 308 | Galestown Road –Cordova | Existing interchanges ofUS 74; built to Interstate standards, not signed over lack of a connection to Interstate | ||||
| | 311 |  US 1 –Rockingham,Southern Pines,Cheraw | |||||
| | 316 |  NC 177 –Hamlet,Cheraw | |||||
| | 319 |  NC 38 –Bennettsville | |||||
| | I-73 south –Bennettsville | Future interchange (unfunded); future east end of I-73 overlap[64][65] | |||||
| | 320 |  NC 381 –Hamlet,Gibson | Existing interchanges ofUS 74; built to Interstate standards, not signed over lack of a connection to Interstate[44] | ||||
| | 321 | US 74 Bus. west –Hamlet | |||||
| Scotland | Laurel Hill |  NC 144 east (Old Wire Road) –Wagram | Existing interchanges ofUS 74 (conversion to Interstate standards, unfunded)[44] | ||||
| | 180.4 | 290.3 | 181 | US 74 Bus. –Laurinburg | |||
| | 181.2 | 291.6 | 182 |  NC 79 –Laurinburg,Gibson | |||
| Laurinburg | 182.8 | 294.2 | 183 |    US 15 /US 401 /US 501 north –Fayetteville,Aberdeen,Bennettsville | Existing interchanges ofUS 74 /US 501 (conversion to Interstate standards, unfunded) | ||
| 183.2 | 294.8 | 184 | US 15 Bus. /US 401 Bus. –Laurinburg | ||||
| 184.1 | 296.3 | 185 | US 501 south –Rowland,Myrtle Beach | ||||
| | 185.8 | 299.0 | 186 | ToUS 74 Bus. (Highland Road) –Laurinburg | Existing interchanges ofUS 74 (conversion to Interstate standards, unfunded) | ||
| | 186.6 | 300.3 | 187 | US 74 Bus. –Laurinburg,Maxton | |||
| | 189.4 | 304.8 | 190 | Airport Road –Laurinburg–Maxton Airport,Maxton | |||
| Robeson | Maxton | 190.8 | 307.1 | 191 |  NC 71 –Maxton,Red Springs | ||
| 194.0 | 312.2 | Route transition from Future I-74 to I-74 | |||||
| 194 | US 74 Alt. east /US 74 Bus. west –Maxton | Signed as 194A (west) and 194B (east) | |||||
| | 197.0 | 317.0 | 197 | Cabinet Shop Road | |||
| | 200.7 | 323.0 | 200 |  NC 710 –Pembroke,Red Springs | |||
| | 203.9 | 328.1 | 203 | Dew Road –Pembroke | |||
| | 207.9 | 334.6 | 207 | Back Swamp Road | |||
| Lumberton | 209.3 | 336.8 | 209 |   I-95 /US 301 –Lumberton,Fayetteville,Florence | Signed as 209A (south) and 209B (north) | ||
| 210.5 | 338.8 | 210 | US 74 Alt. west | ||||
| 213.1 | 343.0 | 213 | NC 41 –Lumberton,Fairmont | ||||
| 213.6 | 343.8 | Route transition from I-74 to Future I-74 | |||||
| | 219.4 | 353.1 | 219 | Broadridge Road (SR 2220) | Completed in November 2019; not currently signed as I-74 | ||
| | 223 |   NC 72 west /NC 130 west –Lumberton,Fairmont | Project contract let March 1, 2023; construction started May 2023; expected to be finished in December 2026; future west end of NC 130 overlap; future eastern terminus of NC 72 | ||||
| Columbus | Boardman | 225 | Old Boardman Road (SR 1506) | Interchange opened in September 2023; not currently signed as I-74 | |||
| Evergreen | 228.9 | 368.4 | 228 |  NC 242 (Haynes Lennon Highway) –Bladenboro,Cerro Gordo | The project was let in July 2010 and construction started on August 30, 2010. The interchange opened in September 2012; not currently signed as I-74; west end of freeway section | ||
| Chadbourn | 233.7 | 376.1 | 233 |  US 74 Bus. east /NC 130 east /NC 410 –Chadbourn,Bladenboro | Current interchanges ofUS 74. Interchange completed in 2012; not yet currently signed as I-74; east end of NC 130 overlap | ||
| 235.7 | 379.3 | 235 |  US 76 west –Chadbourn,Fair Bluff | Existing interchanges ofUS 74 /US 76 (conversion to Interstate standards, unfunded)[45][46] | |||
| | 238.5 | 383.8 | 238 | Union Valley Road | |||
| Whiteville | 241.4 | 388.5 | 241 |  US 701 –Whiteville,Clarkton | |||
| 244.3 | 393.2 | 244 |  US 74 Bus. /US 76 Bus. west toNC 214 east –Whiteville,Lake Waccamaw | ||||
| Hallsboro | 248.0 | 399.1 | 248 | Hallsboro Road (SR 1001) | Opened to traffic June 12, 2020; not currently signed as I-74 | ||
| Lake Waccamaw | 252.4 | 406.2 | 252 | Chauncey Town Road (SR 1735) | Roundabout interchange opened in October 2024; not currently signed as I-74 | ||
| | 258 | 415 | 258 | NC 211 –Clarkton,Bolton,Supply | Completed in November 2024; not yet signed as I-74 | ||
| Proposed Interstate 74 corridor fromUS 74/US 76 toUS 17/South Carolina state line viaBrunswick County (route unconfirmed)[45][46][47][48] | |||||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Media related toInterstate 74 in North Carolina at Wikimedia Commons Interstate 74 | ||
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