Interstate 73
Interstate 73 is an intrastate interstate highway located entirely within the state of North Carolina . Its southern terminus is at Candor, North Carolina at an intersection with U.S. Highway 220 ; its northern terminus is at Greensboro, North Carolina at an intersection with Interstate 40 and Interstate 85 .
On February 11 , 2005 , the North and South Carolina Departments of Transportation came to an agreement over where I-73 (and I-74 ) would cross the state line. I-73 was shifted slightly east, from the former plans to put it at US 1 southwest of Rockingham, North Carolina , to the NC 38 /SC 38 crossing south of Hamlet, North Carolina . I-73 and I-74 would merge somewhere along the existing freeway southeast of Rockingham.[1]
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Eventually, I-73 is supposed to stretch from Michigan to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina , once construction is complete. In South Carolina , the highway will be parallel to U.S. Highway 501 and U.S. Highway 1 . In North Carolina , I-73 replaces US 1 around Rockingham, North Carolina , U.S. Highway 220 between Rockingham and Greensboro, NC 68 around Greensboro, and US 220 between Greensboro and the border with Virginia . In Virginia, I-73 will replace US 220 between the border with North Carolina and Roanoke, Virginia at I-81, overlap a part of I-81, and replace U.S. Highway 460 along a proposed "smart road".
In West Virginia , I-73 will follow U.S. Highway 52 between Bluefield, West Virginia and Huntington, West Virginia along the proposed King Coal Expressway. In Ohio , I-73 will parallel US 52 between Huntington, West Virginia and Portsmouth, Ohio and U.S. Highway 23 between Portsmouth, Ohio and Toledo, Ohio via Columbus, Ohio . Finally, in Michigan , I-73 will replace U.S. Highway 223 and U.S. Highway 127 via Adrian, Michigan , Jackson, Michigan , Lansing, Michigan , Mount Pleasant, Michigan , and Grayling, Michigan , where the highway will end.
Originally, I-73 was to start at Charleston, South Carolina .
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