Talk:Interstate 74
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[edit] Note:
Parts of I-74 are finished in North Carolina
[edit] Exit list
Exits are numbered from west to east, in accordance with AASHTO guidelines.
| # | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 5 |  Interstate 77 south - Statesville |
I-77 joins westbound and leaves eastbound; exit number signed westbound only (I-74 east takes exit 101 from I-77 south) |
| 6 | NC 89 - Mount Airy | |
| 8 | Red Brush Road | |
| 11 |  U.S. Highway 601 - Mount Airy; Dobson |
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| 13 | Park Drive | |
| 17 |  U.S. Highway 52 north - Mount Airy |
US 52 joins eastbound and leaves westbound; exit number signed eastbound only (I-74 west takes exit 140 from US 52 north) |
Other existing parts in NC are also I-73, except along US 74.
[edit] This looks useful
[1] --SPUI (T - C) 02:11, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Renaming article
See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject U.S. Interstate Highways#Interstate 74. --MPD01605 (T / C) 17:36, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
- There was some talk at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject U.S. Interstate Highways/Archive2#Interstate 74 but nothing was resolved. I'm thinking of splitting this into Interstate 74 (west) and Interstate 74 (east) as proposed, since there is no way that the two pieces of I-74 will be connected in the near future. This isn't like the old days, when Interstates were discontinuous all over the place; Ohio and West Virginia are not going to build I-74 unless something changes majorly.
- I also created I-73/74 North-South Corridor for general information about the entire I-73 and I-74 corridors. --NE2 00:38, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
- The only problem I see is that there isn't substantiative information to warrant an I-74 East article that isn't already part of an article... The thing that keeps me with this is that West Virginia is kind of building some interstate freeway, and plans to, and even has signs up for future routes. Unless a lot of new information comes up that warrants two separate articles, I-74 should be fine, and individual state articles can make up the rest. --MPD01605 (T / C) 01:09, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
- West Virginia is building a surface road, not a freeway. The road is marked "I-73/74 North-South Corridor", but will not be able to carry Interstate shields unless it is rebuilt. --NE2 05:34, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
- The only problem I see is that there isn't substantiative information to warrant an I-74 East article that isn't already part of an article... The thing that keeps me with this is that West Virginia is kind of building some interstate freeway, and plans to, and even has signs up for future routes. Unless a lot of new information comes up that warrants two separate articles, I-74 should be fine, and individual state articles can make up the rest. --MPD01605 (T / C) 01:09, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Proposed Midwest extension
Don't know if anyone "important" reads this, but has it ever been considered to upgrade Indiana Route 1 and its connector to US-50/I-275 to freeway status? Then I-74 could be routed along the upgraded Route 1 from Indiana Exit 164 to I-275 Exit 16, then I-275 through Kentucky, and finally Ohio Route 32 on its way to North Carolina. This provides freeway access to Perfect North ski resorts, seems more viable for long-distance truck traffic than the Kentucky "outer-belt" alternative, allows for development in Central Ohio, and requires no new construction by Kentucky (which is working on I-66 already). Make sense?
Alternatively, if the Lawrenceberg interchange reconstruction is not feasible, I-74 could cut southeast from its current Ohio route just east of the Great Miami River (about milepost 8), skirting the western border of Cincinnati through some very sparsely populated areas. (The rest of current I-74 would be renamed I-674.)The new I-74 would cross the Ohio River just east of Addyston, and join I-275 just east of Hebron, KY. From there, it would multiplex with I-275, crossing back into Ohio, and then leave around milepost 64 along the preferred "middle route" to finally join current OH-32 and Appalachian Corridor D toward West Virginia and the Carolinas. 65.27.233.132 02:38, 28 October 2006 (UTC)DAP
