I'm back for my annual review of what's happened over the past year with construction of I-73, I-74 and your other favorite new and future interstates of North Carolina, and a preview of what's to come in 2020: 2019 was a slow year for I-73. The only news was the letting of the contract to build the I-73/I-74 Rockingham Bypass in October. According to the NCDOT Construction Progress Report listing, work has not started on project as of the end of the year. Sign plans published with the contract letting show that I-73 will initially end at the US 74 interchange when the project is completed around 2023, and that only the first two exits will receive new I-73 exit numbers: Work to complete I-73 at its northern and southern ends is still waiting for action by Virginia and South Carolina. A project to upgrade the US 311 interchange along US 220 in Rockingham County, which was suspended this past fall due to NCDOT budget problems, has been now been given the green light...
Because every road has a story.