Interstate 73

**The article "Interstate 73" is a *WORK IN PROGRESS!*.**
This page is still being worked on! Please bear with us! Thank you for waiting!

*Interstate 73 is a **unfinished** interstate, meaning things can change quickly. This page was last updated on November 24, 2023.*

## Junctions

### Junctions

US 158 near StokesdaleUS 220 in Summerfield
I-840 in Greensboro
 in Greensboro
 in Greensboro
US 421 in Greensboro
US 220 in Greensboro
 in Randleman
US 64 in Ulah
NC 27 in Biscoe

## Location

### States

**Current:** North Carolina**Future:** South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Michigan

## Route Information

### States

South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Michigan

### Junctions

**Myrtle Beach, SC to****Ellerbe, NC Segment**
 US 501 in Myrtle Beach, SC
I-140 in Wilmington, NC
US 76 in Chadbourn, NC
 US 74 in Lumberton, NC

**Stokesdale, NC to**
**Grayling, MI Segment**
US 1 in Rockingham, NC
US 220 from Rockingham, NC to Ellerbe, NC
 in Ellerbe, NC

**Interstate 73** currently runs from Ellerby, North Carolina to Stokesdale, North Carolina, but will one day go from Grayling, Michigan to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. It is also concurrent with US 220 for a majority of the route.

## Route Description as of 2023

I-73 currently begins in Ellerby, North Carolina, after becoming concurrent with I-74 and US 220. It then goes north, passing Candor, Biscoe, Ulah, Asheboro, and Randleman, then enters Greensboro. I-73 and US 220 split south of Greensboro, and I-73 meets I-85. It meets I-40 and US 421 near Greensboro, then becomes concurrent with I-840, and heads north towards GSO-PTI airport. It then breaks off with I-840 at Joseph M Bryan Blvd, with I-840 going around Greensboro as a bypass, and I-73 making a north loop around GSO-PTI Airport. It then meets NC 68, and continues north going through Stokesdale, and meeting US 158, then ends at US 220 and NC 68.

## Control Cities

 Asheboro
 Greensboro
 Martinsville [VA]
 PTI-GSO Airport, Martinsville [VA]
 Martinsville [VA]

## Future

 South Carolina
 North Carolina
 Virginia
 West Virginia
 Ohio
 Michigan

Future 73 is planned to run from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. This has been completed in some areas, most specifically in North Carolina. *Please note: this section of the article will **only** include the **unfinished parts**. If you wish to see the finished portions, please scroll up. I-73 will also be referred to as Future 73 for the Future section of the article.*

### South Carolina

Future 73 is incomplete in the entire state of South Carolina, however, Governor McMaster has showed support for I-73 through South Carolina and to Myrtle Beach. It is also likely that Future 74 will meet Future 73 in Myrtle Beach. Future 73 will be a very useful highway to South Carolina, as currently Myrtle Beach has no interstate connection whatsoever.

### North Carolina

Future 73 will enter North Carolina after leaving South Carolina, then shortly after, meets the current designation for I-74 and US 74 in Rockingham. It is unbuilt from the SC border to Rockingham, and not up to standards in Rockingham, and is not designated from Rockingham to Ellerbe. It is designated from Ellerbe to Stokesdale, but then turns into US 220 in Stokesdale, and enters Virginia south of Martinsville.

### Virginia

Future 73 will enter Virginia on the current US 220 corridor. Building Future 73 will be difficult in some areas due to businesses along US 220. US 220 between Ridgeway and Roanoke is already a four lane highway, but it is still at-grade. The Martinsville Bypass along US 58 is a controlled access divided highway, but could use some upgrades to interstate standards. Future 73 from Roanoke to Blacksburg is already up to interstate standards thanks to concurrencies with Interstates 581 and 81, as well as controlled access highway US 460 from Christiansburg to Blacksburg. It then becomes at-grade from Blacksburg to Glen Lyn, then enters West Virginia.

### West Virginia

Future 73 will enter West Virginia near Princeton, and continue west on US 460. The most of the corridor is urbanized. It passes Bluefield, WV, and switches from a US 460 to US 52 designation in Bluefield. Work on Future 73 has not yet started in West Virginia, and follows US 52 until Kenova. It will either cross the Ohio River in Kenova, or follow US 52 into West Huntington.

### Ohio

Future 73 will enter Ohio through the West Huntington Bridge, or a newly built bridge around Kenova. It will pass Burlington and South Point, then either follow OH 823 away from Portsmouth, or US 52 and US 23 through Portsmouth. Either way, Future 73 will switch from following US 52 to US 23. It will then follow US 23 to Columbus, and will likely follow I-71 through Columbus, then passes Columbus and continues to follow US 23 through Upper Sandusky and then merges with I-75 in Findlay. It then follows I-75, likely until I-475, where it will follow I-475 and US 23 into Michigan.

### Michigan

Future 73 will enter Michigan on US 23 and US 223. It will follow US 223 until Cement City, and then follow US 127, going up to Jackson, following a very short concurrency with I-94 around Jackson. It then follows US 127 up to Lansing, following I-496 and US 127 through Lansing, then continues up US 127 until Grayling, and then will meet up with I-75, and then you can follow I-75 up to the UP and Canada.