Interstate 73-74 & U.S. 220 North - Montgomery County
Interstate 73 North & 74 West and U.S. 220 North
Curving northwest, the freeway spans a branch of the Naked Creek at this reassurance sign. Photo taken 12/21/08.
Candor is replaced with Asheboro as the next destination, despite it still being eight miles north. A frontage road passes over the freeway here that serves Reynolds Drive and other roads cut off from their connection to adjacent U.S. 220 Alternate. Photo taken 12/21/08.
Tabernacle Church Road joins the freeway near the community of Emery at Exit 22. Photo taken 12/21/08.
One mile south of the Exit 22 diamond interchange with Tabernacle Church Road. Photo taken 12/21/08.
U.S. 220 Alternate passes over Future Interstates 73 & 74 and U.S. 220 from the west on its path to Tabernacle Church Road and Emery. Photo taken 12/21/08.
Still along the Future section of Interstates 73 & 74 north, as the freeway leaves Exit 22. Photo taken 12/21/08.
U.S. 220 Alternate passes by the village of Emery and quickly encounters Future Interstates 73 & 74 and U.S. 220 again at Exit 24. Photo taken 12/21/08.
Back west of the freeway, U.S. 220 Alternate continues through the Candor community. Photo taken 12/21/08.
Northbound at the ramp departure of Exit 24 to U.S. 220 Alternate. U.S. 220 Alternate meets the east end of North Carolina 731 in two miles outside Candor. Photo taken 12/21/08.
The last Future Interstates 73 & 74 and U.S. 220 guide sign, posted within a stone's throw of the official Interstate beginning. Photo taken 12/21/08.
Conventional cut-out Interstate shields usher in the beginning of Interstates 73 & 74 along U.S. 220 north. Ironically the freeway reduces in standards from the newer Emery and Ellerbe bypass section onto the older original I-73/74 section. Photo taken 12/21/08.
34 miles south of Asheboro and 59 miles from Greensboro along Interstate 73 & 74 and U.S. 220 near the Center Baptist Church Road. Photo taken 12/21/08.
North Carolina 211 (Blake Street) connects Interstates 73 & 74 with central Candor at the next exit. Photo taken 12/21/08.
The freeway passes over the Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railroad ahead of the loop ramp to North Carolina 211 (Blake Street). North Carolina 211 joins Candor with Samarcand, Pinehurst, and Southern Pines to the east. Photo taken 12/21/08.
Northbound reassurance markers and mileage sign for Interstates 73 & 74 and U.S. 220 posted after the folded-diamond interchange with Blake Street. First photo taken 12/21/08. Second photo taken 12/21/08.
Meeting Interstates 73 & 74 next are North Carolina 24 & 27 at the community of Biscoe. The tandem head west to Uwharrie National Forest, Troy, and Morrow Mountain State Park. Photo taken 12/21/08.
The next six interchanges of Interstates 73 & 74 serve area potteries. North Carolina 24 & 27 follow Main Street east from Biscoe (junction U.S. 220 Alternate) to a diamond interchange with the freeway. Photo taken 12/21/08.
Passing over NC-1500, the freeway reaches the North Carolina 24 & 27 off-ramp to Biscoe. North Carolina 24 & 27 share a lengthy overlap east to Carthage and Cameron and west to Albemarle and Charlotte. Photo taken 12/21/08.
Interstate 73 north & 74 west and U.S. 220 northbound shield assembly posted after the diamond interchange with North Carolina 24 & 27 (East Main Street) at Biscoe. Photo taken 07/11/05.
Mileage sign posted on Interstate 73-74 & U.S. 220 north for Asheboro and Greensboro near the Auman Road overpass. The freeway through Montgomery County has grass shoulders. Photo taken 12/21/08.
Approaching the unsigned Exit 36 with Spies Road on Interstate 73-74 & U.S. 220 north. Spies Road travels west from the diamond interchange to U.S. 220 Alternate (Main Street) in Star. Star is home of the Montgomery County Airport. Photo taken 12/21/08.
Northbound at the Spies Road off-ramp, with the Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railroad passing overhead. Spies Road meanders east along side the railroad to Spies and Robbins. Photo taken 12/21/08.
Traveling the Interstate 73 north & 74 west and U.S. 220 northbound off-ramp to Spies Road. Photo taken 07/11/05.
Continuing north along Interstate 73 & 74 and U.S. 220 north the Dover Road overpass. Photo taken 12/21/08.
U.S. 220 Alternate crosses paths with Interstates 73 & 74 and U.S. 220 again between Ether and Steeds. Photo taken 12/21/08.
For some reason, U.S. 220 Alternate remains unsigned on Exit 39 guide signs. Instead a shield assembly mentions the designation to motorists here. Photo taken 12/21/08.
Exit 39 leaves the northbound freeway for U.S. 220 Alternate. The villages of Star and Ether lie within four miles to the south while Steeds is just one mile northeast. Photo taken 12/21/08.
Interstates 73 & 74 and U.S. 220 shields posted west of Steeds. Photo taken 12/21/08.
Black Ankle Road stems west from adjacent U.S. 220 Alternate to the Exit 41 diamond interchange. Photo taken 12/21/08.
Seagrove is the next community if significant along the Interstate 73 & 74 corridor north. Photo taken 12/21/08.
One half mile south of Black Ankle Road, a road that meanders west into rural forest along the Randolph County line. Photo taken 12/21/08.
Northbound at the Exit 41 off-ramp to Black Ankle Road. U.S. 220 Alternate remains close to the east en route to Seagrove. Photo taken 12/21/08.
More of the same in this northbound reassurance shield grouping. Photo taken 12/21/08.
Photo Credits:
2005-07-11 by AARoads. 2008-12-21 by AARoads.
