{"id":42073,"date":"2021-12-01T16:54:42","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T21:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/?p=42073"},"modified":"2021-12-01T16:54:42","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T21:54:42","slug":"12-01-21-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/blog\/12-01-21-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"December 1, 2021 Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-slider-sc\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider fusion-aligncenter flexslider-hover-type-none fusion-slider-sc-cover\" data-slideshow_autoplay=\"1\" data-slideshow_smooth_height=\"0\" data-slideshow_speed=\"9000\" style=\"max-width:480px;height:320px;\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li class=\"image\"><a class=\"lightbox-enabled fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[slider_carousel_1]\" title=\"US 74 west at W.T. Harris Bl &#8211; Charlotte, NC\" data-caption=\"Independence Boulevard west at W.T. Harris Boulevard in Charlotte, North Carolina. 05\/31\/21\" data-title=\"US 74 west at W.T. Harris Bl &#8211; Charlotte, NC\" aria-label=\"US 74 west at W.T. Harris Bl &#8211; Charlotte, NC\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog_images\/southeast\/us-074-w-at-e-wt-harris-bl.jpg\" target=\"_self\"><span class=\"lazyload fusion-image-hover-element hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27480%27%20height%3D%27320%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20480%20320%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27480%27%20height%3D%27320%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog_images\/southeast\/us-074-w-at-e-wt-harris-bl-480x320.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-42081\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"image\"><a class=\"lightbox-enabled fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[slider_carousel_1]\" title=\"US 74 west at Idlewild Rd &#8211; Charlotte, NC\" data-caption=\"U.S. 74 transitions into a expressway with grade separations at Exit 248 for Idlewild Road. 05\/31\/21\" data-title=\"US 74 west at Idlewild Rd &#8211; Charlotte, NC\" aria-label=\"US 74 west at Idlewild Rd &#8211; Charlotte, NC\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog_images\/southeast\/us-074-w-at-idlewild-rd.jpg\" target=\"_self\"><span class=\"lazyload fusion-image-hover-element hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27480%27%20height%3D%27320%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20480%20320%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27480%27%20height%3D%27320%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog_images\/southeast\/us-074-w-at-idlewild-rd-480x320.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-42082\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"image\"><a class=\"lightbox-enabled fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[slider_carousel_1]\" title=\"US 74 west at Sharon Amity Rd &#8211; Charlotte, NC\" data-caption=\"NC 27 west combines with U.S. 74 (Independence Boulevard) west of the exchange with Sharon Amity Road. 05\/31\/21\" data-title=\"US 74 west at Sharon Amity Rd &#8211; Charlotte, NC\" aria-label=\"US 74 west at Sharon Amity Rd &#8211; Charlotte, NC\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog_images\/southeast\/us-074-w-at-sharon-amity-rd.jpg\" target=\"_self\"><span class=\"lazyload fusion-image-hover-element hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27480%27%20height%3D%27320%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20480%20320%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27480%27%20height%3D%27320%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog_images\/southeast\/us-074-w-at-sharon-amity-rd-480x320.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-42083\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"image\"><a class=\"lightbox-enabled fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[slider_carousel_1]\" title=\"US 74 west at Hawthorne Ln &#8211; Charlotte, NC\" data-caption=\"A new overpass was constructed for Hawthorne Lane over U.S. 74\/NC 27 at Exit 243 where the two routes split prior to 2021. 05\/31\/21\" data-title=\"US 74 west at Hawthorne Ln &#8211; Charlotte, NC\" aria-label=\"US 74 west at Hawthorne Ln &#8211; Charlotte, NC\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog_images\/southeast\/us-074-w-at-hawthorne-ln.jpg\" target=\"_self\"><span class=\"lazyload fusion-image-hover-element hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27480%27%20height%3D%27319%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20480%20319%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27480%27%20height%3D%27319%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog_images\/southeast\/us-074-w-at-hawthorne-ln-480x319.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"319\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-42084\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"image\"><a class=\"lightbox-enabled fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[slider_carousel_1]\" title=\"US 74 west at Charlottetowne Av &#8211; Charlotte, NC\" data-caption=\"U.S. 74\/NC 27 (Independence Boulevard) converge with I-277\/NC 16 east of Uptown Charlotte. 11\/20\/21\" data-title=\"US 74 west at Charlottetowne Av &#8211; Charlotte, NC\" aria-label=\"US 74 west at Charlottetowne Av &#8211; Charlotte, NC\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog_images\/southeast\/us-074-w-at-charlottetowne-av.jpg\" target=\"_self\"><span class=\"lazyload fusion-image-hover-element hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27480%27%20height%3D%27320%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20480%20320%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27480%27%20height%3D%27320%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog_images\/southeast\/us-074-w-at-charlottetowne-av-480x320.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-42085\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Continuing through the queue of photos in the Charlotte, North Carolina area, posted page for <a href=\"..\/..\/guides\/us-029-074-west-nc\/\">U.S. 29\/74 west from Charlotte to Belmont<\/a>. Added complete coverage of <a href=\"..\/..\/guides\/us-074-west-charlotte-nc\/\">U.S. 74 west along Independence Boulevard<\/a>, from I-485 in Matthews to I-277\/NC 16 by Uptown Charlotte. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncdot.gov\/projects\/us-74-express-lanes\/Pages\/default.aspx\">Proposed construction along the arterial portion of Independence Boulevard<\/a> will add a tolled Express Lane in each direction, add general travel lanes, and convert the roadway into a controlled access expressway. Potentially starting in 2024, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncdot.gov\/projects\/us-74-express-lanes-i-277\/Pages\/default.aspx\">separate project<\/a> will convert the bus lanes along Independence Boulevard from I-277 to west of Idlewild Road into tolled Express Lanes.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere around the Tar Heel State, updated <a href=\"..\/..\/guides\/us-176-nc\/\">U.S. 176<\/a> with 11 photos from Carter Buchanan at the town of Tryon, added six photos along <a href=\"..\/..\/guides\/nc-055\/\">NC 55<\/a> in the city of Durham and ten photos covering <a href=\"..\/..\/guides\/nc-127\/\">NC 127<\/a> north from NC 10 to Hickory.<\/p>\n<p>Reorganized pages for Future I-74\/<a href=\"..\/..\/guides\/us-074-nc\/\">U.S. 74<\/a> from Rockingham to Laurinburg and <a href=\"..\/..\/guides\/i-074-nc\/\">I-74<\/a>\/U.S. 74 from Maxton to Lumberton.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[267,1341],"tags":[1444,1337],"class_list":["post-42073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-north-carolina","category-updates","tag-north-carolina","tag-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}