I-74/U.S. 74 East - Lumberton

Exit 191 leaves U.S. 74 east for NC 71 (Patterson Street) south to Downtown Maxton and north 11 miles to Red Springs. NC 71 ends opposite the beginning of NC 130, which drops south from Maxton to join U.S. 501 through Raemon and Rowland.

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Paralleling the Lumber River to Alma, U.S. 74 shifts southward from NC 71.

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Lumberton, seat of Robeson County, is 24 miles to the east via I-74 and I-95. Whiteville, east of where U.S. 76 joins U.S. 74, is 49 miles away.

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U.S. 74 Business transitions to U.S. 74 Alternate at the six-ramp parclo interchange (Exits 194A/B) with U.S. 74.

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Exit 194A provides return access to U.S. 74 Business west leading back to Maxton.

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U.S. 74 Alternate lines the original U.S. 74 alignment east 15.52 miles to the outskirts of Lumberton.

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Interstate 74 resumes along U.S. 74 east from Exit 194 to NC 41 at Exit 213.

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Wilmington (95 miles) reappears on this distance sign posted 48 miles from Whiteville.

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A diamond interchange (Exit 197) one mile ahead joins I-74/U.S. 74 with Cabinet Shop Road (SR 1166).

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Cabinet Shop Road (SR 1166) winds southwest through farm country from U.S. 74 Alternate and Recreation Center Road (SR 1354) to Kitchen Street Road (SR 1134).

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I-74/U.S. 74 traverse areas of timberland between Double Branch and Back Swamp over the next several miles.

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NC 710 and Interstate 74 come together next at a folded diamond interchange (Exit 200), three miles west of Pembroke.

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Exit 200 leaves I-74/U.S. 74 east for NC 710. The state route measures 20.31 miles in length from U.S. 501, near Rowland, to NC 71/211 in Red Springs.

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Continuing eastward, I-74/U.S. 74 span a CSX Railroad line.

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Whiteville is 42 miles to the southeast, followed by Wilmington at 89 miles.

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Dew Road (SR 1155) arcs northeast from U.S. 301 to meet I-74/U.S. 74 at a diamond interchange (Exit 203) in one mile.

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0.46 miles East from Exit 203, Dew Road (SR 1155) ties into Chicken Road (SR 1003), which provides a return route to Pembroke via NC 711.

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I-74/U.S. 74 bend eastward toward Lumberton ahead of Chicken Road (SR 1003).

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Back Swamp Road (SR 1164) forms an L-shaped route 1.92 miles south from U.S. 74 Alternate to former U.S. 301 (Hilly Branch Road).

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A diamond interchange joins I-74/U.S. 74 with Back Swamp Road (SR 1164) at Exit 207.

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I-74/U.S. 74 east converge with I-95/U.S. 301 at a cloverleaf interchange (Exits 209A/B).

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U.S. 301 was realigned to overlap with I-95 between Exit 10 and 14 in 1984. Former U.S. 301 along SR 1207 (Hilly Branch Road) remains in service for local traffic between U.S. 74 Alternate and I-95 at Exit 10.

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Hilly Branch Road (SR 1207) appears a half mile beyond these shields for I-74/U.S. 74 east. Portions of old U.S. 301 were realigned to circumvent the footprint of the exchange joining I-74/95.

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Exit 209A leaves I-74/U.S. 74 east for I-95/U.S. 301 south. Both routes travel to Florence, South Carolina.

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Incorporated in the Interstate system by 1961, I-95 north through Lumberton follows the original U.S. 301 bypass. U.S. 301 parallels as a local route north from the city to Fayetteville while Interstate 95 stays eastward to Rocky Mount.

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U.S. 74 Alternate concludes at a diamond interchange (Exit 210) with I-74/U.S. 74, one half mile east of I-95.

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Dallas Road (SR 2317) appears alongside I-74/U.S. 74 by this shield assembly. Construction of I-74 cut off Dallas Road from U.S. 74 (Alternate) to the north, so it was realigned eastward to provide continuity.

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Exit 210 departs I-74/U.S. 74 east for U.S. 74 Alternate west. Crawford Road (SR 2539) extends southward from the U.S. 74A to Greenville Road (SR 2419).
Originally a diamond interchange connected U.S. 74A and I-95 just to the west. This exchange was removed when I-74 was built.

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Frontage roads accompany both sides of I-74/U.S. 74 between U.S. 74 Alternate and NC 41.

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NC 41 leads northeast from upcoming Exit 213 to Downtown Lumberton.

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NC 41 heads south from the diamond interchange at Exit 213 seven miles to the town of Fairmont. Overall the state route runs 141 miles from S.C. 41 at the state line near Marietta to U.S. 70, south of Cove City.

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Interstate 74 ends just east of the exchange with NC 41.

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Whiteville is 27 miles ahead in Columbia County. Wilmington remains over an hour away.

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U.S. 74 continues as a limited access route another six miles. Old Kingsdale Road (SR 2210) passes over the freeway along this stretch.

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A $7.5 million project replaced the intersection with Broadridge Road (SR 2220) with a diamond interchange (Exit 219). Work commenced on April 12, 2018 and was completed in Fall 2019.¹

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Broad Ridge Road (SR 2220) meets U.S. 74 at Exit 219 near Juniper and Shelley Bays. U.S. 74 continues along an expressway southeast to the Whiteville bypass freeway.

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