Interstate 74 West - Randleman to Winston-Salem

Heath Dairy Road (SR 1511) spans Interstate 74 two miles southeast of Old US Highway 311 (SR 1009) to Sophia.

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Interstate 74 west travels solo for the first time in North Carolina between Randleman and Winston-Salem.

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Northwest from I-73, Interstate 74 travels 15 miles to High Point and 38 miles to Winston-Salem.

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Plainfield Road (SR 1518) crosses I-74 northward en route to Old US Highway 311. Prior to 2018, U.S. 311 extended 2.6 miles southeast to I-73/U.S. 220 at south Randleman.

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Entering the folded diamond interchange (Exit 84) with Old US Highway 311 (SR 1009) north to Sophia and New Market.

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I-74 west and U.S. 311 north previously overlapped from Exit 84 to Interstate 40 at Winston-Salem.

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High Point is 12 miles further northwest along I-74. The freeway bypasses the city en route to Winston-Salem (35 miles).

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Two miles south of the parclo interchange (Exit 79) with Cedar Square Road (SR 1928) along Interstate 74.

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Cedar Square Road links I-74 with adjacent Old Highway 311 (SR 1009) at Glenola. SR 1009 continues northwest to become Main Street across the city of Archdale.

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I-74 northwest to Cedar Square Road at Glenola opened to traffic on June 7, 2013. The succeeding stretch to High Point was completed on November 22, 2010.

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Interstate 74 turns northward from Glenola to bypass Archdale over the next several miles.

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A directional cloverleaf interchange (Exit 75) joins I-74 with Interstate 85 in two miles.

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Interstate 85 joins the Piedmont Triad with Charlotte to the southwest as part of a nearly 237 mile course across the Tar Heel State.

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Westbound I-74 enters the southwestern corner of Guilford County just ahead of the NC 62 overpass.

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NC 62 straddles southern reaches of Guilford County from Julian and Climax westward to enter Archdale nearby. Exit 75A joins a collector distributor roadway along I-85 south ahead of an exchange with NC 62.

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Exit 75B joins a c/d roadway for Interstate 85 north to Greensboro, Burlington and Durham.

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A loop ramp (Exit 75A) follows onto Interstate 85 south to Archdale, Thomasville, Lexington and Salisbury.

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I-74 expands to six overall lanes through the exchange with Interstate 85, but reduces back to four beyond it.

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Curving west, I-74 advances toward a three level interchange (Exit 71) with U.S. 29.

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U.S. 29 follows a 1950s-built expressway southwest from I-73/85 at Greensboro to High Point and Thomasville en route to Lexington.

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Ramps linking I-74 and U.S. 29 meet at-grade as part of the three level interchange at Exit 71B.

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The diamond interchange (Exit 71A) with E Green Drive overlays the exchange with U.S. 29.

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E Green Drive (SR 1300) extends west from Triangle Lake Road (SR 1193) and Interstate 74 to Downtown High Point.

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The ensuing exit is with Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive (SR 1113). Kivett Drive east to U.S. 29 in High Point was renamed to honor MLK on January 1, 2016.¹

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Three lanes continue north over Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive and an adjacent Norfolk Southern Railroad. MLK Drive parallels the railroad line west from Exit 70 to Downtown High Point.

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive heads east from the folded diamond interchange (Exit 70) with I-85 to an industrial park, the Melborne Heights neighborhood and an exchange with U.S. 29.

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A fourth lane opens westbound from Exit 70 to Exit 69.

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Passing under Cedrow Drive, Interstate 74 west approaches the diamond interchange (Exit 69) with Greensboro Road (SR 1486) and Jamestown Parkway east.

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Greensboro Road joins Jamestown with Lexington and Montieu Avenues west to High Point University. Exit 67 follows in 1.5 miles with NC 68 (Eastchester Drive) to Interstate 40 at Greensboro.

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The freeway turns northwest and crosses Boulding Branch after Exit 69.

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The third northbound lane drops to Exit 67 for NC 68 (Eastchester Drive). NC 68 travels 30.7 miles north from Thomasville to Piedmont Triad International Airport (PTI) and U.S. 220 northeast of Stokedale.

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Exit 67 departs Interstate 74 west for NC 68 (Eastchester Drive). The 2004 portion of the High Point bypass meets the 1997 section of freeway at this six-ramp parclo interchange.

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Curving west, Interstate 74 span an arm of Oak Hollow Lake on the half mile approach to Exit 66 with Johnson Street.

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Johnson Street comprises a four lane arterial south to NC 68 (Eastchester Drive). Northward from Exit 66, Johnson Street spans Oak Hollow Lake on a causeway to several subdivisions and Sandy Ridge Road (SR 1850).

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I-74 advances west to N Main Street (former U.S. 311 and later U.S. 311 Business), as the 1997 bypass meets the 1984 freeway linking north High Point with Winston-Salem.

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Decommissioned in 2010, U.S. 311 Business was designated when U.S. 311 shifted to the High Point bypass to the east in 1997. U.S. 311 Business followed Main Street south to Downtown High Point and Archdale. Two wye interchanges (Exit 65) link I-74 with N Main Street at Old Plank Road.

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A parclo interchange (Exit 63) joins I-75 with NC 66 at Horneytown one mile beyond the SR 1009 entrance ramp from N Main Street.

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I-74 crosses the Forsyth County line at Skeet Club Road (SR 1820). NCDOT successfully petitioned FHWA in April 2012 to redesignate Future I-74/U.S. 311 between High Point and Winston-Salem as Interstate 74.²

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NC 66 begins at Exit 63 and meanders north to Kernersville. SR 2775 (Highway 66 S / Horneytown Road) extends south from the exchange.

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Interstate 74 passes just north of a large quarry between NC 66 and Pine Meadow Drive (SR 2622).

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High Point Road (SR 1003), the former alignment of U.S. 311 through southeastern Forsyth County, crosses paths with the freeway at a diamond interchange (Exit 60).

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High Point Road (SR 1003) heads west from Exit 60 to Union Cross and east to Teaguetown.

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Union Cross Road (SR 2643) extends southwest from Salisbury Street in Kernersville to I-40 at Exit 201 and a six-ramp parclo interchange (Exit 59) with Interstate 74.

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Interstate 74 reassurance sign posted ahead of the Hastings Road (SR 2687) overpass.

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Exit 59 departs the westbound freeway to Union Cross Road. Union Cross Road (SR 4614) continues west from Wallburg Road nearby to NC 109 (Thomasville Road) while Wallburg Road (SR 2691) branches south to NC 109 at Wallburg.

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Interstate 74 stays just south of High Point Road (SR 1003) to Muddy Creek.

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Downtown Winston-Salem is eight miles to the northwest via I-40 and U.S. 52/NC 8.

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Forthcoming Ridgewood Road (SR 2698) connects Union Cross Road (SR 4614) with High Point Road (old U.S. 311).

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Entering the diamond interchange (Exit 56) with Ridgewood Road (SR 2698) on Interstate 74 west.

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A wide trumpet interchange joins Interstate 74 west with I-40 at Exit 55.

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The I-74 mainline defaults onto Interstate 40 west to Winston-Salem and Statesville. A single lane ramp (Exit 55) connects with I-40 east to Kernersville and Greensboro.

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Prior to 2018, U.S. 311 continued west from I-74 onto I-40 to U.S. 52/NC 8 north into Downtown Winston-Salem.

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Interstate 40 originally followed the alignment of U.S. 421 along Salem Parkway (former Business Loop I-40) across the city of Winston-Salem. I-40 was relocated southward onto a freeway bypass in 1992.

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Roadway stubs and grading were designated the exchange joining I-40 and I-73 for an unbuilt extension of the freeway northwest.

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