U.S. 74 West - Laurinburg to Hamlet

Leading away from U.S. 15-401-501, U.S. 74 vacates the city of Laurinburg.
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A half diamond interchange (Exit 182) joins U.S. 74 west with NC 79 (Gibson Road) near Sandy Bottoms.
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Future Interstate 74 corridor sign posted ahead of the Turnpike Road (SR 1105) overpass along U.S. 74 west.
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NC 79 travels 8.71 miles west from U.S. 15-401-501 outside Downtown Laurinburg to become S.C. 79, west of Gibson. S.C. 79 extends the route another 9.2 miles to S.C. 9 outside Bennettsville.
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Reassurance marker for U.S. 74 posted ahead of the NC 79 (Gibson Road) overpass.
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U.S. 74 rejoins U.S. 74 Business at a wye interchange ahead of Elmore.
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U.S. 74 travels at-grade through Laurel Hill and Old Hundred west to the Hamlet bypass.
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An RCUT intersection links U.S. 74 with Elmore Road. Elmore Road (SR 1321) angles southwest to NC 79 at Springfield and northeast to Fieldcrest (SR 1303) and Laurel Hill Church Roads nearby.
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Halmet is 12 miles to the west via U.S. 74 and U.S. 74 Business. Rockingham is 21 miles away via U.S. 74 and I-73/74 to U.S. 1.
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Future I-74 Corridor sign posted ahead of Armstrong Road north to Laurel Hill Industrial Park.
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U.S. 74 meets the west end of NC 144 at the unincorporated community of Laurel Hill.
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Reassurance marker posted west of Old Wire Road (SR 1319) at Laurel Hill.
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U.S. 74 west of Fred Carter Road (SR 1363).
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Another Future I-74 corridor sign stands along U.S. 74 west of McEachin Road (SR 1347).
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Exit 321, where U.S. 74 Business separates for Hamlet and Rockingham, marks the next segment of Interstate 74.
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Removed after 2011, this westbound reassurance marker was posted after the intersection with Joes Creek Road (SR 1156).
12/21/08

U.S. 74 crosses the Richmond County line west ahead of Joes Creek.
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I-74/U.S. 74 travel 1.52 miles west through timberland from the Scotland County line to Exit 321.
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U.S. 74 Business west commences from a wye interchange at Exit 321.
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Removed by 2013, this reassurance marker appeared west of SR 1846, a short service road along eastbound U.S. 74.
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I-74/U.S. 74 bypass Hamlet and Rockingham to the south. U.S. 74 Business constitutes a 14.56 mile long loop from Steen Town near Exit 321 to Exit 306 west of Piney Grove.
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