I-74/U.S. 74 West - Hamlet to Rockingham

I-74/U.S. 74 pass over a CSX Railroad line one mile ahead of Exit 320 to NC 381.

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Rockingham is 12 miles away via I-74/U.S. 74 west and U.S. 1 north. Asheboro is 73 miles to the north along I-73/74.

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NC 381 provides one of three connections to Hamlet from the bypass freeway. Forming a multi state route with S.C. 381, NC 381 extends 10.62 miles north from the state line to U.S. 74 Business.

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Westbound at the folded diamond interchange (Exit 320) with NC 381. MSR 381 leads 8.4 miles south to NC 79 in the town of Gibson.

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Continuing west, I-74/U.S. 74 pass under Old Gibson Road (SR 1615) one mile from the diamond interchange (Exit 319) with NC 38 (Louis Breeden Boulevard).

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Previously posted Future I-74 shields were removed along the Hamlet bypass after 2013. The first assembly appeared west of Old Gibson Road (SR 1615), where this sign for I-74/U.S. 74 stands.

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NC 38 is a continuation of S.C. 38 north from U.S. 501 near Marion, which overall comprise part of a route to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and the Grand Strand.

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MSR 38 parallels the future Interstate 73 corridor south toward Marion, South Carolina. NC 38 ends 1.82 miles mile north of Exit 319 at U.S. 74 Business (E Hamlet Avenue).

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The succeeding exit along U.S. 74 west is with NC 177 in two miles.

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West of Exit 319, an industrial park was built along the north side of I-74/U.S. 74 along parallel Freeman Mill Road (SR 1812).

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NC 177, like NC 381, follows a CSX Railroad corridor southward from Hamlet into South Carolina. S.C. 177 extends southwest to S.C. 9 at Wallace.

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NC 177 runs 16.32 miles from the state line north to U.S. 1 at Rockingham Speedway near Marston. Connections with S.C. 9 and U.S. 1 lead south to Cheraw.

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Battley Dairy Road (SR 1900) passes over I-74/U.S. 74 west of this sign assembly.

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U.S. 1 heads 16.1 miles south from the parclo interchange at Exit 311 to S.C. 9 near Cheraw, South Carolina.

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North from Exit 311, U.S. 1 passes through Jefferson Park in East Rockingham 1.13 miles to the northbound beginning of U.S. 220. U.S. 1 leads into Downtown Rockingham while U.S. 220 bypasses to the west.

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U.S. 1 represents a major route northeast from Rockingham to Pinehurst, Southern Pines and the Research Triangle. South into the Palmetto State, U.S. 1 combines with U.S. 52 through Cheraw en route to Columbia.

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I-74/U.S. 74 parallel Rocky Branch west from the exchange with U.S. 1.

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Monroe is 43 miles away, followed by Downtown Charlotte in 69 miles.

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U.S. 74 spans a CSX Railroad line and Hitchcock Creek one mile from the diamond interchange at Exit 308 with Zion Church and Galestown Roads (SR 1109).

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Zion Church Road winds 0.91 miles north from the Cordova community to U.S. 74 near a large quarry. Eastward Galestown Roads runs 2.12 miles to Midway Road (SR 1124) near Yates Hill.

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Zion Church Road (SR 1109) south leads onto 1st Street in the community of Cordova.

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Under construction from November 2019 to January 28, 2025, the Rockingham Bypass segment of I-73/74 ties into U.S. 74 at the exchange (Exit 306) joining I-74/U.S. 74 with U.S. 74 Business west of Piney Grove and West Rockingham.

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U.S. 74 Business through Rockingham concludes a 15.34 mile long course west at a trumpet interchange (Exit 306 A) with U.S. 74. U.S. 74 extends west to Wadesboro and the tolled Monroe Expressway near Marshville.

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U.S. 74 Business constitutes a rural four lane highway east into West Rockingham. The business route transitions into a five lane boulevard ahead of U.S. 220 near Downtown Rockingham.

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