Seg. #	Current Route Signage	Segment Location	Needed to Complete:	Work to Start*:	Completion Date**:
1		US 220 from Virginia Border to NC 68	Upgrade Highway to Interstate Standards	After 2033	--
2		US 220 from NC 68 to near Haw River	Complete	--	March 2018
3		NC 68-US 220 Connector to NC 68 & 'I-73 Connector'	Complete	--	May 2017
4		'I-73 Connector' and Bryan Blvd from NC 68 to Greensboro Urban Loop	Complete	--	July 2, 2017 Loop to PTI Airport- Jan. 2009
5		Greensboro Urban Loop from Bryan Blvd. to US 220***	Complete	--	February 2008
6		US 220, from Greensboro Urban Loop to  I-74 Interchange near Randleman	Complete****	--	December 2013
7		US 220, from I-74 Interchange near Randleman to North of SR 1364, Asheboro	Complete****	--	December 2013
8		US 220 from North of SR 1364 in Asheboro to South of NC 134/Business 220, Ulah	Complete2	--	October 2012
9		US 220 from US 220 Business, Ulah to US 220A near Emery	Complete1	--	May 1997
10		US 220 Ellerbe Bypass, from US 220A near Emery to South of Ellerbe	Complete 3	--	January 2008
11*	--	Rockingham Bypass, from South of Ellerbe to US 74	Upgrade US 220 and Construct New Bypass Freeway	US 220 June 2018	Bypass Fall 2025
12		US 74 from US 220 Rockingham Bypass to near NC 38 exit	Complete	--	November 2000
13	--	NC 38 exit from US 74 Rockingham Bypass to SC State Line	Construct New Freeway	After 2033	--

* Updated with New Content or Information as of April 21, 2024.
Color Key: Complete, Under Construction, Not Listed in Current STIP
* Dates from NCDOT's State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) 2024-2033 (June 2023) and are subject to change. The STIP lists projects funded from 2024 to 2033. Those not appearing in the STIP thus have an assumed starting date after 2033.
** For completed and under construction projects only.
*** Construction of the Western part of the Greensboro Loop was not specifically an I-73 project,  it was signed I-40/I-73 or Future I-73/I-840 though when it was opened, then I-40 was returned to its original route in September 2008, the SW section is now signed I-73/US 421 south of I-40.
**** While the project to completely upgrade US 220 to Interstate Standards was unfunded and thus not set to start until after 2023, NCDOT received a waiver to have these segments signed as a full interstate after the I-73/74 Asheboro construction project (I-73 Segment 8) was completed in December 2012, new exit signing was put up by October 2013, interstate signing was completed in early December 2013.

1. Though the road is signed as I-73/74 work is still needed on widening the shoulders on part of it to meet interstate standards, this project was to start in 2011, but has been shifted to after 2027 in the 2018-2027 STIP, and then only for the section from NC 211 south to Alt. US 220. NCDOT does have a project funded in FY 2013 to upgrade the signing along this stretch to interstate standards.

2. There is a remaining project to improve interchanges and bridges in this segment, NCDOT was not required by the FHWA to complete these improvements though for the route to be signed I-73/I-74.

3. Though built to interstate standards, this segment was not made part of the Interstate system until work to upgrade US 220 to interstate standards through Asheboro was complete. Though the exit signs were updated to interstate standards in the summer of 2013, the project also called for putting up official I-73 and I-74 signage (and removing US 220 signs), this was completed in December 2013.

I-73 and Future I-73 shields courtesy of  David R. Kendrick's Shield's Up!

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