North Carolina - January 2, 2010
Cutting a new path through North Carolina from US 1 south of
Rockingham, up US 220 (and I-73/74) to Greensboro, then US 29 into
Virginia.
Our first welcome on US 1 North.
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And then a second welcome.
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Neat old Mountain Dew sign.
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We will cross but not get on the 74's here.
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We continue on US 1 to the southern terminus of US 220.
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Starting our way up US 220.
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Crossing Business 74.
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It's a strawberry shop that looks like a strawberry.
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It's not obvious to me why this stretch is still Future I-73/74 and
not the real thing yet.
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We'll get off here in search for gas. Being a new interstate
corridor, there's not much built up yet near most of the exits.
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So we head into town.
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Candor.
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You can get everything at Kristi's.
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Then back to 73/74.
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Here's the start of the actual I-73/74 stretch.
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Then a bit further north, they're "future" again.
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Lots of construction here for the new US 311 connection.
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And Future I-74 ends.
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And now it's just US 220 and Future I-73.
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Getting close to Greensboro and I-85.
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It seems very odd to me to route a business interstate along another
actual interstate.
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On the way out of Greensboro on this far-from-interstate-standard
stretch of freeway.
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Lots of work to do near Greensboro before this can become a reality.
But further north, the road is great.
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What else is up here?
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Just about to Virginia.
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