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==Route description== {{lengths table}} |- |[[Interstate 73 in South Carolina|SC]] || || |- |[[Interstate 73 in North Carolina|NC]] ||{{convert|101.1|mi|km|disp=table}} |- |[[Interstate 73 in Virginia|VA]] || || |- |WV || || |- |OH || || |- |MI || || |- |'''Total''' ||{{convert|101.1|mi|km|disp=table}} |} ===North Carolina===<!-- https://www.malmeroads.net/i7374nc/prog73.html is not a reliable source --> {{Main|Interstate 73 in North Carolina}} [[File:I-73 I-74 Tabernacle Church Road.jpg|thumb|I-73/I-74 toward [[Ellerbe, North Carolina|Ellerbe, NC]] in 2014]] {{As of|2025}}, I-73 begins northwest of [[Rockingham, North Carolina|Rockingham]], in a [[concurrency (road)|concurrency]] with [[Interstate 74 in North Carolina|I-74]] to north of [[Asheboro, North Carolina|Asheboro]]. I-73 and I-74 travel north through northern [[Richmond County, North Carolina|Richmond County]] and into eastern [[Montgomery County, North Carolina|Montgomery County]]. In Montgomery County, the Interstates pass between the county's eastern border and the [[Uwharrie National Forest]]. The freeway enters [[Randolph County, North Carolina|Randolph County]] and passes just west of Asheboro. In [[Randleman, North Carolina|Randleman]], I-74 splits northwest toward [[High Point, North Carolina|High Point]] and [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina|Winston-Salem]]. North of the I-74 split, I-73 passes over [[Randleman Lake]], a reservoir formed by the blocking of the [[Deep River (North Carolina)|Deep River]] and passes into [[Guilford County, North Carolina|Guilford County]]. Entering [[Greensboro, North Carolina|Greensboro]], it ends its concurrency with US 220 as it goes northwest along the [[Greensboro Urban Loop]] with [[U.S. Route 421 in North Carolina|US 421]] after a brief parallel with [[Interstate 85 in North Carolina|I-85]]. At its connection with [[Interstate 40 in North Carolina|I-40]], US 421 continues north (or geographically west) with I-40 to Winston-Salem, while I-73 continues and [[Interstate 840 (North Carolina)|I-840]] begins. At the [[Bryan Boulevard]] exit, I-73 separates from I-840, the latter continuing northeast along the loop. Meanwhile, I-73 turns westward, passing [[Piedmont Triad International Airport]] and continuing until it crosses [[North Carolina Highway 68|NC 68]]. The road then resumes its northward direction, stretching {{Convert|8|mi|km|spell=in}} before reconverging with US 220 near the [[Haw River, North Carolina|Haw River]].<ref name=PTI>{{cite news |url = http://www.greensboro.com/news/local_news/portion-of-i--in-guilford-county-opening-to-drivers/article_2270836a-3b42-11e7-9bb5-cb99c98e102c.html |title = Portion of I-73 in Guilford County opening to drivers |work = [[News & Record]] |date = May 17, 2017 |access-date = May 20, 2017 }}</ref> {{citation needed span|It then proceeds {{Convert|4|mi|km|spell=in}} further north along a newly widened stretch of US 220 to another interchange with NC 68 which was completed in December 2017 but not signed as I-73 until March 2018.|date=October 2023}}
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