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==Route description== {{lengths table|length_ref=<ref name=fhwa />}} |- |[[Interstate 74 in Iowa|IA]] ||{{convert|5.36|mi|km|disp=table}} |- |[[Interstate 74 in Illinois|IL]] ||{{convert|220.34|mi|km|disp=table}} |- |[[Interstate 74 in Indiana|IN]] ||{{convert|171.54|mi|km|disp=table}} |- |[[Interstate 74 in Ohio|OH]] ||{{convert|19.47|mi|km|disp=table}} |- |[[Interstate 74 in West Virginia|WV]] || || |- |[[Interstate 74 in Virginia|VA]] || || |- |[[Interstate 74 in North Carolina|NC]] ||{{convert|124.91|mi|km|disp=table}} |- |[[Interstate 74 in South Carolina|SC]] || || |- |'''Total''' ||{{convert|{{#expr:5.36+220.34+171.54+19.47+124.91}}|mi|km|disp=table}} |} ===Iowa=== {{Main|Interstate 74 in Iowa}} [[File:2022 I-74 Bridge 02.jpg|thumb|right|The [[I-74 Bridge]] over the [[Mississippi River]] between [[Bettendorf, Iowa]], and [[Moline, Illinois]]]] In the state of [[Iowa]], I-74 runs south from [[Interstate 80|I-80]] for {{convert|5.36|mi|km}} before crossing into [[Illinois]] on the [[I-74 Bridge]]. North of the [[Mississippi River]], I-74 bisects [[Bettendorf, Iowa|Bettendorf]] and [[Davenport, Iowa|Davenport]]. ===Illinois=== {{Main|Interstate 74 in Illinois}} [[File:Murray Baker Bridge from Caterpillar Lot, Peoria, Illinois.jpg|thumb|right|[[Murray Baker Bridge]] over the [[Illinois River]] in Peoria, Illinois]] In the state of Illinois, I-74 runs south from [[Moline, Illinois|Moline]] to [[Galesburg, Illinois|Galesburg]]; from this point, it runs southeast through [[Peoria, Illinois|Peoria]] to the [[Bloomington–Normal]] area and [[Interstate 55|I-55]]. I-74 continues southeasterly to the [[Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area]], intersecting [[Interstate 57|I-57]]. The Interstate then runs east past [[Danville, Illinois|Danville]] at the Illinois–[[Indiana]] state line. [[U.S. Route 150]] (US 150) parallels I-74 in Illinois for its entire length, save the last few miles on the eastern end (in Danville, when US 150 turns south on [[Illinois Route 1]] (IL 1)), where it parallels [[U.S. Route 136|US 136]]. ===Indiana=== {{Main|Interstate 74 in Indiana}} In the state of Indiana, I-74 runs east from the Illinois state line to the [[Crawfordsville, Indiana|Crawfordsville]] area before turning southeasterly. It then runs around the city center of [[Indianapolis, Indiana|Indianapolis]] along [[Interstate 69|I-69 ]] and [[Interstate 465|I-465]]. Once I-74 reaches the southeast side of Indianapolis, it diverges from I-69 and I-465 and continues to the southeast. It then enters [[Ohio]] at [[Harrison, Ohio|Harrison]]. ===Ohio=== {{Main|Interstate 74 in Ohio}} In the state of Ohio, I-74 runs southeast from the Indiana border to the western segment's current eastern terminus at [[Interstate 75|I-75]] just north of [[Downtown Cincinnati]]. It is also signed with [[U.S. Route 52|US 52]] for its entire length. While planned to continue through [[West Virginia]] and [[Virginia]] to the I-74 section in North Carolina, the route remains unsigned or [[List of gaps in Interstate Highways|unbuilt]] past [[Cincinnati]]. At this point, I-74 would follow US 52 or more likely follow [[Ohio State Route 32|State Route 32]] (SR 32), east from Cincinnati. ===North Carolina=== {{Main|Interstate 74 in North Carolina}} In the state of [[North Carolina]], {{As of|2025|alt=as of January 2025}}, I-74 exists in several segments, starting with a concurrency with [[Interstate 77|I-77]] at the Virginia border. This includes the most western portion from I-77 to US 52 just south of [[Mount Airy, North Carolina|Mount Airy]], a segment first opened to traffic as a bypass of [[High Point, North Carolina|High Point]] then extended west to [[Interstate 40|I-40]] east of [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina|Winston-Salem]] and east to [[Interstate 73|I-73]] near [[Randleman, North Carolina|Randleman]], then another along the southern segment of I–73 and [[U.S. Route 220|US 220]] from just north of [[Asheboro, North Carolina|Asheboro]] to northwest of [[Rockingham, North Carolina|Rockingham]], and finally a more eastern segment that runs from [[Laurinburg, North Carolina|Laurinburg]] to an end at [[North Carolina Highway 41|NC 41]] near [[Lumberton, North Carolina|Lumberton]].{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} The latest segment to be signed, from I-40 to High Point, occurred after the federal government approved signing this section as I-74 in mid-2013, despite the highway not being up to current [[Interstate Highway standards]]. It was uncertain why the [[Federal Highway Administration]] (FHWA) made an exception, but this might have been the result of a misinterpretation when a state highway administrator asked for Interstate designation for another section and "Future Interstate" for the section already completed that did not meet standards.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mistaken Identity|last=Young|first=Wesley|work=[[Winston-Salem Journal]]|date=August 29, 2014}}</ref>
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