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==Future== Long-range plans call for I-74 to continue east and south of Cincinnati to North Carolina using SR 32 from Cincinnati to [[Piketon, Ohio]], and then the proposed I-73 from [[Portsmouth, Ohio]], through [[West Virginia]] (along parts of current [[U.S. Route 52|US 52]] and [[West Virginia Route 108|WV Route 108]]) to I-77. It would then follow I-77 through [[Virginia]] into North Carolina, where I-74 splits from [[Interstate 77|I-77]] near the Virginia state line and runs eastward to northwest US 52, which it will eventually follow to [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina|Winston-Salem]], then through [[High Point, North Carolina|High Point]] to I-73. I-73 and I-74 [[overlap (road)|overlap]] to [[Rockingham, North Carolina|Rockingham]].{{citation needed|date=October 2023}} In 1996, the [[American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials]] (AASHTO) approved the signing of highways as I-74 along its proposed path east (south) of I-81 in [[Wytheville, Virginia]], where those highways meet Interstate Highway standards. North Carolina started putting up I-74 signs along its roadways in 1997. {{As of|2008|12}}, I-74 is proposed to follow the path of I-77 through the state of Virginia but remains unsigned from the West Virginia border to the North Carolina border.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}} === Ohio === The 1991 plan to build [[Interstate 73|I-73]] soon included an extension of I-74 from where it ended in [[Hamilton County, Ohio|Hamilton County]] to I-73 at [[Portsmouth, Ohio]], possibly along [[Ohio State Route 32|SR 32]].<ref>{{cite news|title=I-73 Plan Would Link I-74 with Ohio 32|last=Hunter|first=Ginny|work=[[The Cincinnati Post]]|date=March 28, 1991|page=1}}</ref> In November 1991, [[United States Congress|Congress]] passed the $151-billion (equivalent to ${{Formatprice|{{inflation|US-GDP|151000000000|1991}}}} in {{Inflation/year|index=US-GDP}}{{Inflation/fn|index=US-GDP}}) [[Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act]] (ISTEA) that included the [[I-73/74 North-South Corridor]] and made I-73 a priority and included an extension of I-74 from Hamilton County to I-73 at Portsmouth.<ref>{{cite news|title=Congress Puts I-74 on Fast Lane to Coast|last=Condo|first=Adam|work=The Cincinnati Post|date=November 30, 1991|page=7A}}</ref> On August 31, 1992, the [[Ohio Turnpike Commission]] passed a resolution to study making the extension of I-74 a toll road. Congress had authorized paying for 80 percent of the cost, but the state would have to pay the remainder of the $56 million (equivalent to ${{Formatprice|{{inflation|US-GDP|56000000|1992}}}} in {{Inflation/year|index=US-GDP}}{{Inflation/fn|index=US-GDP}}).<ref>{{cite news|title=Linkup May Take Toll|last=Penix|first=Len|work=The Cincinnati Post|date=September 17, 1992|page=1}}</ref> The Ohio Turnpike Commission proposed that the extension run along SR 32;<ref>{{cite news|last=Penix|first=Len|date=September 21, 1995|title=State: No new I-74 leg Project could use Ohio 32 instead|page=1|work=The Cincinnati Post}}</ref> while Representative [[Jim Bunning]] of [[Kentucky]] wanted the road to begin in the west as part of a greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky bypass, returning to Ohio near [[Maysville, Kentucky]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Dias|first=Monica|date=March 26, 1998|title=I-74 extension through N. Kentucky is still alive|page=6A|work=The Cincinnati Post}}</ref> === West Virginia === {{see also|U.S. Route 52 in West Virginia}} {{As of|2009|10}}, I-74 remains unbuilt in the state of [[West Virginia]]. The [[West Virginia Department of Transportation]] (WVDOT) is currently upgrading the [[U.S. Route 52 in West Virginia#Tolsia Highway|Tolsia Highway]] to four lanes but not to Interstate Highway standards. It was estimated that improving US 52 to Interstate standards in West Virginia would cost $2 billion (equivalent to ${{Formatprice|{{inflation|US-GDP|2000000000|1991}}}} in {{Inflation/year|index=US-GDP}}{{Inflation/fn|index=US-GDP}}).<ref>{{cite news|title=Police Close to Arrest in N. Limestone Slaying|work=[[Lexington Herald-Leader]]|date=June 10, 1991|page=B2}}</ref> Still, by 1994, improvements to US 52 were planned, and future plans called for I-73 to follow that route. The I-74 extension seemed more certain.<ref>{{cite news|title=Interstate System in Ohio to Grow|last=Harris|first=Sheryl|work=[[Akron Beacon Journal]]|date=April 18, 1994|page=A1}}</ref> === North Carolina === [[File:I73-I74End-Ellerbe.jpg|thumb|right|200px|I-73/I-74 end near Ellerbe, North Carolina]] A section of I-74 in North Carolina is currently under construction. This is the eastern half of the [[Winston-Salem Northern Beltway]]. The proposed path of I-74 east of I-95 in North Carolina is still being debated. The current plan takes the route along [[U.S. Route 74|US 74]] to [[North Carolina Highway 211|NC 211]] near [[Bolton, North Carolina|Bolton]] then south along [[U.S. Route 17|US 17]] to near the [[South Carolina]] border. These sections are not currently proposed to be built perhaps for another 20 to 30 years. The [[North Carolina Turnpike Authority]]—at the request of officials in Brunswick County—are studying whether a toll road could get the section of I-74 in that county built faster.<ref name=Seg17>{{cite web |last= Malme |first= Robert H. |year= 2015 |url= http://www.gribblenation.net/i7374nc/i74seg17.html |title= I-74 Segment 17 |work= Gribble Nation |access-date= May 30, 2015}}{{self-published source|date=February 2017}}</ref>{{self-published inline|certain=yes|date=February 2017}} Starting around [[Laurinburg, North Carolina|Laurinburg]] and [[Maxton, North Carolina|Maxton]] and to the east, I-74 runs concurrent with US 74. This was the first time that a [[U.S. Route]] and Interstate Highway with the same number have been designated on the same highway.<ref name="Seg16">{{cite web|last=Malme |first=Robert H. |year=2009 |url=http://web.duke.edu/~rmalme/i74seg16.html |title=I-74 Segment 16 |access-date=November 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008000208/http://web.duke.edu/~rmalme/i74seg16.html |archive-date=October 8, 2011 |url-status=dead }}{{self-published source|date= August 2012}}</ref>{{self-published inline|certain=y|date= August 2012}} A similar situation occurred more recently in June 2015 when [[Wisconsin]] started routing [[Interstate 41|I-41]] along the route of [[U.S. Route 41|US 41]]. ===South Carolina=== {{main|South Carolina Highway 31}} On February 11, 2005, the [[North Carolina Department of Transportation]] (NCDOT) and [[South Carolina Department of Transportation]] (SCDOT) came to an agreement over where I-74 (and I-73) would cross the border between the two states. It was decided that I-74 would cross the line as a northern extension of [[South Carolina Highway 31]] (SC 31). SC 31 is being used a temporaily placeholder designation until the I-74 from North Carolina connect the South Carolina proposed route. I-74 is then proposed to end south of [[Myrtle Beach, South Carolina|Myrtle Beach]] at [[South Carolina Highway 707|SC 707]]. In the 1990s, both I-73 and I-74 were to end at [[Georgetown, South Carolina|Georgetown]] but funding cannot allow for the possible extensions to Georgetown or Charleston.{{citation needed|date=August 2012}} In November 2019, both NCDOT and SCDOT released maps of where I-74 could go to from South Carolina to North Carolina.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}
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