Interstate 74 Descriptions - I74.mobi

 

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Iowa:
In the state of Iowa, Interstate 74 runs south from Interstate 80 for 5.36 miles (8.63 km) before crossing into Illinois on the I-74 Bridge. North of the Mississippi River, I-74 bisects Bettendorf and Davenport.

Illinois:
In the state of Illinois, Interstate 74 runs south from Iowa to Galesburg; from this point it runs southeast through Peoria to the Bloomington-Normal area and Interstate 55. I-74 continues southeast to the Champaign-Urbana area, intersecting with Interstate 57. The interstate then runs east past Danville at the Illinois-Indiana state line. U.S. Route 150 parallels Interstate 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 1), where it parallels U.S. Route 136.

Indiana:
In the state of Indiana, Interstate 74 runs east from the Illinois state line to the Crawfordsville area before turning southeast. It then runs around the city center of Indianapolis along Interstate 465. It then enters Ohio west of the city of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Ohio:
In the state of Ohio, Interstate 74 runs southeast from the Indiana border to the western segment's current eastern terminus at Interstate 75 just north of downtown Cincinnati. It is also signed with U.S. Route 52 for its entire length.

The unbuilt portion of Interstate 74 in Ohio is expected to be routed along Ohio State Route 32, U.S. Route 23, and U.S. Route 52 for most of its length. However, the routing for the segment through Cincinnati, connecting Interstate 75 to Ohio State Route 32, remains a matter of dispute. A likely scenario has Interstate 74 running with northbound Interstate 75 from Exit 4 to Exit 7, then turning east along short Ohio State Route 562, known as the Norwood Lateral Expressway, for the three miles to Interstate 71. However, building a connection between Interstate 71 and the western terminus of Ohio State Route 32 at U.S. Route 50 would pose some difficulty: the most direct route, two-lane Ohio State Route 561, runs through several densely populated neighborhoods.

North Carolina:
In the state of North Carolina, as of December 2007 a western segment of Interstate 74 runs from Interstate 77 to US 52 just south of Mount Airy, again as the southern segment of Interstate 73 and U.S. Route 220 from just north of Asheboro to south of Candor, and finally a more southern segment running from Laurinburg to a temporary end at NC 710 near Pembroke.