American Highway Code US Route 73 History
. U.S. Route 74, an east-west United States highway that runs for 524 miles (843 km) starting from Wrightsville Beach of North Carolina, to Chattanooga of Tennessee. It traverses southwestern North Carolina as the Great Smoky Mountains Expressway, a divided, partially-restricted highway.
. From west of Shelby to Wilmington, U.S. 74 is known as the Andrew Jackson Highway, named in honor of the seventh President of the United States. Among Chadbourn and Wilmington, U.S. 74 runs simultaneous with U.S. 76.
. Measurement of this highway (from Rockingham to Chadbourn) will be an extension of Interstate 74, which is projected to attach the Carolinas to the Midwest. When completed, this will be one of only two instances (along with proposed I-41 in Wisconsin) of similarly-numbered U.S. as well and Interstate routes being designated on the same road.
. In North Carolina, U.S. 74 is completely a limited access throughway between Waynesville as well as Mooresboro around a length of 90 miles. This section was fully accomplished in 1994, and moderately concurs with Interstate 40 along with Interstate 26. U.S. 74's previous alignment, which varies greatly from its current alignment, they have been given the designation of U.S. Route 74 Alternate.
. U.S. Route 74 provides the motivation for the song "Distraction #74" through the North Carolina rock band The Avett Brothers.
