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  Interstate 73 @ Interstate-Guide.com
Interstate 73 is a new freeway first planned in 1991 as part of High Priority Corridor 5 as defined by the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA).
Interstate 73 in its entirety is part of High Priority Corridor 5: I-73/74 North-South Corridor.
Interstate 73 is planned to parallel U.S. 220 from the North Carolina State Line north to Roanoke, replacing Interstate 581.
www.interstate-guide.com /i-073.html   (2595 words)

  
 NCRoads.com: I-73
I-73 is currently signed along the U.S. 220 freeway from the town of Candor in Montgomery County north to I-40 exit 218.
I-73 was authorized by the same 1991 Federal bill that laid the foundation for I-74 in North Carolina.
Interstate 73 would, in theory, run through the length of Rockingham County along with or near U.S. Much of 220 through the county is already a 4-lane road with grade crossings.
members.cox.net /ncroads/interst/ih073.html   (1421 words)

  
 Northern Corridor | I-73 Environmental Impact Study   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Interstate 73 would link I-95, and areas west, with one of the nation's fastest-growing tourist destinations.
Interstate 73 would support economic growth and regional competitiveness for the State of South Carolina.
I-73 would fulfill Congressional intent that the new route would become part of our nation's interstate system as a controlled access facility.
www.i73insc.com /northern.shtml   (415 words)

  
 California @ WestCoastRoads - California 73   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
California 73 is the Foothill Corridor, a privately-constructed toll road that begins in Laguna Nigel at Junction Interstate 5, then heads northwest through Laguna Hills and skirting the city of Irvine.
California 73 between Interstate 5 and the first exit (Greenfield Drive) does not require a toll, so motorists may use California 73 to reach Greenfield Drive without having to pay.
After departing from Interstate 405, this trailblazer points the way south on California 73 toll road as an alternate route south to San Juan Capistrano and Interstate 5 to San Diego.
www.westcoastroads.com /california/ca-073.html   (1124 words)

  
 High Priority Corridors @ AARoads.com: Interstate 73/74 (Corridor 5)
Interstate 73 is part of a long-standing plan (from the 1960s) to construct an Interstate Highway facility along the U.S. 27-127 corridors through Central Michigan.
From Myrtle Beach, Interstate 73 and Interstate 74 was originally planned to run tandem to their terminus in Charleston via U.S. The change in the terminus for Interstate 73 came about because of local opposition in the Charleston area, which is already served by Interstate 26.
Interstate 74 will provide a link to Portsmouth, Ohio; from there eastward, it would have to be part of an extended Interstate 68 to bypass Interstate 70 to the south.
www.aaroads.com /high-priority/corr05.html   (15569 words)

  
 Road to Ruin: Interstate 73 (VA)
Interstate 73 (I-73) is proposed as a federal highway connecting Sault Ste.
I-73 would pave a four-lane freeway through the center of the Oak Hill settlement and literally pave over the stream where Oak Hill practices its traditional outdoor baptisms.
In addition, the route chosen for I-73 in Virginia would destroy thousands of acres of prime farmland, forests, and habitat for shrinking populations of songbirds, native wild plants, and animals, and all known habitats of the Roanoke logperch, a federally-endangered fish, would be affected.
www.taxpayer.net /road2ruin/roads/i73va.htm   (587 words)

  
 I-73
The I-73 Corridor Location Study estimated that I-73 will increase economic activity in Montgomery County (including Blacksburg and Christiansburg) by between 0.43 and 2.70 percent; that's $1.82 to $11.49 million of additional taxable sales each year, $2.81 to $17.73 million of additional AGI, and 600 to 3,800 additional jobs over 20 years ("Executive Summary").
On February 11, 1997, the Roanoke Times reported that state transportation officials estimated the cost for the construction of I-73 from Roanoke to the North Carolina to be $800,000,000 (Dead End Homepage).
Interstate 73 will enter the state from the north on US 220 near Eden in Rockingham County.
ebbs.english.vt.edu /exper/mosser/classes/comp/i-73.html   (1766 words)

  
 Southern Environmental Law Center - Coasts and Wetlands: Interstate 73 and 701 Connector
SELC is working in partnership with several groups to ensure the South Carolina portion of this proposed interstate from Detroit to Myrtle Beach avoids serious environmental damage to the state's fragile wetlands and wildlife habitat.
In an earlier feasibility study completed in 2003, SCDOT identified a route for I-73 that would end west of the town of Conway (the pink line on the map) as the least costly alternative.
SELC and CCL are not opposed to a routing of I-73 that connects to the Conway Bypass and uses existing highway corridors as much as possible.
www.southernenvironment.org /cases/I-73/casepage.htm   (478 words)

  
 I-73 study - UrbanPlanet.org
I-73 should really parallel US 52 from the NC/SC line towards I-26 around North Charleston since I-74 is likely of going to Myrtle Beach anyways.
The required environmental studies for I-73 are under way, but work on the section west of I-95 was on hold until there was an agreement on the connection point.
CONWAY - Preliminary possible corridors for Interstate 73 were unveiled Thursday showing it taking seven suggested paths between Interstate 95 and S.C. But planners stress these corridors, to be shown at public meetings March 8 in Dillon and March 10 in Myrtle Beach, still are preliminary.
www.urbanplanet.org /forums/index.php?showtopic=5619   (3093 words)

  
 South Carolina I-73 Association - About Us
Formed in late 2003, the South Carolina I-73 Association is a nonprofit membership organization (tax ID number 54-2139709) focused on working to secure the construction of a vital corridor for the eastern United States – I-73.
Today, the interstate system is the nation's safest section of highways, provides people with the mobility they need to access communities, jobs, schools, and recreation, and is the most critical transportation element of the nation's economy, according to The Road Information Program (TRIP), a nonprofit organization that promotes positive transportation policies.
Travel on the interstate system increased by 38 percent from 1991 to 2001, seven times the rate at which additional capacity was added.
www.i-73sc.com /about_us.htm   (393 words)

  
 Ohio Interstate 73/74 Corridor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The NHS was established to focus federal resources on loads that are most important to interstate travel and national defense; roads that connect with other modes of transportation; and roads that are essential for international commerce.
If existing travelers were traveling on an interstate instead of U.S. 23 and S.R. 32, travel time savings would amount to $62 million to $98 million per year.
It is expected that the GL/MAC will serve to further stimulate interstate travel between the Upper Midwest (Michigan and northeastern Indiana) and the southeastern United States (West Virginia and the Carolinas) in addition to providing upgraded transportation facilities to a significant portion of Ohio.
www.roadfan.com /i73ohioa.html   (2255 words)

  
 Interstate 73 Public Meetings in Dillon on Tuesday, March 8, and in Myrtle Beach on Thursday, March 10   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Interstate 73 Public Meetings in Dillon on Tuesday, March 8, and in Myrtle Beach on Thursday, March 10
The meetings are designed to inform the public on the most current information regarding the new interstate and to allow individuals to provide input during the Environmental Impact Study (EIS) phase of the project.
I-73 is a highway of National and Regional Significance, which will ultimately extend from Myrtle Beach to Sault Ste.
www.scdot.org /ArtMan/publish/printer_326.shtml   (275 words)

  
 BREDL Transportation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The Virginia portion of I-73 is seen as one segment of an interstate highway to extend from Michigan to South Carolina.
Therefore, the planned conversion of lands may very well be an indication not that the development will occur regardless of the interstate, but rather that the interstate is already expected and development plans have already been spurred by that expectation.
Clearly, the interstate is anticipated by all of the localities and has been considered in their planning.
www.bredl.org /transportation/Corps_I-73_comments.htm   (2752 words)

  
 Chamber pushing I-73 - Martinsville Bulletin
Securing approval of the proposed Interstate 73 is the Martinsville-Henry County Chamber of Commerce’s top legislative priority this fiscal year.
Interstate 73’s route would stretch through Henry County to the North Carolina line, mostly along the U.S. 220 corridor.
She found out that VDOT signed a “programmatic agreement” — essentially a memorandum of understanding — about I-73 that was sent to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), which also signed it, she said.
www.martinsvillebulletin.com /article.cfm?ID=3946   (721 words)

  
 2002 CFR Title 9, Volume 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Interstate shipment for immediate slaughter from quarantined or nonquarantined areas; conditions under which permitted.
Interstate shipment of exposed but not visibly diseased cattle from a quarantined or nonquarantined area; conditions under which permitted.
Interstate shipment of undiseased cattle from quarantined area; when permitted.
www.access.gpo.gov /nara/cfr/waisidx_01/9cfr73_01.html   (122 words)

  
 I-73: Picking a path
A: VDOT says interstates are supposed to connect population centers, and not necessarily follow the most direct route.
The cost of building a new Interstate 73 in Virginia is currently estimated at $1.4 billion by VDOT.
A: It's one of three options VDOT is studying for I-73, along with a no-build option and constructing a new interstate highway.
www.roanoke.com /roatimes/future73/faq.html   (878 words)

  
 Interstate 73 and 74 in North Carolina in Photos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Interstate 73 and 74 in North Carolina in Photos
From belts and loops in Raleigh, Charlotte, and Greensboro to the widening of various state and US highways, there always seems to be a road being improved here.
The Interstate 73 and 74 Corridors and Construction is nothing different.
www.gribblenation.com /ncpics/7374   (159 words)

  
 OKRoads -- Florida Trip -- U.S. 220 North Carolina
U.S. 220 goes from U.S. 1 in Rockingham, North Carolina, to NY 17 (future Interstate 86) in Waverly, New York.
Note: Pictures from the Interstate 73 part of U.S. 220 in central North Carolina are on the Interstate 73 page.
U.S. 220 North/NC 73 East at NC 73 East.
www.okroads.com /florida/us220nc.html   (276 words)

  
 Localities agree on general path for Interstate 73 - Roanoke.com
See the possible changes to the Blue Ridge Parkway from U.S. Plans for Interstate 73 cleared a major hurdle this week when a group of localities, government agencies and an advocacy group agreed to its general path from Roanoke to North Carolina.
Government officials in Franklin and Henry counties welcomed the news, saying that I-73 will relieve increasing traffic problems on U.S. "It's a road that I think is just very important to our transportation future," said Wayne Angell, chairman of the Franklin County Board of Supervisors.
Arnold Covey, the county's director of community development, said he knows I-73 is also planned for that stretch, but that it could be decades before it's built.
www.roanoke.com /news/roanoke/wb/86826   (759 words)

  
 VA Legislature: HJR 153 - 10/8/98   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
He explained that, because the interstate system has been "completed," there is no longer a separate amount of federal interstate system construction money available to support I-73's construction.
If built, I-73 will be funded as a part of the National Highway System, on the basis of an 80/20 federal/state match, instead of the 90/10 match that applied to earlier interstate system construction.
VDOT's I-73 project coordinator brought the committee up to date on the department's study in advance of a decision of whether and where to build I-73 in Virginia.
dls.state.va.us /pubs/legisrec/1998/HJR153.HTM   (700 words)

  
 I-73 moves ahead - Martinsville Bulletin
Virginians for Appropriate Roads, a Franklin County group opposed to I-73, and Roanoke City and Roanoke County also were invited to sign the agreement because of their expressed interest in it.
She said she does not see how the federal government will commit to funding the project if it is not assured by the General Assembly that the state will be willing to make a financial contribution in the future.
She said if people want I-73 to happen, they also need to talk to their legislators and make it clear they need to reach an agreement on transportation.
www.martinsvillebulletin.com /article.cfm?ID=5207   (794 words)

  
 NC and SC Agree on New Interstates - UrbanPlanet.org
You could also argue that interstate access to Wilmington and the eastern part of NC could help that section of the state economically.
The interstate will also pass through the Pee Dee region of SC, which is the most economically depressed area in the state.
The reason for an interstate from Wilmington to Charlotte is economical.
www.urbanplanet.org /forums/index.php?showtopic=8699   (2269 words)

  
 I-73 North Carolina Progress Page
I-73 is to be routed upon it, however, when projects north of Greensboro are completed.
**** While the project to upgrade I-73 is unfunded and not set to start until after 2013, NCDOT hopes to get a waiver to have these segments signed as a full interstate when the Asheboro construction project is completed.
Though the road is signed as I-73/74 work is still needed on widening the shoulders on part of it to meet interstate standards.
www.duke.edu /~rmalme/prog73.html   (264 words)

  
 Interstate 73/74 Multiplex
Currently the multiplex has three designations, 'Future' I-73/74 which runs from Level Cross to Asheboro, Interstate 73/74 from south of Asheboro to the end of the current US 220 freeway near Emery, and finally 'Future Interstate 73/74 Corridor' from Emery to the US 74 freeway in Rockingham.
NC may have already posted Future 73 Corridor signs when this page was first published in March of 2002.
Interstate 74 in the Sandhills: Rockingham to the SC Line
www.gribblenation.com /ncpics/7374/7374.html   (430 words)

  
 I-73 Environmental Impact Study   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Interstate 73 is the designation given to a new interstate highway that is planned to run from Michigan to South Carolina.
Interstate 73 is the most important new proposed construction project in the state!
The Northern Project will tie to Interstate 73/74 in the Rockingham/Hamlet, North Carolina region and run south across the South Carolina/North Carolina state line through Marlboro and Dillon Counties to a connection with Interstate 95.
www.i73insc.com   (654 words)

  
 Appalachian Regional Commission Development Corridors
Future Aspirations: Corridor D between Cincinnati and Junction Ohio 73 is part of the Mid-Atlantic High Priority Corridor and is legislatively defined as Future Interstate 74.
Future Aspirations: Interstate 68 is currently proposed to be extended from its current western terminus at Interstate 79 in Morgantown to meet Interstate 70 near Wheeling via U.S. 250 and West Virginia 2; however, this routing is not currently an ARC Corridor.
Maryland Routing: U.S. Pennsylvania Routing: U.S. 220 (from Interstate 68 in Cumberland to Interstate 80; part of Corridor O is NHS Corridor 9 and existing Interstate 99).
www.aaroads.com /arc   (1947 words)

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