North Carolina HighwayÃ, 73 ( NCÃ, 73 ) is a major state highway in the state of North Carolina United States traveling through north-central North Carolina in the United States. Most of the route is a two-lane highway that passes through both rural landscapes; however, it also serves several small and medium towns in the state, including Concord and Albemarle. The western terminal NC 73 is located at the intersection with NCÃ, 27 east of Lincolnton and its east end is at the crossroads with US $ 15/US 501 at Eastwood (between Pinehurst and Carthage).
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Route description
NC 73 starts at the intersection with NCÃ, 27 east of Lincolnton in Lincoln County. It leads to the east, passes to south Lincolnton-Lincoln County Regional Airport and cuts NC. 16. It passes to Mecklenburg County after crossing the Catawba River just below the Ford Cowans Dam on Lake Norman. The route runs along the edge of the lake to around Huntersville, where he meets I-77 a close intersection of NorthCross development. I-77 then, NC 73 passes north of Huntersville on the way to Cabarrus County.
Just across the county line, NC 73 crosses the Rocky River and passes through the community center of the Odell School before running along the southern edge of the Coddle Creek reservoir. East Reservoir, Highway Cut with Kannapolis Parkway and I-85 upon entering the town of Concord. The route passes through the downtown district, meeting US 601 and NC 3 before leaving Concord. NC 73 passes through the town of Mount Pleasant - where it connects to NC 49 by way of exchange - before passing through Stanly County.
The highway passes through the Finger junction community on the way to Albemarle. Here, the NC 73 avoids downtown by following a four-lane shortcut around the southern part of the city that also carries NC 24 and NC 27. The three routes leave the bypass at Albemarle Plaza Mall and head south east as a two-lane road to the Uwharrie Mountains. The highway enters the Montgomery County countryside after crossing the Pee Dee River at Lake Tillery.
NCÃ, 73 left NCÃ, 24 and NCÃ, 27 just east of the county line. While the last two routes pass through the Uwharrie National Forest, NC 73 crosses it to the south, following the southeast route through the Pee Dee community to the town of Mount Gilead. The highway passes near Town Creek Indian Mound before crossing into Richmond County, where it follows a more eastern route to the town of Ellerbe. NC 73 joins US 220 North to the north of the city and follows it around Norman, where two highways are divided west from intersection with I-73, I-74, and US 220.
Passing the highway, NC 73 leads northeast through a small part of Montgomery County and the Windblow community on its way to Moore County. Here, he functions Jackson Springs as it progresses towards the town of West End, built around the junction of NC 73 and NC 211. Two highways overlap for a block through the city center before separating and proceeding in their own way. NC 73 left the West End and generally headed east to Eastwood, a community south of the county seat of Carthage and north of Pinehurst village, where it ends at the intersection with US $ 15/US $ 501.
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History
The modern portion of NC 73 between Concord and Mount Gilead is the state highway since 1922. By then, the rest of what is now NC 73 is not part of the state highway system. In 1926, the Concord - Mount Gilead highway was designated as part of NC 74, a route that continued eastward to Sanford in the modern way NC 109, NC 24 and NC 27, and US 15 and US 501. Also assigned at this time is the NCÃ, 51, which follows the modern NC 73 between Mount Gilead and Ellerbe. NC 74 was changed by 1930 to cut Mount Gilead to the north on what is now SR 1174. The western leg of the previous route became part of NC 515. NC 74 also extended westward to Caldwell at this time. Meanwhile, NCÃ,75 was reset in 1930 to take advantage of the modern NC 73 route between Ellerbe and West End.
In 1934, the NCA 74 was re-numbered for NCA 73 to eliminate numerical duplication with the close of usa 74, the route commissioned as part of the establishment of the US Highway System in 1926. The new NCA 73 begins at the intersection with the NCA 18 in Toluca and proceeds to the northeast to Newton on what is now the NCA 10. From there, it followed the modern NCA 16 for the southern intersection of Denver, where it turns to continue east to the West End on what has been NCA 74, NCA 515, NCA 51, and NCA 75. In the late 1930s, NC 73 was extended to the current eastern terminal at US $ 15/US 501 north of Pinehurst and cut in the west end to NC 16 south of Denver.
At a point between 1940 and 1951, the current NCÃ,73 segment west of Machpelah became part of the extended NCÃ, 273, which traveled from the north end to Machpelah today with overlapping roads with the NCÃ,16 and Old Plank Road. NCÃ, 273 was cut back to the current northern terminus of the 1960s, at which time his previous routing west of Machpelah became an extension of NC 73. Between Machpelah and NC 16, NC 73 was channeled throughout its modern alignment.
North Carolina Highway 74 (1921-1934)
North Carolina Highway, 74 ( NCÃ,74 ) is the original state highway operating from Concord, east through Albemarle, Troy and Carthage ends at NCÃ, 50 southwest Sanford. The highway route appeared on the 1916 Highway Map by the North Carolina State Highway Commission for a five-year federal aid program. However, NCÃ, 74 was not officially marked on any state highway map until 1924; where the plane was routed from NCÃ, 15 in eastern Concord to Albemarle where the highway meets NCÃ, 27 and NCÃ, 80. From there the highway turns further southeast, crossing the Yadkin River and cutting the NCà 51 in Wadeville. The highway then turns northeast to follow the paved road to Troy. In Troy, NC 74 turns east to follow the gravel road to Carthage. The highway turns northeast at Carthage, following a gravel road to the NCÃ, 50 south-west of Sanford. Between 1926 and 1930, the whole of the 74 NC was converted into a hard surface path. During the time of NCÃ, 74 was cut to Carthage, with NCÃ, 75 replacing the highway between Carthage and USÃ, 1/NCà 50. However, NCÃ,74 extended 2 miles north along with USÃ, 170/NCÃ,15 , and then extended west along its own route to US $ 21/NC 26. From 1930 to 1931, NC 74 closed between US 311/NC 70 at Biscoe and US $ 15/NC 75 at Carthage. Between 1931 and 1933, NCÃ, 74 was placed simultaneously along US 21/NC 26 for 2 miles to the north, and then deployed along the new route from Cornelius to NCÃ, 271 south of Denver. In 1934, NCÃ,74 was omitted. Routing between NCÃ, 271 and Albemarle is numbered as NCÃ, 73. NCÃ,27 and NC 73 are signed together along the part between Albemarle and Wadeville. NCÃ,27 signed along the rest of the route to Carthage.
List of intersections
Custom route
Concord truck route
North Carolina HighwayÃ, 73 Truck ( Truck NCÃ, 73 ) is a cutting route for truckers who travel through the city of Concord. This 13-mile (21 km) route goes south around the downtown area, via US $ 601 (Concord Parkway North & Warren Coleman Boulevard) and NCÃ, 49.
See also
- Lake Norman
- North Carolina Bicycle Route 6
References
External links
- Media related to North Carolina Highway 73 in Wikimedia Commons
- NCRoads.com: N.C. 73
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