See
the space allocated for I-73 on the BGS? Yes, yes you do. I
mainly took this picture for Randleman Road. Randleman is where Kyle
Petty, driver of the NASCAR #45 Dodge, is from. |
This
is what SB US 220 looks like. |
There
are a bunch of these transportation-related blue signs on this stretch of
highway. |
I'll
refrain from the dirty jokes on this one, but aren't the two town names
synonymous? Maybe it's the same town and they just want you to THINK
there are two!! |
Look
carefully, because it is not I-73 yet. It says "Future" instead of
"Interstate." |
Woo
NASCAR!! Woo Petty!! |
Suddenly,
Future I-74 joins the fray. |
Detour
state shields are orange! |
Kinda
substandard, which is why this road is not I-73. |
If
you're a follower of this site, you are probably tired of me saying this,
but here it goes: Yes, that's the same US 64 that runs through
Muskogee, Oklahoma! |
So
south of Asheboro, the road is up to interstate standards, and we have I-73
and I-74! And it's still US 220, of course. |
Some
landscape. |
Okay,
so the freeway has ended a few miles behind us. Now this is US 220 SB
and to the right is the new alignment for I-73. This scene probably
resembles a lot of US routes in the 1960s and 1970s when most interstates
were being constructed across the country. |
I
don't know what town this is, but it is north of Rockingham. |
Now
we're getting into Rockingham, home of North Carolina Speedway (which NASCAR
abandoned in 2004). |
A
Rockingham scene on Bus. US 74 WB. |
More
Bus. US 74! |
See?! |
Interesting
use of exit numbers at the end of Bus. US 74. |
This
is US 74 WB. |
Does
this really need description? |
I
thought this scene was kinda cool. |
The
town of Morven, NC. |
Where
we pick up US 52 to go south. |
SB
US 52 in southern North Carolina. |
Yay,
new county!! |
There
is a truck route on SC 9. |
Hey,
it's US 1, which runs right by the University of Miami, where I go to
school! |
I'm
not interested in returning to Rockingham right now. But I am, in
fact, going the right way. |
Now
we're in the Bennettsville area at US 15 and US 401. We'll take SC 38
from here. |
State
name in the shield! State name in the shield! |
At
the I-95 junction on SC 38 SB. |
SC
38 is 4 lanes in these parts, just south of I-95. I'm grabbing one
last county on this jaunt. |
Now
back on I-95 SB. This is approaching the eastern terminus of I-20,
which ends all the way out in the Texas desert. But hey, I-20 ends
here, so why is the left BGS telling us that I-20 continues eastward?
It shouldn't-- it is actually Business Spur I-20. |
The
beginning of I-20. They did it again, what with the wrong signage.
This is the last picture because I already traveled this part of the road
and it got dark after this. |
If you've stuck with me all the way on
this trip, congratulations!! You've made it to the end! Thanks
for traveling with me! |