These include building the first part of a bypass of Rockingham with Interstate 73 by reconstructing US 220 to interstate standards for 4 miles south of Ellerbe and is scheduled to be completed in 2018 and the first segment of the Eastern Half of the Winston-Salem Northern Beltway which is constructing 4 miles of the future I-74 freeway between Business 40/US 421 and U.S. 158, this project should also be completed by 2018.