History
The road from Coeburn north to Clintwood was part of the original state highway system designated in 1918, as a spur of State Route 11 (now U.S. Route 58 Alternate there). In the 1923 renumbering it became part of State Route 114, which continued east from Clintwood to Haysi. The piece south of Clintwood was renumbered State Route 122 in the 1928 renumbering, and that same year it was extended south from Clintwood to Dungannon and southeast to end at State Route 107 (now State Route 71). SR 122 was renumbered State Route 72 in the 1933 renumbering. In 1949, the section south of Dungannon was transferred to the secondary system as State Route 774, due to its "local character and very low traffic volume" of 187 per day. (SR 774 now carries about 360 vehicles per day.) SR 72 was extended in 1986, running southwest on State Route 65 to Fort Blackmore and then south to State Route 71 near Gate City, taking over parts of State Route 619, SR 676, SR 661, SR 710, and SR 660.
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