Interstate 77 North - Charlotte

Interstate 77 and US. 21 north at the North Carolina state and Mecklenburg County line.

05/31/21

A lengthy collector distributor roadway departs I-77/U.S. 21 north for Interstate 485 and Westinghouse Boulevard.

09/16/21

Westinghouse Boulevard is an arterial beginning nearby at Nations Ford Road and running northwest to NC 49 (York Road), NC 160 (Steele Creek Road) and Shopton Road.

09/16/21

James G. Martin was the governor that got construction going for Interstate 485, and Rusty Goode was the board of transportation member from Mecklenburg County that advocated hasty completion for the beltway.

09/16/21

The I-485 inner loop provides a bypass for I-77 north to Huntersville. The outer loop of I-485 connects I-77 with Pineville, Mathews and Mint Hill to the east.

09/16/21

The North Carolina welcome center and rest area lies within the footprint of the I-77/485 exchange.

05/31/21

I-77/U.S. 21 north next meet Arrowood Road at Exit 3. Arrowood Road connects NC 49 (Tryon Street) with South Boulevard.

05/31/21

A small distance sign for Downtown Charlotte (10 miles) and Interstate 85 (13 miles) stands below the I-485 mainline and associated flyovers.

05/31/21

Exit 3 leaves I-77/U.S. 21 north at Sugar Creek to form a c/d roadway to Arrowood Road.

05/31/21

Interstate 77 advances north from the diamond interchange with Arrowood Road to Nations Ford Road at Exit 4.

05/26/19

The c/d roadway from I-485 to Arrowood Road is four lanes wide.

05/31/21

Arrowood Road is an arterial leading northwest to Interstate 485 at Exit 3 and the intersection of Sandy Porter and Brown Grier Roads.

05/31/21

I-77/U.S. 21 continue with three lanes north to Nations Ford Road. The entrance ramp from Arrowood Road forms an auxiliary lane to Exit 4.

05/26/19

A diamond interchange (Exit 4) links I-77/U.S. 21 with Nations Ford Road, the original alignment of U.S. 21 between South Boulevard and the South Carolina state line.

05/26/19

I-77/U.S. 21 northbound at Exit 4 to Nations Ford Road. Exit 5 to Tyvola Road lies one mile ahead.

05/31/21

I-77/U.S. 21 meet Tyvola Road at a single point urban interchange (Exit 5).

05/31/21

Confirming markers posted ahead of Exit 5. U.S. 21 combines with Interstate 77 at Exit 90 in South Carolina and departs at Exit 16 in north Charlotte.

05/31/21

Tyvola Road meanders west from Exit 5 to Renaissance Park (NC 49) and north to the site of the former Charlotte Coliseum. The Coliseum closed in 2005 and was demolished in 2007.
Sign replacements made by 2012 retained the green space that once read Coliseum.

05/31/21

Tyvola Road continues a short distance from I-77 east to South Boulevard (former U.S. 521) and Marion Diehl Park.

06/01/07

NC 49 (Tryon Street) and Woodlawn Road (SR 1291) converge at separate parclo interchanges (Exits 6 A/B) in 0.75 miles. Woodlawn Road (former U.S. 521) becomes Billy Graham Parkway (SR 5901) west of NC 49.

05/31/21

A Norfolk Southern Railroad line spans the freeway beyond this Interstate 77 shield.

05/31/21

Exit 6 A leaves I-77/U.S. 21 north for Woodlawn Road (Charlotte City Route 4). Woodlawn Road leads east to Park Road for Pfeiffer University - Charlotte Campus and Selwyn Avenue toward Queens University.

05/31/21

Exit 6 B connects with NC 49 (Tryon Street) and Billy Graham Parkway (Charlotte City Route 4) north to Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT). U.S. 521 previously ended here.

05/31/21

The succeeding exit joins I-77/U.S. 21 with Clanton Road to the Clanton Park neighborhood.

05/31/21

Pressley Road passes over I-77/U.S. 21 by this set of reassurance markers.

05/31/21

Clanton Road leads northwest from South Boulevard (former U.S. 21) to a diamond interchange with I-77/U.S. 21 at Exit 7.

05/31/21

Clanton Road intersects NC 49 (S Tryon Street) at an industrial park area nearby. Donald Ross Road extends Clanton Road north from NC 160 (West Boulevard) to U.S. 29/74 (Wilkinson Boulevard).

05/31/21

I-77/U.S. 21 advance north by the Dr. Charles L. Sifford Golf Course.

05/31/21

Remount Road connects I-77/U.S. 21 with NC 160 (West Boulevard) to the northwest and NC 49 (Tryon Street) to the southeast. NC 160 ends at NC 49 (Tryon Street) at the South End neighborhood.

05/31/21

A split diamond interchange (Exits 8/9 A) joins I-77/U.S. 21 north with Remount Road and NC 160 (West Boulevard) from I-77/U.S. 21 south. The exchange with I-277 (John Belk Freeway) and U.S. 74 (Wilkinson Boulevard) follows.

05/31/21

Confirming markers posted ahead of the Remount Road over crossing.

05/31/21

The city of Charlotte developed a wayfinding system between 2005 and 2007 for the Uptown section of the city. Dividing the district into four color-coded quadrants, wayfinding signs direct residents and visitors to area attractions, entertainment and sports venues, and parking locations.

05/31/21

Interstate 277 encircles the Charlotte central business district with U.S. 74 (John Belk Freeway) on the south side and with NC 16 (Brookshire Freeway) on the north side.

05/31/21

I-277/U.S. 74 east serves the Charlotte Convention Center, Bank of America Stadium (home of the NFL Carolina Panthers) and the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Uptown Charlotte.

05/31/21

Spectrum Center (home of the NBA Charlotte Hornets) and Truist Field are located in Uptown Charlotte north of I-277.

05/31/21

A collector distributor roadway separates beyond overpasses for the Norfolk Southern Railroad and Clarkson Street for Exit 9 B to I-277/U.S. 74 (John Belk Freeway) and Exit 9 C for U.S. 29/74 west (Wilkinson Boulevard).

05/31/21

Exit 9 B joins the left side of the I-277 inner loop east ahead of Carson Boulevard. I-277/U.S. 74 overlap 2.36 miles east to Independence Expressway, where U.S. 74 combines with NC 27 by the Elizabeth and Chantilly neighborhoods.

03/12/22

Exit 9 C loops onto the U.S. 74 extending west from the end of I-277 along Wilkinson Boulevard. Freedom Drive links U.S. 74 with NC 27 west at U.S. 29 (Morehead Street).

03/12/22

I-77/U.S. 21 represents the western leg of the Uptown Loop between the ends of Interstate 277. Back to back parclo interchanges (Exit 10) join the freeway with Trade and 5th Streets before the return of I-277.

09/17/21

I-77/U.S. 21 span U.S. 29/NC 27 (Morehead Street) at a half diamond interchange. Visible to the east is Bank of America Stadium and Duke Energy Center, a 786 foot high skyscraper completed in 2010.¹

06/01/12

Trade Street leads east from Exit 10 into Downtown and northwest to the Biddleville neighborhood. Fifth Street parallels Trade Street one block, becoming Rozzelles Ferry Road west through the Smallwood neighborhood.

09/17/21

Trade Street leads east the Third Ward by both Johnson & Wales University and the Greyhound Terminal ahead of U.S. 29/NC 49 (Graham Street).

05/31/21

I-77/U.S. 21 is ten lanes wide between Wesley Heights and Frazier Park. Confirming markers stand at the 4th Street Extension underpass.

09/17/21

Exit 10 leaves I-77/U.S. 21 north to meet Trade Street directly and 5th Street via a service road. Trade Street west from Elizabeth Avenue is part of the pre-freeway alignment of NC 16 northwest to Rozzelles Ferry Road and the Idaho Drive connector to Brookshire Boulevard.

09/17/21

I-277/NC 16 (Brookshire Freeway) head northwest from U.S. 74 (Independence Boulevard) to a systems interchange (Exit 11) with I-77/U.S. 21.

09/17/21

I-277/NC 16 line the north side of the Fourth and First Ward neighborhoods ahead of Independence Boulevard.

09/17/21

U.S. 29/NC 49 parallel I-77/U.S. 21 along Graham Street from the Third Ward northeast to Dalton Avenue.

05/31/21

Exit 11 A departs for the inner loop of I-277 and NC 16 (Brookshire Freeway) south ahead of U.S. 29/NC 49 (Graham Street) at the Fourth Ward and Lockwood neighborhoods.

09/17/21

Left Exit 11 B joins I-77/U.S. 21 north with NC 16 (Brookshire Freeway) west through the Washington Heights and Oakview Terrace neighborhoods. Stretching over 450 miles between Waxhaw and St. Marys, West Virginia, NC 16 is part of a multi-state route with SR 16 and WV 16.

09/17/21

Opened on November 16, 2019, the I-77 Express Lanes begin north from the exchange with I-277/NC 16. The four year project replaced and added flyovers at Exit 11.
Advancing north, I-77/U.S. 21 next meet La Salle Street west and Atando Avenue east at the Lincoln Heights neighborhood.

09/17/21

Oaklawn Avenue passes overhead as travel lanes merge in from I-277 North (Brookshire Freeway) and depart for the express lanes.

09/17/21

The 17 mile overlap of I-77/U.S. 21 continues through north Charlotte.

05/31/21

Interstate 77 converges with I-85 at a complex interchange (Exit 13) beyond La Salle Street.

05/31/21

La Salle Street travels west from the diamond interchange (Exit 12) with I-77/U.S. 21 and Lincoln Heights to Beatties Ford Road at University Park. Atando Avenue extends east to a warehouse district at Alando Junction.

05/31/21

The roadways for I-77 switch sides through the exchange with I-85. Exit 13 A departs next for Interstate 85 north to Concord, Salisbury and the Piedmont Triad region.

05/31/21

Previous improvements made at the exchange joining I-77/U.S. 21 with I-85 between December 2001 and December 2004 expanded the bridges over Interstate 85 to three lanes.

05/31/21

2001-04 widening of I-77 north from I-85 to I-485 shifted the entrance ramp from I-85 north onto a separate overpass adjacent to the northbound roadway at Exit 13 B. I-85 runs west from Charlotte to Gastonia before turning southward to Spartanburg, South Carolina.

05/31/21

The off-ramp for I-85 north from the I-77 Express Lanes combines with Exit 13 A.

05/26/19

Exit 13 A partitions into ramps for Interstate 85 north to Concord, Kannapolis, and Salisbury and Statesville Road (SR 2691 / old U.S. 21).

05/26/19