Interstate 77 North - Mooresville to Statesville

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U.S. 21 splits with I-77 again at Exit 33.
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Following Charlotte Highway, U.S. 21 branches eastward to NC 150 (W Plaza Drive) into the town of Mooresville.
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North

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A SPUI joins Interstate 77 with Brawley School Road (SR 1100) at Exit 35.
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Rest areas along I-77 in Mooresville permanently closed when a new facility opened south of Exit 59 on February 1, 2018.¹
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Exit 42 serves Lake Norman State Park.
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I-77 enters the Statesville city limits ahead of Exit 45.
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U.S. 70 (Garner Bagnal Boulevard) meets I-77 at a folded diamond interchange (Exit 49A) in south Statesville.
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I-77 lowers to cross Third Creek adjacent to the Larkin Golf Club development.
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U.S. 70 connects Statesville with Salisbury 25 miles to the southeast.
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U.S. 70 (Garner Bagnal Boulevard) bypasses Downtown Statesville to the south, from I-77 west to I-40.
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Salisbury Road (SR 2735) is the former route of U.S. 70 northwest to E Front Street in Downtown Statesville.
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Started in 2012, a long term project improves the 1960s built exchange joining I-77 with I-40 into a partial turbine interchange.
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Completed by March 14, 2017, an $89 million project replaced the loop ramp (Exit 51 B) for I-40 west with a directional ramp. Work also expanded I-40 between NC 115 and Old Mocksville Road (SR 2158) to six lanes.
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A $260 million contract was awarded in December 2018 for widening 7.4 miles of I-40 and I-77 and building the partial turbine interchange between the two. The project is scheduled to run through the end of 2022.²
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Interstate 40 travels across the north side of Statesville west to Hickory and Asheville.
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East of I-77, Interstate 40 trends northward to Mocksville and Winston-Salem.
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U.S. 21 (Turnersburg Highway) crosses paths with Interstate 77 north of Statesville en route to Turnersburg.
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Fort Chiswell, Virginia is the location where Interstate 77 combines with I-81 south.
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Costing $15 million, a new rest area opened between the north and south roadways of I-77, 1.5 miles south of Exit 59. Constructed between Spring 2015 and Winter 2018, the 5,000 square facility replaced the subsequent rest area at the Yadkin County line.¹
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References:

1. "Iredell County to get new rest area on I-77." WBTV-TV3, January 30, 2018.
2. "Contract Awarded for Next Phase of I-40/I-77 Interchange Improvements." North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), press release. December 3, 2018.

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Page Updated Sunday January 29, 2023.