Interstate 277 - South / Inner

Advancing southeast along NC 16 (Brookshire Freeway) from Beatties Ford Road, Interstate 277 begins a 4.46 mile loop encircling Downtown Charlotte. The exchange with I-77/U.S. 21 to Rock Hill and Statesville is next.

03/12/22

Exit 5 B connects NC 16 (Brookshire Freeway) with I-77/U.S. 21. I-277/NC 16 overlay the remainder of the Brookshire Freeway to U.S. 74 (Independence Expressway).

03/11/22

I-77/U.S. 21 run along the west side of Uptown Charlotte en route to Rock Hill, South Carolina.

03/11/22

Passing over the I-77 southbound mainline along I-277/NC 16 south. U.S. 74 joins the freeway loop in 2.3 miles.

05/26/19

A loop ramp (Exit 5 A) joins I-277 with I-77/U.S. 21 north to LaSalle Street and the exchange with I-85 (Exit 13). Regionally, I-77/U.S. 21 connects Downtown Charlotte with Huntersville, Mooresville and Statesville.

06/01/07

The Brookshire Freeway (I-277/NC 16) angles southeast beneath Hamilton Street on the ensuing stretch to U.S. 29/NC 49 (Exit 4).

06/01/07

06/01/12

I-277/NC 16 south travels along a viaduct over Johnson Street and railroad lines ahead of a loop ramp (Exit 4) to U.S. 29/NC 49 (Graham Street).

06/01/12

Exit 3B serves N Church Street which joins I-277/NC 16 with various points of interests in the Uptown district.

06/01/12

Exit 4 departs the Brookshire Freeway for U.S. 29/NC 49 (Graham Street). U.S. 29/NC 49 overlays S Mint Street and N Graham Street through west downtown to meet I-277/NC 16 in the Fourth Ward district. The two routes continue through northeast Charlotte neighborhoods en route to Concord and Harrisburg.

06/01/12

A half diamond interchange (Exit 3B) joins I-277/NC 16 with N Church Street at E 11th Street. 11th Street serves as a one way frontage road to I-277 to Davidson Street.

06/01/12

The succeeding ramp (Exit 3A) along I-277/NC 16 (Brookshire Freeway) south follows onto 11th Street at College Street.

06/01/12

I-277/NC 16 lowers below Caldwell and Davidson Streets as on-ramps from adjacent 11th Street join the freeway.

06/01/07

Locally, U.S. 74 joins Downtown Charlotte with Indian Hill and Monroe while NC 27 travels east to Allen, Albemarle and Benson. Independence Expressway connects Downtown Charlotte with eastern suburbs including Matthews and Mint Hill.

06/01/12

The Brookshire Freeway turns southward as a two lane off-ramp departs for U.S. 74 east along the Independence Expressway to NC 27 and Independence Boulevard.

06/01/12

The southern portion of the I-277 loop around Downtown doubles as the John Belk Freeway, named after a former mayor of the Queen City (1969 to 1977). Upcoming Exit 2A joins the freeway with Spectrum Center (formerly Time Warner Cable Arena), home of the Charlotte Hornets professional basketball team.

06/01/12

Curving southwest along Little Sugar Creek, the John Belk Freeway (I-277/NC 16) travels below the U.S. 74 west mainline and E 7th Street.
NC 16 departs one half mile ahead along a one way couplet system (3rd/4th Streets) to the southeast Charlotte region.

06/01/12

U.S. 74 west joins I-277/NC 16 south as the freeway spans Elizabeth Avenue ahead of the upcoming departure of NC 16 (Exit 2A).

06/01/12

Southbound I-277 widens to four lanes ahead of the loop ramp (Exit 2A) for NC 16 to Weddington.

06/01/12

NC 16 south leaves the John Belk Freeway for 4th Street at Exit 2A. 4th Street takes NC 16 through Thompson Park before merging with 3rd Street at Charlottetowne Avenue.

06/01/12

A ramp from Stonewall Street joins I-277/U.S. 74-NC 27 as the freeway curves northwest over McDowell Street (old NC 27) back toward to I-77. NC 27 was realigned onto I-277 from McDowell Street and Morehead Street in 2021.

06/01/12

I-277/U.S. 74-NC 27 curve northwest along southern reaches of Downtown Charlotte, with Exit 1 E connecting the freeway to nearby points of interests.

06/01/12

A distributor ramp (Exit 1 E) takes traffic to Stonewall Street, Kenilworth Avenue and South Boulevard 1.25 miles ahead of the western end of I-277 at I-77/U.S. 21 (Exits 1 C-B).

03/12/22

Kenilworth Avenue ties into Stonewall Street at Charlottetowne Avenue to the southeast. Stonewall Street continues northwest paralleling I-277/U.S. 74 to Mint Street and Bank of America Stadium.
South Boulevard and Caldwell Street come together at Stonewall Street. South Boulevard is an former route of U.S. 21 southward to Pineville, and U.S. 521 south of Woodlawn Road.

03/12/22

The Uptown Charlotte landscape has changed since 2012 with the inclusion of mid level upscale hotels, along with commercial and residential high rises along Stonewall Street.

06/01/12

I-277/U.S. 74_NC 27 travel below Church Street on the ensuing stretch to Bank of America Stadium.

06/01/07

I-277/U.S. 74 (John Belk Freeway) skirts south of Bank of America Stadium, home to the Carolina Panthers NFL team. The 75,525 seat stadium opened late Summer 1996.

06/01/12

An on-ramp from Hill Street merges onto I-277 south as the freeway rises over Mint Street (U.S. 29/NC 49) and Morehead Street. U.S. 29 turns along Morehead Street as it arcs north of the upcoming exchange with I-77, returning to U.S. 74 ahead of Berryhill Road.

05/26/19

Passing over Clarkson Street, Exit 1 C departs for I-77/U.S. 21 north to Huntersville and Statesville. Huntersville is located 14.3 miles to the north of I-277 while Statesville is located 27 miles further at the crossroads of I-40.

03/12/22

I-77/U.S. 21 continue south from Downtown Charlotte ten miles to their split near Fort Mill, South Carolina. Beyond Rock Hill and the south suburbs, the two continue to Columbia.

03/12/22

NC 27 separates from I-277/U.S. 74 (John Belk Freeway) west at Exit 1 A for Freedom Drive ahead of U.S. 29 (Morehead Street). NC 27 follows Freedom Drive northwest to Paw Creek.

05/26/19

I-277 south concludes at the Freedom Drive (NC 27) overpass. U.S. 74 continues onto Wilkinson Boulevard along a commercial arterial through western Charlotte en route to Gastonia.

05/26/19