Route 16 North - Charlotte

NC 16 continues the Brookshire Freeway northwest 1.8 miles from I-77 and I-277 to Idaho Drive.
03/12/22

A parclo B2 interchange joins NC 16 with Beatties Ford Road near Johnson C. Smith University. Beatties Ford Road heads north to Interstate 77 at Exit 37 and south to W 5th Street outside of Downtown.
03/12/22

Reassurance marker posted along NC 16 after Beatties Ford Road. Brookshire Boulevard provides a direct route to Interstate 85 south from Downtown Charlotte.
03/11/22

NC 16 joins the Charlotte metropolitan area with the cities of Newton and Hickory. The Alexander County seat of Taylorsville lies further at the cross roads with U.S. 64 in 59 miles.
The Brookshire Freeway transitions into an at-grade arterial ahead at Idaho Drive.
03/11/22

Idaho Drive north connects with NC 16 east at a set of flashers. Idaho Drive connects Brookshire Boulevard with Rozzelles Ferry Road nearby. Both roads represent the pre-freeway alignment of NC 16.
03/11/22

Three blocks of the city street grid tie into NC 16 (Brookshire Boulevard) ahead of the single point urban interchange (SPUI) with Interstate 85.
03/11/22

I-85 travels east across the city of Charlotte into neighboring Concord. The freeway southbound continues west to Gastonia and Spartanburg, South Carolina.
03/11/22

Motorists joining Interstate 85 north next meet Beatties Ford Road and I-77/U.S. 21.
03/11/22

Advancing northwest along Brookshire Boulevard, NC 16 enters the Hoskins and Homestead areas of Charlotte.
06/01/07

NC 16 (Brookshire Boulevard) northbound at the six-ramp parclo interchange with Interstate 485. I-485 began here previously.
06/01/07

NC 16 (Brookshire Boulevard) northbound at the six-ramp parclo interchange with Interstate 485. I-485 began here previously.
06/01/07

Mt. Holly-Huntersville Road (SR 2004) parallels I-485 east to Mountain Island Village and west to Shuffletown.
05/31/21

2019-20 construction converted NC 16 (Brookshire Boulevard) at Mt. Holly-Huntersville Road (SR 2004) into a Continous Flow Intersection (CFI).
05/31/21

2019-20 construction converted NC 16 (Brookshire Boulevard) at Mt. Holly-Huntersville Road (SR 2004) into a Continous Flow Intersection (CFI).
05/31/21

The city of Newton is 30 miles to the northwest of Mt. Holly-Huntersville Road along NC 16.
05/31/21

Rozzelles Ferry Road (old NC 16) north converges with NC 16 (Brookshire Boulevard) at the traffic light with Nance Cove Road (SR 2253).
05/31/21

NC 16 crosses Mountain Island Lake over the Rozzelles Ferry Bridge.
05/31/21