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.<br> 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