Charlotte Route 4

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Not to be confused with North Carolina Highway 4.

Charlotte Route 4 marker

Route 4

Route information
Maintained by NCDOT and CDOT
Length18.6 mi[1][2][3] (29.9 km)
Major junctions
West end I-85 in Westerly Hills
Major intersections
East end I-85 in Sugar Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
Highway system

Route 4 is an 18.6-mile (29.9 km) partial

county road shield, with a green background and the city's crown logo above the number.[1][2][3][4] The loop has a radius of about 4 miles (6.4 km), hence the number.[5]

Route description

The west end of Route 4 is at exit 33 of I-85; local traffic can continue north on the short Mulberry Church Road. This part of Route 4 is named Billy Graham Parkway, after

South Tryon Street (NC 49), where Route 4 continues east on Woodlawn Road. Woodlawn Road crosses Bill Lee Freeway (I-77/US 21
).

Access to the Freeway is unique, with southbound Route 4 drivers needing to go on South Tryon Street (North) to access I-77/US 21 North.

Charlotte Route 4 signage

Woodlawn Road, and the rest of Route 4, is a more typical four-lane

Derita, leading part of the way to Huntersville
.

Signing for Route 4 is very scarce from intersecting roads, and neither I-85 nor I-77 recognize Route 4 on exit signs for the road. However, Route 4 does have reassurance signs posted along the route, including at all turns. There are Route 4 shields at the tops of the I-85 northbound and southbound exit ramps at Exit 33.

History

Charlotte Route 4 (Billy Graham Parkway) at NC 160

The idea of a ring around uptown, roughly along what were the city limits at the time, was first suggested in the 1960 city transportation plan. In order to implement this, a number of existing two-lane roads around the south and east sides of Charlotte were connected and widened. Woodlawn Road, then running from

federal-aid primary system. Not every turn was eliminated; plans for a straighter Runnymede Lane west of Colony Road and a bypass of Sharon Road were not carried through.[9]

The first portions to be completed as four-lane roads were Woodlawn Road and the segment north of Monroe Road, including the

I-485, the new outer beltway, in May 2003,[13]
making the entire length of Route 4 a secondary road.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County.

mi[1][2][3]kmDestinationsNotes
0.000.00 I-85 – Gastonia, ConcordWestern terminus; exit 33 (I-85); road continues north as Mulberry Church Road
0.500.80

 To US 29 / US 74 (Wilkinson Boulevard) / Boyer Street – Bank of America Stadium
1.191.92 Charlotte Douglas International AirportInterchange
2.343.77 NC 160 (West Boulevard)To Airport cargo terminal and NC National Guard
3.235.20Tyvola RoadInterchange; to Farmers Market and VA Health Care Center
5.138.26
US 21 north – Charlotte
5.308.53
US 21 south – Rock Hill
Exit 6A (I-77)
10.1016.25 NC 16 (Providence Road)
12.7020.44
 US 74 / NC 27 (Independence Expressway) to I-277		Cloverleaf interchange; exit 245 (US 74)
17.1827.65
Tryon Street
)
18.6129.95 I-85 – Concord, GastoniaEastern terminus; exit 41 (I-85); road continues north as Sugar Creek Road
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

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References

  1. ^ a b c Enlarged Municipal and Suburban Areas, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (PDF) (Map). Cartography by NCDOT. Raleigh: North Carolina Department of Transportation. August 2015. West Charlotte inset. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Enlarged Municipal and Suburban Areas, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (PDF) (Map). Cartography by NCDOT. Raleigh: North Carolina Department of Transportation. August 2015. Southwest Charlotte and Pineville inset. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c Enlarged Municipal and Suburban Areas, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (PDF) (Map). Cartography by NCDOT. Raleigh: North Carolina Department of Transportation. August 2015. East Charlotte inset. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  4. ^ Staff. "Thoroughfare Planning" (PDF). Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2007. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  5. ^ a b Whitacre, Dianne (November 21, 1999). "The Original Outerbelt is Friendly, Useful". The Charlotte Observer. p. 5B.
  6. ^ Van Hecke, M.S. (April 23, 1987). "NBA Team Adds Zip to Already Zippy Parkway". The Charlotte Observer. p. 28A.
  7. ^ Charlotte and Mecklenburg County (Map). Cartography by Champion Map Company. Charlotte Chamber of Commerce. 1962. Archived from the original on July 5, 2007.
  8. ^ a b c Charlotte Bicentennial Street Map (Map). Cartography by Champion Map Company. Charlotte Chamber of Commerce. 1975. Archived from the original on July 5, 2007.
  9. ^ a b c Maintenance Map (Map). North Carolina Department of Transportation. 1976. Archived from the original on July 5, 2007.
  10. ^ a b Staff (2010). "Database". National Bridge Inventory. Federal Highway Administration. Archived from the original on October 31, 2013.
  11. ^ Bishop, RoAnn (Spring 2005). "'Who' Did That Sign Say?" (PDF). Tar Heel Junior Historian. 44 (2). North Carolina Museum of History. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 27, 2011.
  12. ^ Charlotte (Map). 1:50000. Topographic map. United States Geological Survey. July 1, 1984. Archived from the original on January 2, 2014.
  13. ^ Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering (May 31, 2003). "Report of the Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering to the Standing Committee on Highways" (PDF) (Report). Washington, DC: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 16, 2017.

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