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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: Concord Kannapolis Area Transit, Concord Regional Airport, Interstate 85 in North Carolina, Kannapolis (Amtrak station), North Carolina Highway 200, North Carolina Highway 24, North Carolina Highway 27, North Carolina Highway 3, North Carolina Highway 49, North Carolina Highway 73, U.S. Route 29 in North Carolina, U.S. Route 52 in North Carolina, U.S. Route 601. Excerpt: North Carolina Highway System In the U.S. state of North Carolina, Interstate 85 (I-85) scales the state for 233 miles (375 km) from the South Carolina border to the Virginia border. As the second-longest interstate in the state (behind Interstate 40), it provides an important link between the cities of Atlanta, Greenville, Charlotte, Greensboro, Richmond, Virginia and Washington, D.C.. I-85 enters the state from Cherokee County, South Carolina near Grover in Cleveland County. After only a few miles, the highway enters Gaston County, which is part of the Charlotte metropolitan area. Near Kings Mountain, I-85 turns from a northeast trajectory to an eastward one and goes through Gastonia before crossing the Catawba River and entering Charlotte. At Gastonia, the highway widens from four to six lanes and keeps the number of lanes until it reaches Belmont, where the highway widens again to eight lanes. In Charlotte, I-85 passes north of Charlotte-Douglas International Airport and goes by a number of retail centers before turning northeastward again just west of Uptown Charlotte. The highway bypasses the downtown area, but several exits do provide access to the area. A partial wrong-way interchange exists at the exit with Interstate 77 north of Uptown. The highway actually lies within the city limits of Charlotte for most of its route through Mecklenburg County. As a result, none of the exit signs list "Charlotte" as a destination for the intersecting...