12/08/99 & 06/22/05 photos taken by Alex Nitzman. 06/01/07 photos taken by Andy Field. 12/06/08 photos taken by Jamie Dzencelowcz. 12/13/08 photos taken by Carter Buchanan. 12/30/08 photos taken by Alex Nitzman & Brent Ivy.
Traveling north along North Carolina 115 (Old Statesville Road) within the folded-diamond interchange at Interstate 485. Interstate 485 opened from this junction westward to North Carolina 16 (Brookshire Boulevard) on December 5, 2008. Photo taken by Jamie Dzencelowcz (12/06/08).
Drivers merging onto Interstate 485 south join a collector/distributor roadway leading into the directional cloverleaf interchange with adjacent Interstate 77. Photos taken by Jamie Dzencelowcz (12/06/08) and Carter Buchanan (12/13/08).
North Carolina 115 (Old Statesville Road) meets the current east end of Interstate 485 south of Alexanderana Road. Photo taken 12/30/08.
U.S. 29 north & 74 (Wilkinson Boulevard) east at the Exit 9 folded-diamond interchange with Interstate 485. Interstate 485 leads north directly into its interchange with Interstate 85. Photo taken 06/22/05.
Spartanburg is featured as the Interstate 485 northbound control point for its connection to adjacent Interstate 85. Interstate 485 otherwise serves the northwestern suburbs and the Mountain Island Lake area. Photo taken 06/22/05.
North Carolina 49 (University City Boulevard) northbound at what was a folded diamond interchange with a stub end. The junction pictured here now composes part of the Exit 33 diamond interchange with Interstate 485. The Charlotte Beltway saw extension by November 2003 between North Carolina 49 and U.S. 74 (Exit 51) to form a complete southeast bypass of the city. Photo taken 12/08/99.
North Carolina 16 (Brookshire Boulevard) northbound at the partial-cloverleaf interchange with Interstate 485. Interstate 485 begins here and heads southwest six miles to Interstate 85. Photos taken 06/01/07.
