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 North Carolina Highway 218 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byNCDOT | ||||
| Length | 31.6 mi[1] (50.9 km) | |||
| Existed | 1935[2]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  NC 51 inMint Hill | |||
| Major intersections |
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| East end |  US 74 inPolkton | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | North Carolina | |||
| Counties | Mecklenburg,Union,Anson | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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North Carolina Highway 218 (NC 218) is a primarystate highway in the U.S. state ofNorth Carolina. The highway runs east–west fromMint Hill toPolkton.
NC 218 traverses 31.6 miles (50.9 km); starting in Mint Hill, it goes through northernUnion County, then ends in Polkton. The entire route is a two-lane rural highway and is a significant truck route. It also has seasonal beach bound traffic. Residential communities in Union County and a few nearInterstate 485 (I-485) inMecklenburg County contribute the majority of the daily commuter traffic.[citation needed]
Established as a new primary routing in 1935, it connected the towns of Mint Hill and Polkton. In the early 1940s, it was extended in Polkton whenU.S. Route 74 (US 74) was rerouted further south from town. In the 1960s, NC 218 was moved onto a new extension of Williams Street in Polkton, leaving Old US 74.[2]
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Mecklenburg | Mint Hill | 0.0 | 0.0 | NC 51 (Blair Road / Matthews Mint Hill Road) / Wilgrove Mint Hill Road | |
| 1.0– 1.2 | 1.6– 1.9 |  I-485 –Pineville,Concord | Exit 44 (I-485) | ||
| Union | Fairview, Union County | 7.3 | 11.7 |  US 601 (Concord Highway) –Concord,Monroe | |
| | 13.8 | 22.2 |  NC 200 (Morgan Mill Road) –Locust,Monroe | ||
| New Salem | 18.0 | 29.0 |  NC 205 –Oakboro,Marshville | ||
| Anson | Polkton | 31.6 | 50.9 | US 74 –Monroe,Charlotte,Wadesboro,Wilmington | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
