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Traffic on I-77 interchange in Huntersville to be detoured due to construction

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HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. — A major interchange in Huntersville will be closed May 9 through May 12 for work on the $31 million Diverging Diamond Interchange Project. It was supposed to happen this weekend but they changed it because of weather.

Stay updated on live traffic conditions at this link.

Starting at 7 p.m. on May 9, Gilead Road will close over Interstate 77 to allow crews to complete surface work.

Drivers traveling west of the interstate should detour to I-77 South, then take WT Harris Boulevard back to I-77 North.

For those coming from the east, the detour will direct drivers to I-77 North, then to Sam Furr Road, and back to Gilead Road.

All lanes are expected to reopen by 6 a.m. on May 12.


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