Garden Parkway

The Garden Parkway is a proposed limited access toll road to be built in North Carolina, United States, between Gaston County and Mecklenburg County.

Projected Route

Planned routes for the Garden Parkway would total between 21.5 to 23.7 miles in length. The general route would begin at the interchange between Interstate 485 and Garrison Road/NC 160 in Mecklenburg County, immediately southwest of Charlotte/Douglas International Airport.

The route would then cross (west/southwest) the Catawba River into Gaston County, passing south of Belmont and Cramerton. The road would cross US 321 south of Gastonia, before curving (north, then northeast) into a loop around the west side of Gastonia, crossing I-85 just west of the city.

Continuing northeast, the road would reach its endpoint at an interchange with the freeway portion of US 321, north of Dallas.

Cost and Construction Estimates

Preliminary costs are estimated (as of August, 2006) to be between $732 million and $1.568 billion, with final costs to be determined during design. The North Carolina Turnpike Authority has projected initial construction as beginning in the spring of 2010, with completion expected by the spring of 2015.

References

*http://www.ncturnpike.org/projects/gaston/