Eastway Drive and Shamrock Drive Intersection

Goals

Anticipated outcomes align with the Strategic Mobility Plan by delivering a project that is:

Safe

Reduced crash risk at a High Injury Network intersection

Connected

Improved pedestrian, bicycle and transit connectivity

Equitable

Expanded access to schools, transit and nearby destinations

Sustainable

Support for mode shift through complete street improvements

Prosperous

Improved intersection operations and traffic flow

Innovative

Redesigned geometry and technology-enabled safety upgrades

Why This Intersection?

Eastway Drive and Shamrock Drive is a key gateway in east Charlotte, carrying both regional commuters and local trips. Today the intersection has five legs meeting at a skewed angle. Left turns and U-turns cause frequent crashes, and the intersection is hard to cross on foot or by bike. This project responds to safety and access needs residents have raised for years.

The intersection sits on four of the city's safety and priority networks: the High Injury Network, the Bicycle Priority Network, the Complete Streets Priority Network and the Pedestrian Priority Network. It serves CATS Route 23 and connects people to Shamrock Gardens Elementary, Garinger High School, Methodist Home Park and the future Briar Creek Greenway.

A quadrant road is a short connector street that moves turning traffic away from a busy intersection. Drivers will still have a safe, signalized way to turn left or make a U-turn. Instead of doing it at the main intersection, they will use one of two smaller intersections on the quadrant road. Those intersections meet at right angles, which makes them easier to understand and navigate. Right turns stay the same.

Improvements include redesigned intersection geometry with two new signalized intersections to improve operations and turning movements, along with new bike lanes, shared-use paths, sidewalks and improved crosswalks, including six new crosswalks providing access to Methodist Home Park.

Fall 2026 - Design was completed in June 2026 and the project is now in the real estate acquisition phase. Utility relocation is expected to begin in 2027. Construction is expected between 2029 and 2030.

Learn more about project phases

The Road Ahead Community Meeting (Oct. 8, 2026)

The project team hosted a community meeting for the Eastway/Shamrock Intersection and Shamrock Drive Complete Street projects at Shamrock Gardens Elementary. Approximately 60 residents attended. They moved through stations, saw what both projects will look like and how they will work once built, and talked directly with the project team. Other city departments also shared work happening in the area. View photos from the public meeting.

Overall Project Map

This image, shared during the public meeting on Oct. 8, 2026, provides an aerial view of the project improvements that includes insets of how Eastway Drive, Shamrock Drive and the Quad Road at Rock Drive will look after project completion, including travel lanes, turning lanes, bike lanes, sidewalk and planting strips. You may also download and print this map as a PDF(PDF, 9MB). Please note this document is very large and may take a while to load.

Project Presentation (May/June 206)

The project team prepared an 11-minute-long video that provides an overview of the proposed improvements, a project timeline and how the changes make affect residents' current route through the intersection. View the presentation on YouTube.

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Abby Preston, P.E.
Engineering Project Manager
Charlotte Department of Transportation
980-416-7652
abby.preston@charlottenc.gov

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