Thousands of runners shut down I-277 for Around the Crown 10K race

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) – Thousands of runners took to the streets of Charlotte on Sunday morning for the annual Around the Crown 10K.

This year’s 6.2-mile road race began at 7:30 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 6, at the Mint Museum in Uptown and ended outside Truist Field. The course winds through Uptown and the South End — routing runners onto the inner loop of Interstate 277.

The Around the Crown 10K was founded in 2019 with the goal of temporarily shutting down the city’s traffic-laden inner beltway for local runners. The event marks the only time during the calendar year that state and local officials close the highway to vehicular traffic…

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