I-485 ranked among worst U.S. commutes: "(By Steve Lyttle, slyttle@charlotteobserver.com) This probably won't make you feel any better when you sit in a line of traffic on the outer loop of Interstate 485 in Pineville and south Charlotte, stuck in one of the region's worst commuting headaches.
But a stretch of the outerbelt has received national attention, ranked 31st in the list of America's 50 Worst Commutes."