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I-277 reopens in Uptown after medical emergency shut down all lanes

Multiple lanes were blocked near Exit 1 on I-277/John Belk Freeway on Tuesday morning due to a medical emergency.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — All lanes of the Interstate 277 inner loop are back open after a medical emergency prompted a brief shutdown on Tuesday morning, officials said. 

It happened near Exit 1E for Brooklyn Village Avenue and South Boulevard. Multiple Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officers were on the scene, diverting traffic off I-277. All traffic was detoured from the inner loop of the John Belk Freeway due to a mental health call. No further details were provided by Medic to CMPD about the situation. 

The road reopened around 8:30 a.m. 

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