North Carolina Highway 218 (NC 218) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The highway runs east–west from Mint Hill to Polkton.

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North Carolina Highway 218
Route information
Maintained by NCDOT
Length	31.6 mi[1] (50.9 km)
Existed	1935[2]–present
Major junctions
West end	NC 51 in Mint Hill
Major intersections	I-485 in Mint Hill US 601 in Unionville
East end	US 74 in Polkton
Location
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
Counties	Mecklenburg, Union, Anson
Highway system
North Carolina Highway System Interstate US State Scenic
← NC 217 → US 220

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NC 218 traverses 31.6 miles (50.9 km); starting in Mint Hill, it goes through northern Union County, then ends in Polkton. The entire route is a two-lane rural highway and is a significant truck route. It also has seasonal beach bound traffic. Residential communities in Union County and a few near Interstate 485 (I-485) in Mecklenburg County contribute the majority of the daily commuter traffic.^{[citation needed]}

Established as a new primary routing in 1935, it connected the towns of Mint Hill and Polkton. In the early 1940s, it was extended in Polkton when U.S. Route 74 (US 74) was rerouted further south from town. In the 1960s, NC 218 was moved onto a new extension of Williams Street in Polkton, leaving Old US 74.^[2]