), is a future 18.5-mile (29.8 km) four-lane freeway bypass of the city of Shelby along U.S. Route 74 (US 74) in Cleveland County in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

Continuing northeast, it will have another parclo AB2 interchange with North Carolina Highway 226 (NC 226; Polkville Road) northwest of Shelby city limits.

Crossing the Charlotte Subdivision again, the bypass has another diamond interchange with North Carolina Highway 150 (NC 150; Cherryville Road) on the northeastern city limits of Shelby.

The bypass will end at another trumpet interchange with US 74 southeast of Shelby, with US 74 entering the mainline highway.

This will create a continuous freeway from just east of Mooresboro to Interstate 85 (I-85) and U.S. Route 29 (US 29) in Kings Mountain.

[1] The Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) was approved by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and NCDOT in October 1998.

Senator of North Carolina Thom Tillis announced that the United States Department of Transportation had awarded a $25 million Infrastructure For Rebuilding America (INFRA) Grant to NCDOT to help fund improvements along the US 74 corridor, which includes the Shelby Bypass.

This section involved the construction of the western trumpet interchange with U.S. Route 74 (US 74) west of Shelby.

All three sections, which all add up to 5.6 miles (9.0 km), were opened to traffic together after the paving was completed on April 13, 2020.

Wagner Company, a firm based in Charlotte, was awarded the contracts to construct these three sections.

[31] The construction of the Shelby Bypass is expected to negatively impact the survival of Hexastylis naniflora, a rare species of flowering plant endemic to the region, with over 3,000 plants expected to be lost, while over 2,000 more will be indirectly impacted, according to a 2012 report by NCDOT to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS).