Complex sentence: Entering Mecklenburg County, the highway becomes known as Wilkinson Boulevard; in Uptown Charlotte, it becomes the John Belk Freeway and then as Independence Freeway/Boulevard before exiting Mecklenburg county.
Split into simpler sentences: Entering Mecklenburg County, the highway becomes known as "Wilkinson Boulevard". In Uptown Charlotte, it becomes the "John Belk Freeway" and then as "Independence Freeway/Boulevard" before exiting Mecklenburg county.