History
- 1920s: NC 51 is a state highway going from Rockingham to Ellerbe.
- 1935: NC 51 is renumbered NC 73 and NC 109 and a new NC 51 forms at US 521 in Pineville going to NC 24/NC 27 north of Mint Hill. This used to be NC 276, which was decommissioned after the introduction of US 276 in North Carolina.
- 1968: US 21 is moved onto I-77 allowing NC 51 to be expanded 2-mile (3.2 km) to the South Carolina border, from where it goes on to the new US 21.
- 1988: The first segment of NC 51 becomes a four-lane highway, at the Providence Road interchange.
- 1990: More widening makes NC 51 a four-lane road from Pineville to Matthews.
- 1991: Head-on parking in west Pineville is changed to parallel parking, allowing for NC 51 to be four lanes through that section of town.
- 1992-1994: With the last true center of congestion being downtown Matthews, Matthews Township Parkway is built, creating a bypass north of the city. NC 51 has not been rerouted or widened since, although many construction jobs have added turn lanes on the route.
- 1998: Interstate 485 opens in Pineville.
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