NC 41 expanded 1928 Gen Draft

NC 41 expanded 1929 Official

NC 41 extended to NC 60 1930 Official

NC 41 extended to White Lake 1933 Official

Between 1934-36, NC 41 was rerouted between Chinquapin and Beulaville onto its current routing instead of today's Old Chinquapin Rd.

NC 41 original Beulaville approach 1930 Duplin County

NC 41 moved to modern routing 1936 Duplin County

In late 1934, NC 41 was extended with US 701 into Elizabethtown, then replaced NC 201 through Dublin and Lumberton, then replaced NC 70 south through Fairmont to South Carolina.

Lumberton surroundings in 1933 1933 Officialy

NC 41 extended to Lumberton and SC. 1936 Official

Between 1937-44, NC 41 was rerouted in the Comfort area, leaving behind Old Comfort Rd.
Between 1937-44, NC 41 was rerouted in Fairmont to Main/Byrd/Walnut instead of Walnut all the way through.

NC 41 original Fairmont routing 1936 Robeson County

NC 41 rerouted 1944 Robeson County

In 1952, NC 41 was rerouted west of Harrells to its modern routing. Most of the old routing to Tomohawk became part of NC 411.

NC 41 initial routing 1939 Official

NC 411 replaces a stretch of NC 41 1952 Shell

In 1959 or 1960, NC 41 was rerouted to avoid Dublin and run directly from Elizabethtown to Lumberton. The old route used today's NC 87 and SR 1191, Old NC 41.

NC 41 through Dublin 1958 Official

NC 41 avoids Dublin 1960 Official

In June 1970 (NCDOT), NC 41 was reoved from SR 1998 Old NC 41 and a bit of NC 11 in Tin City.
NC 41 east was extended through Trenton to US 70 as new primary routing around between 1980-82. This replaced some of SR 1001.

NC 41 ending at NC 58 1979-80 Official

NC 41 extended to US 70 1982-83 Official

In June 1998 (NCDOT), NC 41 was removed from Broad St in Elizabethtown and sent with the new NC 87 Bypass to US 701. Broad St became NC 87 Business.
In July 1998 (NCDOT), NC 41 was restored to Broad St in Elizabethtown. For some reason NCDOT did this action again in 2015. GMSV shows NC 41 was posted on Broad St the whole time.
In Sept 2006 (NCDOT), NC 41 was rerouted in Lumberton. Coming in from the east, NC 41 cuts south with NC 211, then west with NC 72 back to Fairmont St. Elizabeth Ave became SR 2055 and Pine St became more of SR 1997.

NC 41 using Elizabeth and Pine through Lumberton 1968 Robeson County

NC 41 using NC 211 and NC 72 through Lumberton 2008 Robeson County