 By 1956, right-of-way purchases and condemnation of buildings had begun; the highway was completed by 1964.US 50 east of Main Street was relocated in 1965 when the four-lane highway from there to Berlin was completed.While the US 13 portion of the Salisbury Bypass was completed in 1981, construction on the extension west to US 50 to allow that highway to bypass downtown Salisbury did not begin until May 2000.