Town of Davidson
The Antiquity Bridge at the end of South Street will be closed on the Davidson side tomorrow, April 21, from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. for the Miles for Marnie Duathalon Road Race. The bridge will reopen as soon as the race has concluded. Download a copy of the race map (PDF) on the town website.

The first residents moved in four years ago at Antiquity Cornelius, between the end of South Street in Davidson and downtown Cornelius. Today, five years after the project was approved, a total of 207 homes or townhomes have been built. Developers now say it could wind up being about half the originally planned 1,000 units. Our reporter Chip Dawson, himself an Antiquity resident, reports today on our Real Estate & Home page.

Davidson Mayor John Woods (left) and Cornelius Mayor Jeff Tarte cut a ribbon to open the new intersection Friday. With them are other town officials and developers of the Antiquity Cornelius project behind them. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net

One-by-one a police utility vehicle, a fire truck, a vintage car and the Mayor of Cornelius on a bicycle made their way across the railroad tracks at N.C. 115 and Catawba Avenue Friday afternoon, christening a new intersection that the mayor said ultimately could transform downtown Cornelius. Read the full story

View west toward the N.C. 115/ Catawba Avenue intersection during construction this winter. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

The Town of Cornelius and Antiquity Cornelius developer Venture Properties will cut a ribbon Friday afternoon to formally christen and open the long-awaited entrance to Antiquity in downtown Cornelius. The 2 p.m. ceremony is at N.C. 115 and Catawba Avenue.
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View from atop Cornelius Town Hall shows the intersection of N.C. 115 and Catawba Avenue (foreground). That's the Antiquity development at upper left. (Doug Barrick photo)

Map shows detours for N.C. 115 and Catawba Avenue. Click to enlarge. Download a PDF below.

The new entrance to the Antiquity Cornelius development in downtown Cornelius is expected to open in late April, but utility work beginning next week means the existing intersection will have to close before it can open fully. N.C. 115 will be closed at Catawba Avenue Tuesday, March 16, through Thursday, March 25.

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A waxing moon sets over the covered bridge leading to the Antiquity neighborhood on South Street shortly after 7 a.m. Wednesday. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net photo)

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Workers lay fresh asphalt at the intersection of N.C. 115 and Catawba Avenue in downtown Cornelius this week. (David Boraks photo)

Workers this week are building new turn lanes and reconfiguring the intersection of N.C. 115 and Catawba Avenue in Cornelius as they move closer to completion of the Catawba extension. But Cornelius officials say it could late March or early April before the extension is open for traffic across the Norfolk Southern railroad tracks and into the Antiquity Cornelius development. Read the full story

Catawba Avenue extension is near completion on the east side of the railroad tracks, off N.C. 115 in Cornelius. (David Boraks photo)

Cornelius officials say a major reconstruction of the main downtown intersection, at Catawba Avenue and N.C. 115, could by completed by Jan. 1.  The work is extending Catawba Avenue east across the railroad tracks and into Antiquity Cornelius, a 128-acre development that eventually could include 1,000 homes as well as offices and shops. Read the full story