Famous Landmark Places that are no more

[roadman65]

I was wondering what places out there were once considered landmarks by motorists that are no longer in business, but when they were they remained in operation for decades.

Red Apple Rest along NY 17 in Southfields, NY was in business for many years. It even survived the NY Thruway as in the previous years NY 17 carried many motorists that I-87 now does at least between NYC and Harriman.  US 9 and US 9W carried motorists further north, but many going to vacation in the Catskills used this restaurant as a stopover as it was near halfway between NYC and that particular mountain region.  Matter of fact, there were billboards similar to those of South of the Border near Dillon, SC along I-95 for many miles along the original NY 17 before the Quickway and Thruway were built according to relatives of mine.  Now I was reading that the place closed for good almost 10 years ago and the building boarded up according to photos on the web.

I have also seen many abandoned road side stands along US 301 between Orangeburg, SC and the GA Line that were killed by I-95 spite that south of Santee, SC US 301 severs from I-95 a great distance.  Do not know of them specifically what they were by name, but does anyone know of popular places that served travelers that finally died?

[Alps]

There's a ton of them along old 66, such as Jackrabbit (you are here!) or Cadillac Ranch (was also a landmark along I-40, to be fair, though now moved). Jackrabbit doesn't appear to be a thing now, just a billboard. A few of the old Indian trading posts out that way also seem to have disappeared, despite signs or even building shells remaining.

[NE2]

The Old Man in the Mountain.

[DTComposer]

Not sure how famous it was outside the region, but for sheer childhood roadtrip nostalgia I'd say the Nut Tree on I-80 nee US-40 between Sacramento and San Francisco. I know it's been "re-born" but it's a shadow of what it was.

[kkt]

Not sure how famous it was outside the region, but for sheer childhood roadtrip nostalgia I'd say the Nut Tree on I-80 nee US-40 between Sacramento and San Francisco. I know it's been "re-born" but it's a shadow of what it was.

My mom grew up in Lafayette, in the 1950s.  There was no shopping for anything other than groceries in Lafayette or Walnut Creek back then.  They'd often go to the Nut Tree rather than over the hill to Berkeley or Oakland, before the third bore of the Caldecott Tunnel was built.

[Stephane Dumas]

on TCH-20 almost half between Montreal and Quebec City was the Madrid hotel-restaurant, replaced by a restaurant. It was built back when the road was PQ-9 before being upgraded to TCH-20.

[roadman65]

I am sure that Route 66 had many as I-40 (and pretty much the whole interstate system) changed the fate of older US Routes and moved traffic away from many places.  That is why Breezewood, PA is fighting the direct connection from I-70 to the PA Turnpike all of these years.

[Alps]

I am sure that Route 66 had many as I-40 (and pretty much the whole interstate system) changed the fate of older US Routes and moved traffic away from many places.  That is why Breezewood, PA is fighting the direct connection from I-70 to the PA Turnpike all of these years.

The second that Breezewood is bypassed, no one will miss it.

[ghYHZ]

on TCH-20 almost half between Montreal and Quebec City was the Madrid hotel-restaurant, replaced by a restaurant. It was built back when the road was PQ-9 before being upgraded to TCH-20.

Remember it well.....along with the Dinosaurs!  We'd leave the Big O after watching the Expos (also No More) play an afternoon game......and always stopped there for supper (it was tradition) before continuing onto Edmundston for the night on our way back to the Maritimes! 

[hbelkins]

Cadillac Ranch is gone relocated?

[roadman65]

I am sure that Route 66 had many as I-40 (and pretty much the whole interstate system) changed the fate of older US Routes and moved traffic away from many places.  That is why Breezewood, PA is fighting the direct connection from I-70 to the PA Turnpike all of these years.

The second that Breezewood is bypassed, no one will miss it.

That is why. The business owners are afraid of not being missed!

[Alps]

Cadillac Ranch is gone relocated?

I don't care how people frown upon LMGTFY, this is just begging for it. http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=cadillac+ranch+relocated

[hbelkins]

I've never been there, but my brother and dad visited it in 1990. It got moved after they were there. At least it's still adjacent to I-40.

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

Ship Hotel, US 30 west of Bedford, Pa.

[1995hoo]

This used to appear on a gas station on Route 9 just east of the Virginia—West Virginia state line. The gas station is still there, but it's been all spruced up and turned into a Liberty station and the sign is no more.

[Mr_Northside]

I am sure that Route 66 had many as I-40 (and pretty much the whole interstate system) changed the fate of older US Routes and moved traffic away from many places.  That is why Breezewood, PA is fighting the direct connection from I-70 to the PA Turnpike all of these years.

The second that Breezewood is bypassed, no one will miss it.

That is why. The business owners are afraid of not being missed!

Which certainly seems like an overblown fear. 
It's not like there is another oasis of food/fuel/etc services in the area.  (The closest exceptions being TPK service plazas and Bedford.)

[roadman65]

I am sure that Route 66 had many as I-40 (and pretty much the whole interstate system) changed the fate of older US Routes and moved traffic away from many places.  That is why Breezewood, PA is fighting the direct connection from I-70 to the PA Turnpike all of these years.

The second that Breezewood is bypassed, no one will miss it.

That is why. The business owners are afraid of not being missed!

Which certainly seems like an overblown fear. 
It's not like there is another oasis of food/fuel/etc services in the area.  (The closest exceptions being TPK service plazas and Bedford.)

Maybe with the cost of fuel gone up, enough complaints to PennDOT will get the interchange finally done!

[txstateends]

Cadillac Ranch is gone relocated?

A few years ago, the landowner, Stanley Marsh, felt like growth on the west side of Amarillo was encroaching on the Ranch, so he picked up his Cadillacs and moved them a short distance farther west.  Since I left the area, retail/commercial growth along Soncy (west Loop 335) has really picked up.  TxDOT even proposed a replacement section of loop farther out on the southwest and west sides of Amarillo--but, of course, the talk about funding it came around to tolling, and not much has been said about a replacement since (even though a few have taken the I-told-you-so tone as they thought Loop 335 should have been built more like Loop 289 in Lubbock).

[US71]

Mt Gaylor near Winslow, AR. The buildings are all abandoned and the lookout tower is slowly crumbling.

[empirestate]

The second that Breezewood is bypassed, no one will miss it.

Man, that's the second time today I've been called "No one"!

[Takumi]

Man, that's the second time today I've been called "No one"!

Reminds me of a local car dealer who started calling himself "Nobody" so when other dealers say "nobody beats our prices", he can say "That's right. I do" or something to that effect.

[NWI_Irish96]

The spindle of cars featured in Wayne's World no longer stands at the corner of Harlem and Cermak in Berwyn, IL.

[agentsteel53]

Jackrabbit doesn't appear to be a thing now, just a billboard.

this would be news to me.  I remember it being an antique/souvenir shop as recently as 2010 or so.

[Alps]

Jackrabbit doesn't appear to be a thing now, just a billboard.

this would be news to me.  I remember it being an antique/souvenir shop as recently as 2010 or so.

Well it seemed to be closed/dead when I went by (not just closed for the day) as of mid-2011...

[PAHighways]

Maybe with the cost of fuel gone up, enough complaints to PennDOT will get the interchange finally done!

If fuel costs keep going up, people will drive less which will impact the Highway Trust Fund and less people will be using the Turnpike, so the opposite would happen.