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Title: Historic Atlanta highway map?
Post by: usends on July 18, 2015, 07:39:01 PM

The earliest I've seen is the inset on the 1938 official (https://www.flickr.com/photos/usends/19816576951/in/album-72157649919539188/), and by then, US 78 was already routed along Ponce de Leon. It seems like it would've originally gone through the downtown CBD, maybe using DeKalb-Decatur-Marietta. Does anyone have an earlier map that sheds light? Thanks...

Title: Re: Historic Atlanta highway map?
Post by: mapcat on July 18, 2015, 07:58:45 PM

Here's one from a 1932 Rand McNally road atlas.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi58.tinypic.com%2Ffzc7l2.jpg&hash=5f28bbc74d7ce06df277941b815ae49d209545d4)

Title: Re: Historic Atlanta highway map?
Post by: usends on July 18, 2015, 09:07:47 PM

Quote from: mapcat on July 18, 2015, 07:58:45 PM
Here's one from a 1932 Rand McNally road atlas.

Nice... thanks! So US 78 did originally go thru downtown, and US 23 did originally use Peachtree... good to know :nod:

Title: Re: Historic Atlanta highway map?
Post by: Avalanchez71 on July 22, 2015, 09:08:45 PM

I remember trying to research that not to long ago as well. I thought that the US highways always went around the CBD. I didn't see that 1932 map.

Title: Re: Historic Atlanta highway map?
Post by: NE2 on July 22, 2015, 10:14:50 PM

1931 Gousha:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.libs.uga.edu%2Fdarchive%2Fhargrett%2Fmaps%2F1931p3c.jpg&hash=1c7acfe801f989cd9cb330e2b5d21dcc03d20557)

Title: Re: Historic Atlanta highway map?
Post by: usends on July 23, 2015, 06:12:55 PM

Thanks, good find!

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