Hi there, I have been kind of a lurker for a while. I am fascinated by old style US Highway shields and other road signs from the 50s and before. I don't know why. I would especially like to locate any photographs of roads, signs, etc, from my hometown of Brunswick, Georgia.
I remember when I was a little kid and my dad took me out to where they were building the Spur (GA SPUR 25) from US 17 up to I-95. I was interested in the grading and paving operations.
I have been messing around with that Shield Generator for years. Something tells me I am in the right place.
Ben Sellers
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Speaking of Brunswick road history and GA Spur 25, do you know if Business Loop I-95 was ever posted there?
A Chamber of Commerce map from 25 years ago showed a business loop:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.interstate-guide.com%2Fmaps%2Fi0095b_brunswick_ga_map.jpg&hash=bcf31e947ae35382dba96f4ed4d2e53d6098e0b1)
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Alex, that is a startling map, as I was not aware that it was once signed as a business loop. The section on exit 38 (Exit 8 on your map) has always been four-laned, but with multiple at-grade intersections with stop lights. There are plenty of big box stores and a mall along the route. Everybody in Brunswick just calls it "The Spur".
The other entrance shown on your map (exit 29/6) has mostly been two-laned for years and is US 17 cosigned with GA 520 and GA 25.
I have never seen any Business Loop signage. Very interesting!
I will ask my Dad about it.
Ben
There's two Alexs here. I'm from PA, originally born in NC, and is also called Alex.
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Hello from Northern Kentucky! Welcome to the forum.
As you see by my name, I used to have a US 17 avatar. I changed it to I-81 in honor of the first free interstate I ever rode on in Syracuse, NY. Besides, there is an ongoing, engaging debate (war) about what to do with the I-81 viaduct in Syracuse, which, basically, is on its last legs.
I remember back in the mid 1970's when I-95 was being constructed around Brunswick. On our family trips to Florida (from the Hampton Roads area of Virginia) we had to get off I-95, take GA 303 to US 17, then take GA Spur 25 near Woodbine to get back on I-95 South. Looking back, that was fun and interesting.
You are indeed in the right place.
I love road signs, especially old ones, too. And old highway alignments.
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Quote from: amroad17 on September 24, 2016, 05:31:56 AM
Hello from Northern Kentucky! Welcome to the forum.
As you see by my name, I used to have a US 17 avatar. I changed it to I-81 in honor of the first free interstate I ever rode on in Syracuse, NY. Besides, there is an ongoing, engaging debate (war) about what to do with the I-81 viaduct in Syracuse, which, basically, is on its last legs.
I remember back in the mid 1970's when I-95 was being constructed around Brunswick. On our family trips to Florida (from the Hampton Roads area of Virginia) we had to get off I-95, take GA 303 to US 17, then take GA Spur 25 near Woodbine to get back on I-95 South. Looking back, that was fun and interesting.
I remember this detour as well. I was little but i remember seeing JUNCTION spelled out on sign for US 84/SR (cant remember)... 84 and 82 east of Brunswick switched places in the 70s or 80s.
I drove to Brunswick yesterday to check out post Matthew damage and drive over Sidney Lanier bridge
LGMS428