Postcard of the Day

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[peteralway.livejournal.com]

Pre-interstate America is so disorienting!

[pane-carasau079.livejournal.com]

As someone who lived in Michigan, Jersey, and Delaware, I'd absolutely hang this up in my house. Love it.

[fflo.livejournal.com]

I guess Rte 13 is still the thing in Delaware (I lived in Salisbury for many years), but New Jersey and Michigan have changed a lot. There was no major east-west highway from Detroit to the west edge of Michigan (and Chicago, without dipping down into Ohio)! And New Jersey had the turnpikes but much less of the highway system, and no freeway to Atlantic City from Philly.

Funny they included "under construction" in the key, but no under-construction roads appeared on the map. Unless I'm not spotting something.

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

US 12 used to follow pretty much the path of I-94, and I'm not sure why the postcard doesn't show it. That was before my time, but I've seen maps.

[pane-carasau079.livejournal.com]

Heyyoo fellow 302! <3

Interesting to hear bout not having a major East to West highway... I remember feeling like it took forever to get to Michigan from the East coast when I'd drive for college - and that was even driving into Indiana for a hot minute. Imagine putting Ohio into the loop (though not too far from the bottom right of the mitten state). I remember my ex used to live in Monroe, MI and he was a huge Ohio fan.

Good catch about the key. Both Turnpike and Under Construction are the same color on the key - I wonder if we're not seeing a turnpike that was under construction?