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Eleanors38

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30. In Florida it's "A1A.". GOD, I remember when it was a narrow 2-lane...

Reply to REP (Reply #17)

Wed Aug 26, 2015, 02:39 PM

Aug 2015

Nuzzling the Atlantic, and the bridge over Mantanzas Inlet to Crescent Beach was wooden, and some of the creosote poles hung like stalactites from the roadbed! The load limit dropped from 8,000 lbs, to 5,000, to "No Trucks," to truncated fishing pier.

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You must be in SoCal KamaAina Aug 2015 #26

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