Where Did the Monkeys Near Fort Lauderdale Airport Come From?

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11. U.S. 1. Long and desolate. For miles, nothing but farms or forests.

The commercial buildings that were there, were nondescript things that were put together without imagination... just utilitarian buildings to keep the rain out of whatever was going on inside. There are a parts of southern N.J. with secondary highways that have a few such buildings standing. About half are vacant. The rest have succumbed to strip malls or convenience store/gas stations.

U.s. 1 is also known as the Post Road. It was built from Boston to New Orleans and was chartered by Ben Franklin to facilitate the carrying of mail. There were stone markers along the road and the postage fee was calculated by the miles. I recall seeing a few of those markers along the side of the highway, outside of Trenton, N.J,. until the 1980's. They were later removed to widen the highway.

Several parts of the highway are still named Post Road. A Post Road exists in Bronx, N.Y. Others are in New England towns.

The second argument leading to the Civil War was in early 1800's. Congress passed a Bonus Bill that provided for paving the section of the road from Washington D.C. to Boston. No parts of U.S. 1 in southern states was to be paved.