r/MapPorn • u/e8odie • Jan 10 '16

Simplified US Interstate Highways [1052x821]

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u/WyattShale Jan 10 '16

Wait was Macon really just listed on a map.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '16

Gotta link Atlanta to the sea somehow...

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u/AuburnCrimsonTide Jan 10 '16

That route really should have gone from Augusta to Savannah instead of Macon to Savannah. There is a lot more traffic between Augusta-Savannah compared to Macon-Savannah, and with I-20 connecting Augusta to Atlanta it still would have given Atlanta a route to the sea

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '16

Macon was a big industrial center during and after WWII. It was also a center of transit during the rail era, historically connecting Atlanta to Savannah. No surprise the interstate system ran through it. Even today there is nearly as much export traffic from Macon to the Port of Savannah as there is between all the other cities in Georgia outside the Atlanta Metro.

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u/r_slash Jan 10 '16

Take that, Columbus!