This post originally appeared on the Desolation Travel blog back in July 2012. I am incredibly busy at the moment and haven't had time to get out and take any pictures for the blog. However, I drove much of this route this past Saturday with my mom, and remembered that this blog post existed and decided to re-post it over here. Enjoy!
US-1 was the main north-south highway in the eastern US prior to the construction of the Interstate Highway System. Interstate highway I-95 roughly parallels US-1, but it is far enough away from it that the hotels, motels, bars, and restaurants along US-1 have all but faded into the underbrush. US-1 is still traveled, but typically only by people going short distances. Long haul travelers usually take the Interstates. My mom and I had popped down to Jacksonville, FL from her home in Waycross, GA the other day, and we took US-1 there and back. The stretch of US-1 between its intersection with I-10 in Jacksonville and the Florida/Georgia border is dotted with the remains of old motels.
(The map's a tad backwards - pictures start at B and go towards A)
At the intersection of US-1 and I-10
At the intersection of US-1 and I-10
US-1, between Callahan and Hilliard
US-1, between Callahan and Hilliard
US-1, between Callahan and Hilliard
US-1, between Callahan and Hilliard
US-1 in Hilliard
US-1 between Hilliard and the GA border
US-1 between Hilliard and the GA border
