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Newer but similar thing with Old Spanish Trail through the southern US (and similar historic trails). So many roads named after something or named some nostalg
by beerandt 2y ago
Newer but similar thing with Old Spanish Trail through the southern US (and similar historic trails).
So many roads named after something or named some nostalgic but generic thing, that no one realizes when they are actually driving on the modernized version of the real thing.
Among other things, it seems most expect there to be a route 66 style or (american) rail-row insitu abandoned artifact of these roads (which do sometimes exist in stretches of realignment) but don't realize that un-abandoned places generally aren't going to abandon their roads.
ETA: Old Spanish Trail went from the Atlantic coast of Florida to the Pacific along the Gulf Coast then continued west.
But the places with continuous use to today from Texas east are now more often excluded from 'Old Spanish Trail' maps.
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- QuercusMax 2y agoEl Camino Real in California is now just another road full of strip malls going through Mountain View and Palo Alto.
- brudgers 2y agoThe road retained its name in part of Silicon Valley, but the 101 follows the Camino Real as it continues south. There are commemorative markers.