Some old pictures of I-95:
Main Street Bridge view from ramp over, originally, just the FEC railroad (versus today over also all the intersecting streets to the river) on way to I-95. Note buildings at the time lining South Main Street:
(http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/DOT/dot0556.jpg)
Main Street Bridge ramp to I-95 under construction:
(http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/DOT/dot0564.jpg)
I-95 over Kings Road area under construction:
(http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/DOT/dot0558.jpg)
Fuller Warren Toll Plaza adjacent to Baptist Hospital:
(http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc17214.jpg)
Exit to Beach and Atlantic Blvds:
(http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/DOT/dot0557.jpg)
Below appears to be I-95 (left to right) and 20th Street Expressway. Note neighborhood destruction.:
(http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc17754.jpg)
I am surprised you are allowed to post photos of such a graphic nature. These all represent the death of so many neighborhoods.
Highways, the great urban renewal project. Destroys neighborhoods in decline in order to build up new ones at the end of the line. Plus, cars can go faster. ;D
Fascinating. Where did you find these?
Quote from: JaxNole on July 26, 2009, 11:03:42 PM
Fascinating. Where did you find these?
Florida State Archives Photo Collection.
I grew up a quarter mile from I-95 near Univ where our neighborhood was sliced in two by the interstate. It'd be really cool to find an old map of Jacksonville pre-interstate or some pictures of the neighborhoods before the construction of the highways.
Jacksonville Streetmap 1920
(http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/jacksonville_fla_1920.jpg)
I-95 Trout River Bridge:
(http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/DOT/dot0569.jpg)
I-95 Welcome Station, Yulee:
(http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/commerce/c684198.jpg)
I-95 somewhere in Duval County:
(http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/reference/rc17197.jpg)
pretty cool old pics
Geez..............I remember sections in Florida where I-10 was still being built many years ago! Very nice pictures gentlemen!
Date Street? What is it called today?
Quote from: Jaxson on August 01, 2010, 11:19:15 PM
Date Street? What is it called today?
My best guess from today's map vs. the 1920 one, is it's Forest Street. The stretch of "Highway" shown, now appears to be "Edison" and "Durkee" appears to be "Myrtle". "Orange Park Rd" appears to be "Blanding" and "Enterprise" is "West Beaver Street" (and, before "Enterprise", I believe, this was the "Old Spanish Trail"). I suppose "St. Nicholas Avenue" is now part of "Atlantic Blvd." and parts of Kings Road on the Southside are now called Kings Road, Philips Highway, St. Augustine Rd., Old Kings Road, etc.
Quote from: stjr on August 01, 2010, 11:43:57 PM
Quote from: Jaxson on August 01, 2010, 11:19:15 PM
Date Street? What is it called today?
My best guess from today's map vs. the 1920 one, is it's Forest Street. The stretch of "Highway" shown, now appears to be "Edison" and "Durkee" appears to be "Myrtle". "Orange Park Rd" appears to be "Blanding" and "Enterprise" is "West Beaver Street" (and, before "Enterprise", I believe, this was the "Old Spanish Trail").
West Beaver was also known as Alligator Road in the mid-1800's. Edison didn't change meaning all that much, when the Lackawanna Streetcar line was built it was called Electric Avenue. It carried the parts of loops or routes of the Lackawanna Line, Murray Hill Line, Union Station Line, West Bay Street Line... OCKLAWAHA
I dunno... I think Date Street is Post now. Could be wrong.
Quote from: Cliffs_Daughter on August 01, 2010, 11:57:14 PM
I dunno... I think Date Street is Post now. Could be wrong.
I picked Forest because it's at the spot where the same kink in Riverside Avenue is for Date. Post is further south. If I had to come up with an alternate, it would be the separated leg of Edison ending 1 block south of Forest at Riverside Avenue. They may have renamed the entire "Highway-Date" link Edison as one road. But, for this, it would seem the 1920 map would have to be a bit off in its precision.
Wow; I remember as a kid living in Jasper Florida (Hamilton County) with my Grandmother and she and a friend went fishing and they decided to go see the new I-75. It was a buzz word and the thing to talk about when it was being built and when it first opened; I'm talking around 1961/62; and, there were very few signs on the expressway back then if any. The interstates were the raves and the mode things to talk about when they were being constructed and when they were completed.
"HU"
I did a bit of digging in old directories this morning, as this was bugging me enough - plus I love a good mental challenge.
I had to go through a few listings with houses that were located on corners, and drew some good conclusions
We were both wrong, or at least were in regards to 1894-1901.
Forest is Forrest, still the same as it ever was. Forrest is listed in many addresses as the cross road for other streets that are exactly where they are.
Date became Margaret Street, and Barnaby became Oak .
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Quote from: Cliffs_Daughter on August 02, 2010, 12:19:27 PM
Forest is Forrest, still the same as it ever was. Forrest is listed in many addresses as the cross road for other streets that are exactly where they are.
Date became Margaret Street, and Barnaby became Oak.
You did the research so I take you at your word but Margaret is at a whole different place on the map. The 1920 map must be grossly mislabeled as the street labeled Date is at a kink in Riverside Ave. that correlates with Forest, not Margaret.