Vintage Death Valley

I couldn't decide what blog to post this on. It was either this one or Flashback City. Since this has such a detailed illustration of what the I-40/85 Corridor was like 16 years ago, it was off to Road City.

This picture of Death Valley near the I-40/85 Split was in the Greensboro News & Record on Monday, November 27, 1989. It's weird that an article about roads made it to the front page on the day I was born.

The article talked about Thanksgiving Weekend traffic. But I have more interest in the picture it's self. This picture was taken before the corridor became I-40/85. In 1989, it was only I-85. I'm not really sure when I-40 moved onto the corridor. It was probably around 1990 or 1991.

At this time in 1989, Interstate 40 was in 2 sections in North Carolina. The western section ran from Tennessee to Greensboro and the eastern section ran from Hillsborough to Benson.