Wednesday, March 4, 2020

The King's Highway

I never realized when I was a teenager driving around Myrtle Beach, SC and the Grand Strand that I was driving on the oldest highway in America. We always called Highway 17 "The King's Highway" without even thinking about it. Turns out, it came into existence when we were still subject to the king of England!

Check out this link, I think it's fascinating!

15 comments:

Ms. Moon said...

That is so cool! And I had no idea that any roads in our country were that old. Or at least the original roadways.

anne marie in philly said...

have driven on highway 17 in VA. we have some cobblestone streets still here in philly: http://www.elfrethsalley.org

Joanne Noragon said...

You may be too young: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdqDeBzqlP0
The King's Highway can also be found in England. I don't think it runs under the ocean, though.

Cro Magnon said...

When I saw your headline, I imagined it referred to Elvis!

Bonnie said...

That is really interesting and so is the article! Thanks for telling us about it. My husband grew up in Columbia, South Caroline. I'll have to ask him what he knows about it. He will love that article too.

Librarian said...

Knowing about the history of our immediate surroundings is fascinating, isn't it. Here in this country, a road is considered old if it was built by the Romans ;-)

Moving with Mitchell said...

Fascinating. Thanks for the link!

Yorkshire Pudding said...

That is fascinating now please send the outstanding road tolls to The Queen of England. The money will help us to fight the new plague - Wuhan Flu.

Steve Reed said...

I've driven that road! I had no idea it was known by that name or had that kind of history, though.

Dave R said...

Holy Crap! All those cobblestones set my teeth a chaterin'

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