Florida State Road 4 (pre-1945) - History

History

Other than that one change, SR 4's definition has not changed. However, its route has been changed many times within the constraints of the 1923 law.

SR 4 began as the John Anderson Highway from Miami to Jacksonville, which became part of the east mainline of the Dixie Highway. It was the South Georgia Connector of the Dixie Highway north of Jacksonville.

In 1926, when the U.S. Highway System was being planned, U.S. Route 1 was assigned to the whole route.

In the 1945 renumbering, SR 4 became the following roads:

  • SR 5 from Miami to Jacksonville
  • SR 15 from Jacksonville to Georgia

Read more about this topic:  Florida State Road 4 (pre-1945)

Famous quotes containing the word history:

    When the coherence of the parts of a stone, or even that composition of parts which renders it extended; when these familiar objects, I say, are so inexplicable, and contain circumstances so repugnant and contradictory; with what assurance can we decide concerning the origin of worlds, or trace their history from eternity to eternity?
    David Hume (1711–1776)

    A people without history
    Is not redeemed from time, for history is a pattern
    Of timeless moments.
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

    History is more or less bunk. It’s tradition. We don’t want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker’s damn is the history we make today.
    Henry Ford (1863–1947)