Talk:Interstate 85

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I moved information from the I-385 and I-585 pages to this page, as those two are spur routes of I-85. I-385 and I-585 now redirect here. WhisperToMe 04:26, 13 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Why? Those pages need to now be separated from Interstate 85. --Rschen7754 22:32, September 11, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Criss-Cross

I've been driving back and forth on I-85 between LaGrange, GA and Petersburg, VA for the last couple weekends and have noticed that there is a section in NC (roughly between Thomasville and Lexington, and in the vicinity of a rest area) where the northbound and southbound lanes cross over, so that the sb lanes are to the east of the nb lanes. (assuming for the sake of discussion that the road is actually running geographically north and south at this point). Is this a unique feature for an interstate highway? Does anybody know if there was a particular reason for this design? LarryMac 14:24, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

Yes. North Carolina built a Vietnam Veterans Memorial at the rest area that is located in the crossover section. By crossing the interstate travel lanes, access to the rest area is by simple right-hand exits with no bridges necessary at the rest area and minimizing the number of bridges necessary for the project. C.Fred 02:29, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] SC abandonned bicentennial structure on I-85 between Spartanburg and Greenville

In the early 70's SC designed and started a bicentennial glass structure on the west side of I-85 (southbound exit); this structure was based on a geometric shape (maybe dome?) made of specifically shaped pieces (maybe triangles) that resulted in accumulating each piece's (triangle) error as the structure was built until the summed errors were too many to allow further construction and the thing was left to rust for several years. Can someone provide a picture and or corroboration? Philfossil 15:58, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Possible add to Notes

Maybe of something of interest, but near Gaffney, South Carolina, there is a graveyard in the medium of the Interstate highway. The graveyard has been there since the 1800's and cannot be accessed unless you park along the medium of the freeway. Unless you are looking for it, you will miss it since it is an oddity. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Washuotaku (talk • contribs) 20:27, 11 February 2007 (UTC).