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Originally Posted by Echostatic
I think the old Ben White was torn up a decade before I was born. I just refer to Ben White as the US290/TX71 highway from The Y to US 183. People usually figure it out  |
I remember that construction. I always call it Ben White, but really only for the section between I-35 and Lamar. I grew up when the overpasses and flyovers weren't there. I remember it when it was just a 4 lane roadway. My parents went to the drive in theatre where the Walmart is in the 70s. There was also Jim's Restaurant there. I also used to go to Wolf Nursery on Ben White with my dad. I forget where it was exactly, but it was on the north side of Ben White. There was also the Truck City Ford dealership there with a big oil derrick that was a bit of a local landmark. Heck, I remember 71 going out to Bergstrom when everyone called it the Bastrop Highway. I remember going out there to another plant nursery on 969 - or Webberville Road as we called it then. That was long before ABIA. I remember military trucks running red lights on 71 because they couldn't stop safely.
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Originally Posted by freerover
It's just better to avoid using street names when you are really talking about big ass highways.
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That's very common with small towns. There are lot of "Main Streets" running the path of US 290, especially east of Austin - places like Elgin and Giddings.
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