Today on the Southeast Roads Yahoo! Newsgroup, Alex "Roaddog" Nitzman shared information regarding a feasibility study by Georgia's State Road and Tollway Authority for a tollway in Savannah. Please click here for the article.
Before the GA 400 tollway was opened in 1993, there had been a "Toll US 80" highway in the eastern part of Savannah running between the downtown area and Savannah Beach (now Tybee Island). I believe that the toll on that particular road was discontinued sometime around the early 1980's at the latest. If you have any history regarding "Toll US 80", then please share it with us.
The other tolled facility in Georgia was the F.J. Torras Causeway (unsigned Glynn County Route 582), which runs from US 17/GA 25 in Brunswick to Saint Simons Island. The toll ($0.35) was only charged for vehicles heading into Saint Simons. On December 31, 2003, the toll was discontinued and all that was left was an empty shell of a toll plaza with a plain white "NO TOLL" sign on it. I wish I had taken a picture of it when we were there nearly 2 years ago. :(
From 1953 to 1975, the original Eugene Talmadge Memorial Bridge in Savannah was tolled. Fortunately, the current bridge, which Mary and I traveled across last October while in Savannah, was free from the day it was opened to traffic. While we crossed the bridge, I took a CVS video recorder and recorded our trips as we drove over the bridge from Georgia to South Carolina (and back). I need to get it developed into a DVD.
A special thanks to Alex for sharing this Savannah toll road proposal news with us here in the road enthusiast community.
BTW, has anyone ever thought of doing another "roads meet" in Georgia? If so, then please let me know.
That's all for now. Thanks for visiting and please come back again.
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