This week in history: Interstate 95 grows
On July 3, 1976, Interstate 95 from Miami to Palm Beach Gardens was opened. The first part of I-95 in Palm Beach County was built in 1966, a 3.6-mile stretch from Okeechobee Boulevard to 45th Street in West Palm Beach, followed by the segment reaching north to Palm Beach Gardens in 1969, and then portions between Lake Worth and Hypoluxo and from Miami to Boynton Beach in 1975. It wasn’t until 1987 that the “missing link” between Palm Beach Gardens and Fort Pierce was completed.
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Posted in Flashback blog June 30, 2010 at 10:43 am. 1 comment
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Wow…I can remember the first time we drove on I-95 in a great 1973 Mercury Montego. There was hardly ANY traffic. Those were the days!