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Michigan Auto Club maps four lane route to Florida
Automobile Club of Michigan touring manager Jerry Fisher logged a 1,206 mile Detroit to Jacksonville drive using Ohio and Pennsylvania turnpikes and 549 miles of four lane highways. The 23 hours 41 minutes trip passes Winchester Roanoke Greensboro Orangeburg with side trips to Washington Shenandoah Jekyll Island. Fisher warns winter snow and ice on turnpikes and strict Virginia speed enforcement. He notes more antique shops in Shenandoah Valley and cites interstates US 50 and the Dayton Cincinnati Knoxville Atlanta corridor as faster Florida routes. About 350000 Michigan residents expected to travel to Florida in 1961, ~75 percent by car.
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