Wow, how that area has changed! I enlarged this photo to the max in order to get as close up to the scene as possible. 1947 is 66 long years ago, and the change in the area is dramatic.I love seeing those old cars as they navigated route 33 those 66 years ago.
2 comments:
HI TOM....I KEEP RECALLING THE AREA ON ROUTE 33 WHERE WE BUILT THE HAMILTON BOWLING LANES AND THE FIRE THAT BURNT DOWN THE BUILDING IN THE 70'S. I MISS TONY CAL'S AND THE PETTITO BROTHERS ALONG WITH PATTERSON CHEVROLET AND JOE CALDWELL AND ALL THE NICE PEOPLE OF THE TOWNSHIP, ESPECIALLY HUGH MAGUIRE AND MR. SUTTERLY. YOUR SITE BRINGS BACK THOSE MEMORIES OF HAPPY TIMES. THANKS AGAIN AND BEST REGARDS.
Tom, my understanding is that Route 130 and later 33 were the first poured concrete roads in the United States with 130 being the "prototype" and when I was with DOT in the 1960's a few of the old engineers were still beaming about how well it held up with nary a single pot hole from South Brunswick to Bordentown and south. Granted the tar expansion strips did give an annoying "ba-bump, ba-bump" but they sure didn't make you go in for an alignment unlike the current concrete roads that "blow out" craters from the steel re-bar rusting and expanding and of course trucks are larger today. None the less, those roads had legendary status back when New Jersey was considered the leader with California a close second in progressive highway design.
Ed Millerick
Post a Comment