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8 unusual facts about Interstate 20


Belvedere, South Carolina

U.S. Route 25 (Edgefield Road) is the main road through the community, leading north to Interstate 20 just outside the CDP.

Edgecliff Village, Texas

The location of Edgecliff Village is convenient to Interstate 35W and Interstate 20 (also Loop I-820).

Effects of Hurricane Dennis in Alabama

Parts of Interstate 20 were overwashed with water, temporarily closing the highway.

Haughton, Louisiana

Interstate 20 touches the northwest corner of the town, with access from Exit 33 (Elm Street).

Highway 20 Ride

Wyatt Durette was inspired to write "Highway 20 Ride" while driving along Interstate 20 between Atlanta, Georgia and the Georgia/South Carolina state line in Augusta, Georgia to drop off his son, Wyatt IV, so that his mother could pick him up.

Jean M. Doerge

She pushed successfully for funding to relocate the Northwest Louisiana Technical College (formerly the Northwest Louisiana Vocational-Technical School) in Minden to a new campus off the Interstate 20 service road, which opened in 2013.

Richard Maxwell Drew

Drew is interred at the abandoned Overton Cemetery off Interstate 20.

Roscoe, Snyder and Pacific Railway

The remaining tracks serve a railroad car rebuilding facility alongside U.S. Route 84 about two miles (3 km) north of Interstate 20, plus about two miles (3 km) of the old tracks extending northward towards Snyder which are used for storage of rail cars awaiting repair.


Caney Lakes Recreation Area

The Golden Age Passports, now called the "Senior Pass", then in use for those 62 and above, may have attracted more travelers and campers passing along Interstate 20 to Caney Lakes.


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