Broad Street (Augusta, Georgia)

Broad Street (Augusta, Georgia)

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Broad Street is a thirty block long throughfare in Augusta, Georgia. It is one of the widest urban streets in the world.Fact|date=July 2008 It serves as the main street of Augusta. It sees about 10,000 cars a day. All of the city's high rises and mid-rises are located along this street, with the exeption of a high rise condominium complex and public housing buildings.

Routing

Broad Street begins at the Calhoun Expressway at a simple ½ diamond interchange by Lake Olmstead.It then passes through the historic Ninth Ward (Harrisburg). It then crosses the Augusta Canal (circa 1845), and then crosses the CSX railroad. Once it intersects 15th Street, it takes on a unique lane combination (a convert|30|ft|m|sing=on wide median, three traffic lanes and a parallel parking lane on both sides). At Thirteenth Street (Georgia State Route 4), it drops the shady median in favor of double-sided median parking. At Eleventh Street, it gets rid of the open parking in the median and picks up a shady, submerged parking pit in the median. This is Broad Street at its widest point. On the sixth block of Broad Street, a government building can be found in the median. At Gordon Highway, there is a ⅜ cloverleaf interchange. That is where Broad Street picks up Georgia State Route 28. Broad Street reduces to 2 lane divided street with parking on the sides. It gains a convert|40|ft|m|sing=on wide, shady median. Broad Street draws to a close at E. Boundary Street.

Places on Broad Street

Buildings

*Lamar Building
*Suntrust Building
*Low income housing
*Miller Theatre (Abandoned)
*Imperial Theatre

Landmarks

*Haunted Pillar
*James Brown Statue for the actual person, click this-James Brown
*Suntrust Clock

See also

*Augusta, Georgia

References


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