U. S. Highway 41 runs from Copper Harbor, Michigan to Miami, Florida. For twenty years, I operated a business on an early alignment of the highway. It ceased to be U. S. 41 in 1941, when it became Georgia 3. After about sixty years, Georgia 3 was rerouted and it is now Atlanta Road in Smyrna, Cobb County. A woman who lived next door to my store (in her husband's childhood home) from 1935 until just a few years ago told me about how much traffic there was when this two lane road was U. S. 41. She spoke of sometimes waiting a half hour or more to pull out of her driveway. Eventually, someone would let her in. In 1941, the four lane bypass was completed in Cobb County - diverting traffic around Marietta and Smyrna.
Very interesting. What town was your business in, Smyrna? Do you have any old photos of the town?
Steve