Old Highway 41 and new Highway 41

Near Dalton, Georgia, there's an interesting situation.  Officially, Highway 41 now follows a bypass around Dalton.  But it used to go right through Dalton.  I decided to do both. 

Route 3 and the South Dalton Bypass and the Admiral Mack Gaston Parkway




Whitfield County Fire Department Station 8, off the parkway




US 76, Georgia 3, and Highway 41, which gets its number back "officially" here.




I did a little sleuthing, and it turns out that while the modern route of Highway 41 follows the bypass and is co-numbered with 76 and 3 around Dalton, "Old U.S. Highway 41" went through Dalton. I somewhat suspected that a road with the name "South Dixie Road" or "South Dixie Highway" used to be Highway 41. In Dalton, the road/highway turns into South Thornton Avenue and then North Thornton Avenue.

Even though I have some pictures of the bypass, which are above and rather boring, I figured if I was really doing the trek by car or bicycle, I'd go through Dalton on what used to be Highway 41, rather than taking the bypass (less mileage, too). So here are some StreetViews in Dalton on this stretch.

The Blunt House is the house hiding behind the tree (not the house with the two flowering trees). Zoom in to locate the historical marker. https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=44735




The creek the road is crossing here is named Drowning Bear Creek.




By the Whitfield County Superior Court.




The little blue building is "Cheesecake Heaven". No kidding.



So, if you're ever driving through Dalton: https://www.cheesecakeheavendalton.com/