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Flashback photos: I-285 through the years
It's been called the most dangerous highway in the country.
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Gov. Lester Maddox is up and away through the paper barrier at the opening of I-285 on Oct. 15, 1969. That makes Atlanta's famed circular bypass 47 years old this week. It's been called the deadliest roadway in the U.S., but it has become a symbol of our city and a highway many Atlantans love to hate. (Joe McTyre/AJC staff) CHECK OUT MORE OF OUR FLASHBACK PHOTOS GALLERIES, INCLUDING LOOKS BACK AT MIDTOWN AND CABBAGETOWN IN THE 1970s.
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