Charlotte-Salisbury, NC 1986-87

Video recorded in September 1986, January 1987, and September 1987.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Charlotte
• NC
• North
• Carolina
• UNCC
• Salisbury
• WRDX
• EZ104

[reillync]

Thanks, notice gasoline is 82 cents per gallon at the Exxon in Salisbury. The radio stations playing are 106.5 FM (WRDX at the time) and 104.7 FM (EZ-104) with Charlotte traffic reports from Trooper Dan...also notice my speedometer has "55" highlighted at 1:01. There was a nationwide 55 mph speed limit on all US highways at the time, from 1974 unitl 1987..NC raised this stretch of I-85 to 65 mph in 1987!

[TheCaramelSkin]

OMG!!! I Currently Live N Salisbury I Was Born In 1992 and The City Looked So Different Back Then It Looks Beautiful 2Day!!!

[RobynWatts]

@RGAF1987 Yes.

[dionKishoun]

This is footage is really cool. I was born in Sept 1986, so I find it fascinating seeing how the city once was when I was born.

[RobynWatts]

@reillync You also caught a little bit of Hunter Herring as well when he was at EZ-104. He later went back to Columbia, SC to work at Oldies-formatted WOMG for many years.

[RobynWatts]

FWIW-I-85 around Salisbury was originally built as the US 29 bypass around Salisbury in the 1950s. Shortly after it was completed, it became part of I-85. For those that remember, this stretch had a lot of old school expressway "features". Chief among them, low overpasses, short exit/entrance ramps (especially the compact cloverleaf at the US 52-Innes St. interchange). This entire stretch of I-85 was rebuilt and widened to 8 lanes several years ago.

[RobynWatts]

@RGAF1987 Yes. The construction/widening of East Mallard Creek Church had started in late 2002 and was done about a year later.

[RGAF1987]

@RobynWatts So you mean that the intersection with Mallard Creek Church Road and University City Blvd is new, made in 2002?

[RobynWatts]

@RGAF1987 I've lived near that intersection from 2000-2002 and you're correct. With the exception of the Gulf station becoming a Circle K and the addition of updated traffic signals, nothing had changed. When I left, East Mallard Creek Church Road was in the process of being widened to four lanes and bypassed the old intersection with University City Blvd/Old Concord Rd altogether for a new intersection with University City Blvd.

[dmcc1212]

hey i visited charlotte back in 89 when i was there as an exchange student .. cool place the ppl were top knotch the mesimer family were really cool people .. good times :)

[RGAF1987]

At the very beginning of this video, is that the intersection of US49 and John Kirk/Old Concord Rd? It sure hasn't changed much since the '80's if it is, although they've been doing road construction there lately.