States in eclipse's path brace for huge traffic tie-ups
by By Jenny Jarvie and Kurtis Lee, Los Angeles Times
Aug 19, 2017
4 minutes
DILLARD, Ga. _ On most weekdays, a steady stream of cars and pickups winds down U.S. Route 441 through this tiny mountain town.
Locals stop to stock up on bread and eggs at the Piggly Wiggly. Tourists browse a string of antique stores. Nearly everyone pulls over at the Osage Farm stand to pick up ripe peaches, silver queen corn and heirloom tomatoes.
This Monday will be different.
Dillard, population 330, is the prime spot in Georgia for viewing the first total solar eclipse in 99 years to sweep the continental U.S. The town is in the Appalachian foothills of north of Rabun County, where authorities expect an
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