Highway to Be Named for Andy Griffith

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Kardiac

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(7/17/02 11:31 am)
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Highway to Be Named for Andy Griffith

The Associated Press
Jul 17 2002 8:41AM

MOUNT AIRY, N.C. (AP) - Actor Andy Griffith will have a portion of U.S. 52 named in his honor.
Griffith, 76, starred in the popular '60s TV sitcom ``The Andy Griffith Show.'' The series was set in the fictional town of Mayberry, widely believed to be based on Mount Airy.

The state Transportation Board approved the highway naming last week.

``We now have a `go' from the governor and the secretary of transportation,'' Transportation Board member Sam Erby said Monday. ``And, barring some kind of illness, Andy Griffith and his wife, Cindy, are planning to attend the ceremony.''

The ceremony is tentatively scheduled for Oct. 16.

-Kardiac

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