Just a little history of the area and Mechanics Ave. This street originally continued what is now Victory Drive across the river, through Isle of Armstrong and onward to "Savannah Beach". You'll notice the continuation of WW I  memorial soldier palms just as is on the rest of Victory Drive and then as they later continue across the old Bull River (to the left going along the "new" highway) swing bridge road till it blends back in with the newer highway 80.