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Saturday, November 5, 2011

Weekend Travels: Old Route 40

This weekend’s travels took us into Maryland, because that was the easiest way to get where we wanted to go in West Virginia.

But since these trips are supposed to be the journey as much as the destination, we decided to take part of our drive along Route 40.

When I was little, Route 40 was the only road that took us from Morgantown to Baltimore. Eventually, they built 48 which became I68, but first there was Route 40.

I don’t remember much of the oldest parts of Route 40, probably because I wasn’t tall enough to much out the windows. But there were parts I do remember, specifically, the long way around Sidling Hill before they put in The Cut. Oddly, it seemed far shorter than I remembered. Probably because we weren’t caught behind a semi (or five).

If you look, you can see the cut (if you click through to the Flick set, I marked it so you can find it easier.) You can also see (again, I marked it on Flickr) where Route 40 crosses the top of the mountain.

Town Hill MD


Here is the obligatory cute picture of Michael:

Town Hill MD

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