Guest J Lance Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 > Any of you oldtimers remember the old bridge between > Memphis and West Memphis?? I remember crossing it MANY > times--old route 70. The auto part of the bridge was > an 'after-thought' hung on the outside of the train > bridge, one lane, wood planks, small rail on the > outside. The most beautiful bridge ever built was the > "new" bridge just for cars. I was just in Arkansas and > just had to go to see what was left of it. Believe it > or not--the 'outriggers' are still attached to the > train bridge, easily seen from the interstate 55 > bridge, as it is now called. On the Ark. side you can > still see the approach. I parked and walked back > almost to the edge of the old train bridge. I can > still remember how it shook if you were half way > across, hanging on the outside of the main bridge, > nothing under you but muddy water, and a train > crossed with you. The whole thing shook!! Made the > "Vicksburg" bridge seem like a 'piece of cake'. Ah > yes, the 'good old days'!!!! john, ipilot66 http://www.stevecox.com/harahan/ A bunch of pictures of the old US 61-63-64-70-79 bridge and approaches. > John you rekindled an old forgotten memory of mine, Forgotten until now > that is! > > I remember crossing a bridge that sounds almost like the one that you are > talking about. > It was in St.Louis Mo. Somewhere north of the Arch. > In the fall of 1986 I crossed over from the Illinois side to St. Louis in > a straight truck loaded > with furniture for delivery for area stores. > I tell ya what! I had one hand on the door lever & watched for places to > jump to if anything were > to give way. > I can't believe that I paid to cross that ole thing! I thought that I was > taking a short > cut..........Whew! Some short cut. > I can't remember what was shaking more, Me or the Bridge! > The farther out over the water I had gotten, The more she (the bridge) > shook! I look back now & > just can't help but laugh! This sounds like the McKinley bridge, which is currently being renovated. I crossed it shortly before it was closed, it was good scary fun. Another cool Mississippi River bridge is the Greenville bridge, carrying US 82-278. A narrow truss with several curves on the approaches. It is being replaced, so if you want to drive it don't wait too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest J Lance Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 Old bridges: > White River, De Vall, AR (Being - or is - bypassed): Gone. > --So of Greenville MS (US 278) Soon to be gone. > --Booneville, MO (SR 5) Also carrying US 40, bridge is gone. The MO 240 bridge at Glasgow is pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rudyard Welborn Posted January 10, 2006 Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 Sounds Great...look forward to seeing it! Tsingtao, Kip ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken" <thelandrunner@yahoo.com> To: <AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2004 11:37 AM Subject: [AMERICAN_ROAD] New Route 66 Park in Oklahoma City > > > Greetings All, > > Thought this good news would be of interest. > > News article: > <http://www.newsok.com/article/1343502/?template=news/main> > > Route 66 Park map: > <http://www.okc.gov/Parks/parks_maps/images/west_nw_02.gif> > > God Bless and Happy Trails. > > the landrunner > > <http://www.postmarkart.com/links.htm> > > > > > > > > > > > Visit our homepage at: http://www.mockturtlepress.com > > To subscribe to AMERICAN ROAD magazine, PHONE TOLL-FREE 1-877-285-5434 WITH YOUR ORDER TODAY! > Or send payment to: Mock Turtle Press, PO Box 3168, Lynnwood, WA 98046-3168 > SUBSCRIPTION RATES: > 1 year (4 issues) for $15.95 > (save $3.85 off the newsstand price!) > 2 years (8 issues) for $27.95 > (save $11.65 off the newsstand price!) > > > For questions about the list, contact: AMERICAN_ROAD-owner@yahoogroups.com > > To SUBSCRIBE to this group, send an email to: AMERICAN_ROAD-subscribe@yahoogroups.comTo POST a message via e-mail, send it to: AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pat B. Posted January 10, 2006 Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 Hey all....Hopefully they'll find the nut taking target practice at cars on I-44 in Bourbon before the start of next year's Mother Roading. Be careful out there! http://www.indystar.com/articles/8/189114-7938-103.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest David Backlin Posted January 11, 2006 Report Share Posted January 11, 2006 Does anyone have any information regarding the Luten Bridge Company? They built a lot of the closed-arch type concrete bridges in the 1920's. Someone found some of my photos of the Elkins, Arkansas bridge and was wanting to know more about the company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bob Reynolds Posted January 12, 2006 Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 Once again, my photos are at http://community.webshots.com/user/babyboomerbob Birthday Road Trip Featuring Rose's Service Station, a Clinch Mountain Conundrum, the Mascot Monster, and the Mystery Bridge of 1962:) Most times, my birthday is a rather blue day. One day older and having to go to work and put up with all the bureaucracy therein. This year was different:) Susan and I were off work together and Kevin Redden was down for a visit. And as the weather was close to perfect, off we went on a road trip! Our main destination was Tazewell, TN, so we headed out of Knoxiousville on SR 33, screaming through Maynardville as we followed the so called "Thunder Road" Our first stop was the Veterans Bridge across the Clinch River. It's good to see a few truss bridges still around. <Veterans Bridge 01, 02>. Once we arrived in Tazewell, it didn't take us long to find the old alinement of US 25E and Rose's. The folks in Tazewell have done a superb job of restoring and stocking it with all sorts of Gulf memorabilia. I'll let the 20 pictures speak for themselves, except to point out a few things. I was really looking forward to seeing the 1932 Gulf road map of Tennessee and Kentucky, and I wasn't at all disappointed. There were a few interesting things I found there. For instance <RSS 09> shows the old road in the Smokies across Indian Gap to North Carolina. It's a hiking trail now. Also it shows NC 288 along the north side of the Little Tennessee River from Bryson City to Tocoa. This road was flooded by Fontana Lake. The feds promised to build a new road to replace it, but it's only about half finished. The new road dead ends right before a tunnel. Environmental and budget concerns make it questionable if it ever will be completed. No US 64, 129, or 441. The Tail of the Dragon was TN 72. <RRS 10> shows my neck of the woods. No Oak Ridge:) It hadn't been built yet. It's in between Oliver Springs and Robertsville. In fact, Susan (an Oak Ridge native) went to Robertsville Jr. High. <RSS 11> is the Chattanooga area. US 64 had its eastern terminus there. Also, the western mainline of the Dixie Highway followed TN 27 from Chattanooga to Jasper. Cummings Highway (US 41) wasn't quite finished. An interesting note to <RSS 12>. The present route of US 62 from Cynthiana to Maysville, KY through Claysville and Mt. Olivet wasn't done, so Temp 62 followed KY 32 and US 68. <RSS 13> shows the long decomissioned northern stretch of US 227. It once continued south through Georgetown to Paris. The stretch from Paris south to Winchester and Richmond persisted into the 70's, but it's totally gone now. As we headed south on US 25E headed for Clinch Mountain, it quickly became apparent that this stretch of road was being widened. Maybe some new stretches of old road soon. Hmmmm. Talk about an oxymoron:) A bit of digression is in order here. Back in 1962 when I was 13, my grandmother and I went to visit some elderly kinfolks in Rogersville. We still had passenger rail service back then, so we took the train to Morristown where my cousins picked us up. They were sweet enough to take me and grandmother up to Cumberland Gap, so that was the first time I crossed Clinch Mountain by car. The road was two lane and rather twisty and I was disappointed when I returned in 1982 and found a new four lane road. It was my intention on this trip to find as much of the old road across the mountain as I could. I used Delorme to give me clues to the old alignment. The stretch on the northern side looked clear enough, but I wasn't sure I could find the north end. When I reached TN Sec 131, I knew I'd missed it. So we headed east until we got to Thorn Hill and I found the old road. I soon found why I had missed the road. Southbound, it was signed as old 25E. But northbound, it was Kincaid Farm Road. So I drove north until I returned to the four lane, then turned around and drove the stretch the way I intended to:) <Old US 25E 01-06>. We got back on the four lane and went though the cut in the summit, then parked at the Veteran's Overlook. <Atop clinch Mountain 01-02>. Now back to 1962 for a bit. I had a Brownie Starflash camera back then and took a picture from here <Atop Clinch Mountain, 1962>. You can't see very much, but off in the distance, I could see a bridge crossing an arm of Cherokee Lake. Even at that tender age I was wondering if it may have been a bypassed part of 11W. Later I checked maps, but the road was neither numbered nor named, and I didn't get back for 20 more years. Now to 1982. Susan and I took the new road over Clinch Mountain and stopped at the new overlook. This time I could get a clear pictire not only of the "Mystery Bridge" <Atop Clinch Mountain, 1982 02>, but also a very nice picture of the old alignment running around a bend and down a valley to US 11W <Atop Clinch Mountain, 1982 01> (Note, I also included a couple of pictures from that trip of a guy flying a radio controlled glider from the side of the mountain:) One more interesting thing about the overlook. Many of the rocks used in building the wall there were crammed with fossils. I'm not at all sure what they were. I had considered crinoid stems until I did a web search. These things look too thick. <Atop Clinch Mountain 04-05>. Now for the alinement on the south side. Here's what I've managed to piece together. The old road went off to the right on what is now signed as Ridgeview Road. The uppermost part has been sealed off and is undrivable <Old US 25E 08-10> It turns right just before reaching Overlook Road (a short connector) and twists down the mountain until it reaches US11W. But here's a puzzle. Ridgeview Road continues down the mountain, paralell with the four lane and eventually reconnects with it <Old US25E 11-12>. The road looks like an old highway, having yellow lines in the middle. And Delorme marks it as old US 25E. My only supposition is there must have been two older alinements. Perhaps the lower end of Ridgeview Road was part of the highway only during some time between 1962 and 1982. Oh well, this is just another part of the fun of old road sleuthing:) Lunch time! We took the four lane until the interchange with old 11W. We followed the old road into Bean Station and stopped at the B & K Restaurant <B & K Restaurant 01-02>. Splendid Southern cooking! Pork chops, pinto beans, and a big square of cornbread (not made with sugar like they do up Nawrth:) for sopping up the bean juice:) Delightful! Unfortunately, I did something stupid here. They didn't take a credit card, but were gracious enough to take a check. I was so used to indicating a tip on a credit card slip, I bopped right out and forgot to leave a tip:!( I was not happy with myself:( The restaurant was on the corner of old US 11W (Lee Highway) and old US 25E (Cumberland Gap Loop of the Dixie Highway). <Old US 25E 13>. Bean Station has been bypassed by the new four lanes:( We headed south on old 25E until we got to the four lane. We backtracked a bit and headed west on TN Sec 375. Thanks to Delorme I now knew how to get to my "Mystery Bridge" I still don't know its real name, but 375 is also Northshore Drive, so that's what I'm calling the bridge for now <Northshore Drive Bridge 01-04>. As we continued west on 375, skirting the north side of Cherokee Lake, I couldn't help but notice a bunch of plastic covered greenhouses. It puzzled me until I remembered we were in Grainger County, a place renowned for its tomatoes <Granger County tomatoes, 01-02>. 375 teed at TN 92, and we headed south towards Jefferson City. We crossed the Holston River just downstream of Cherokee Dam, stopping to get a few pictures <Cherokee Dam 01-03>. Just before we got to Jefferson City, the highway teed. 92 went off to the left, toward town, but we drove right instead, following the old alinement of US 11E (Andrew Johnson Highway). We stopped for a photo op in New Market, a town probably most famous as the site of a grinding head on collision between two trains about 100 years ago <Andrew Johnson Highway 01-03>. We continued through Strawberry Plains, taking more pictures as we went <AJS 04-05, Railroad Underpass>. There was one more stop for us. Once we returned to the four lane, we turned right onto Mascot Pike to show Kevin the Mascot Monster. But first we crossed the Holston River on this unusual concrete truss bridge <Mascot Bridge 01-02>. Not far beyond the bridge, there he was, poking his head out of the rocks:) <Mascot Monster 01-03>. By this time, we were pretty worn out and headed on back home. If only all my birthdays were this good:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Denny Gibson Posted January 12, 2006 Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 I was in Tazewell about a year ago and have some vague recollection of looking briefly for some attraction I was then aware of. I'm sure it was Rose's Station that I was looking for and, after seeing your pictures, I wish I had persevered. Next time. Although both mapping programs I have installed, DeLorme Street Atlas & Garmin MapSource, show that road through Thorn Hill, neither label it. It took Google Maps to show it with the Old US-25E label but now I know what you're talking about. To even the score, DeLorme & Garmin identified that bridge on TN-375 as the William P Harrell Bridge while Google has no label for it at all. Good stuff, Bob. And Happy Birthday, young 'un. --Denny > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Reynolds [mailto:roustabout@starband.net] > Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 5:14 PM > To: AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [AMERICAN_ROAD] Birthday Road Trip > > > Once again, my photos are at > http://community.webshots.com/user/babyboomerbob > > Birthday Road Trip > > Featuring Rose's Service Station, a Clinch Mountain Conundrum, the > Mascot Monster, and the Mystery Bridge of 1962:) > > Most times, my birthday is a rather blue day. One day older and > having to go to work and put up with all the bureaucracy therein. > This year was different:) Susan and I were off work together and > Kevin Redden was down for a visit. And as the weather was close to > perfect, off we went on a road trip! > > Our main destination was Tazewell, TN, so we headed out of > Knoxiousville on SR 33, screaming through Maynardville as we > followed the so called "Thunder Road" Our first stop was the > Veterans Bridge across the Clinch River. It's good to see a few > truss bridges still around. <Veterans Bridge 01, 02>. > > Once we arrived in Tazewell, it didn't take us long to find the > old alinement of US 25E and Rose's. The folks in Tazewell have done > a superb job of restoring and stocking it with all sorts of Gulf > memorabilia. I'll let the 20 pictures speak for themselves, except > to point out a few things. > > I was really looking forward to seeing the 1932 Gulf road map > of Tennessee and Kentucky, and I wasn't at all disappointed. There > were a few interesting things I found there. For instance <RSS 09> > shows the old road in the Smokies across Indian Gap to North > Carolina. It's a hiking trail now. Also it shows NC 288 along the > north side of the Little Tennessee River from Bryson City to Tocoa. > This road was flooded by Fontana Lake. The feds promised to build a > new road to replace it, but it's only about half finished. The new > road dead ends right before a tunnel. Environmental and budget > concerns make it questionable if it ever will be completed. No US > 64, 129, or 441. The Tail of the Dragon was TN 72. > > <RRS 10> shows my neck of the woods. No Oak Ridge:) It hadn't > been built yet. It's in between Oliver Springs and Robertsville. > In fact, Susan (an Oak Ridge native) went to Robertsville Jr. High. > > <RSS 11> is the Chattanooga area. US 64 had its eastern > terminus there. Also, the western mainline of the Dixie Highway > followed TN 27 from Chattanooga to Jasper. Cummings Highway (US 41) > wasn't quite finished. > > An interesting note to <RSS 12>. The present route of US 62 > from Cynthiana to Maysville, KY through Claysville and Mt. Olivet > wasn't done, so Temp 62 followed KY 32 and US 68. > > <RSS 13> shows the long decomissioned northern stretch of US > 227. It once continued south through Georgetown to Paris. The > stretch from Paris south to Winchester and Richmond persisted into > the 70's, but it's totally gone now. > > As we headed south on US 25E headed for Clinch Mountain, it > quickly became apparent that this stretch of road was being > widened. Maybe some new stretches of old road soon. Hmmmm. Talk > about an oxymoron:) > > A bit of digression is in order here. Back in 1962 when I was > 13, my grandmother and I went to visit some elderly kinfolks in > Rogersville. We still had passenger rail service back then, so we > took the train to Morristown where my cousins picked us up. They > were sweet enough to take me and grandmother up to Cumberland Gap, > so that was the first time I crossed Clinch Mountain by car. The > road was two lane and rather twisty and I was disappointed when I > returned in 1982 and found a new four lane road. It was my > intention on this trip to find as much of the old road across the > mountain as I could. > > I used Delorme to give me clues to the old alignment. The > stretch on the northern side looked clear enough, but I wasn't sure > I could find the north end. When I reached TN Sec 131, I knew I'd > missed it. So we headed east until we got to Thorn Hill and I found > the old road. I soon found why I had missed the road. Southbound, > it was signed as old 25E. But northbound, it was Kincaid Farm > Road. So I drove north until I returned to the four lane, then > turned around and drove the stretch the way I intended to:) <Old US > 25E 01-06>. > > We got back on the four lane and went though the cut in the > summit, then parked at the Veteran's Overlook. <Atop clinch Mountain > 01-02>. Now back to 1962 for a bit. I had a Brownie Starflash > camera back then and took a picture from here <Atop Clinch Mountain, > 1962>. You can't see very much, but off in the distance, I could > see a bridge crossing an arm of Cherokee Lake. Even at that tender > age I was wondering if it may have been a bypassed part of 11W. > Later I checked maps, but the road was neither numbered nor named, > and I didn't get back for 20 more years. > > Now to 1982. Susan and I took the new road over Clinch > Mountain and stopped at the new overlook. This time I could get a > clear pictire not only of the "Mystery Bridge" <Atop Clinch > Mountain, 1982 02>, but also a very nice picture of the old > alignment running around a bend and down a valley to US 11W <Atop > Clinch Mountain, 1982 01> (Note, I also included a couple of > pictures from that trip of a guy flying a radio controlled glider > from the side of the mountain:) > > One more interesting thing about the overlook. Many of the > rocks used in building the wall there were crammed with fossils. > I'm not at all sure what they were. I had considered crinoid stems > until I did a web search. These things look too thick. <Atop Clinch > Mountain 04-05>. > > Now for the alinement on the south side. Here's what I've > managed to piece together. The old road went off to the right on > what is now signed as Ridgeview Road. The uppermost part has been > sealed off and is undrivable <Old US 25E 08-10> It turns right just > before reaching Overlook Road (a short connector) and twists down > the mountain until it reaches US11W. > > But here's a puzzle. Ridgeview Road continues down the > mountain, paralell with the four lane and eventually reconnects with > it <Old US25E 11-12>. The road looks like an old highway, having > yellow lines in the middle. And Delorme marks it as old US 25E. My > only supposition is there must have been two older alinements. > Perhaps the lower end of Ridgeview Road was part of the highway only > during some time between 1962 and 1982. Oh well, this is just > another part of the fun of old road sleuthing:) > > Lunch time! We took the four lane until the interchange with > old 11W. We followed the old road into Bean Station and stopped at > the B & K Restaurant <B & K Restaurant 01-02>. Splendid Southern > cooking! Pork chops, pinto beans, and a big square of cornbread > (not made with sugar like they do up Nawrth:) for sopping up the > bean juice:) Delightful! Unfortunately, I did something stupid > here. They didn't take a credit card, but were gracious enough to > take a check. I was so used to indicating a tip on a credit card > slip, I bopped right out and forgot to leave a tip:!( I was not > happy with myself:( > > The restaurant was on the corner of old US 11W (Lee Highway) > and old US 25E (Cumberland Gap Loop of the Dixie Highway). <Old US > 25E 13>. Bean Station has been bypassed by the new four lanes:( We > headed south on old 25E until we got to the four lane. We > backtracked a bit and headed west on TN Sec 375. Thanks to Delorme > I now knew how to get to my "Mystery Bridge" I still don't know > its real name, but 375 is also Northshore Drive, so that's what I'm > calling the bridge for now <Northshore Drive Bridge 01-04>. > > As we continued west on 375, skirting the north side of > Cherokee Lake, I couldn't help but notice a bunch of plastic covered > greenhouses. It puzzled me until I remembered we were in Grainger > County, a place renowned for its tomatoes <Granger County tomatoes, > 01-02>. > > 375 teed at TN 92, and we headed south towards Jefferson City. > We crossed the Holston River just downstream of Cherokee Dam, > stopping to get a few pictures <Cherokee Dam 01-03>. > > Just before we got to Jefferson City, the highway teed. 92 > went off to the left, toward town, but we drove right instead, > following the old alinement of US 11E (Andrew Johnson Highway). We > stopped for a photo op in New Market, a town probably most famous as > the site of a grinding head on collision between two trains about > 100 years ago <Andrew Johnson Highway 01-03>. We continued through > Strawberry Plains, taking more pictures as we went <AJS 04-05, > Railroad Underpass>. > > There was one more stop for us. Once we returned to the four > lane, we turned right onto Mascot Pike to show Kevin the Mascot > Monster. But first we crossed the Holston River on this unusual > concrete truss bridge <Mascot Bridge 01-02>. Not far beyond the > bridge, there he was, poking his head out of the rocks:) <Mascot > Monster 01-03>. By this time, we were pretty worn out and headed on > back home. If only all my birthdays were this good:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Albert Pratts Posted January 12, 2006 Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 David Backlin wrote: > Does anyone have any information regarding the Luten Bridge Company? They > built a lot of the closed-arch type concrete bridges in the 1920's. > > Someone found some of my photos of the Elkins, Arkansas bridge and was > wanting to know more about the company. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > David, Here's is Google search http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=L...ogle+Search -- Albert Pratts "The reason crime doesn't pay is that when it does, it is called by a more respectable name" - Justice Tom Clark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest roadmaven@aol.com Posted January 12, 2006 Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 Merry Christmas & Season's Greetings & Happy Holidays everyone! Like many of you, we too got hit with heavy snow this week. Speedway, IN got 9" in less than 6 hours by early Thursday morning. We awoke to this Thursday: _ (http://tinyurl.com/4k9ww) My office even closed for the day, giving me my first "snow day" since high school! :-) Pat B. _ (http://roadtripmemories.com) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mark Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 Thanks for linking your new info Dave. I've been doing some of my own research on Route 66; the reason it became in 1926 as we now know(and the latter alignments) and the pre existing trails that help established it. By looking at the 1917 map on your site a lot of things came into more focus. First of all it looks to me what was the Pontiac trail was only truly part of Route 66 from Dwight southward. The map shows the Pontiac trail going from Dwight, straight north to Morris, then turns east on what is Route 6 until it enters Joliet. Then continuing up what is ROute 171/Archer Ave. In other words, from Dwight to Joliet, The Pontiac trail and Route 66 were not the same. After reading many sources, all sorts of trails and roads are named from pre Route 66 around Chicago. Chicago Trail, Ottawa trail, Buffalo Trail, Plank Road, High Plains Road - and of course The Pontiac Trail. From looking at your site, giving an explanation to the 'why' Route 66's terminus was at Jackson Blvd.; being the geographical center of the city, it makes it clear that Route 66 was simply a hybrid of many trails and roads to get to St. Louis with the least resistance. Not simply the old Pontiac Trail as it seems it is simply refered to as a soul descendent. So if we start in Chicago and work westward, 1st road is Jackson Blvd., the only true Euro/American based road, to Plank Road(Ogden Ave.), then that works down to what would essentially be IL 126(Chicago trial) *if* Route 66 wasn't made as a National highway. Then at Welco corners it turned south. I don't know what road or trail this was pre SBI4/Route66 but it must have been a northern spur to get to the river and I&M Canal and parallel the real Pontiac trail(Archer Ave/171)on the other side of the Des Plains river and canal - until meeting at Joliet. At Joliet - the last leg before we get to the real Pontiac trail, going straight south, 1st hitting the town of Elwood; a railroad town from about the 1850s - I think. Then to Wilmington, a very old river town. The final ~10 miles is towns that were all essentially started as coal towns starting ~1850s also. Essentially it sounds like this last leg between Joliet and Dwight came into traveling signifigance not because of Indian trails but because of the string of coal towns and the railroad they promoted through this area. I don't know of how heavily this area was used for traveling(If really at all) in the Indian and trading days but it seems like the pre-city-of-Chicago main travel route would have been on the true Pontiac Trail through Dwight/Morris to Joliet and not the 1926 Rt.66 alignment via Dwight/Wilmington to Joliet. Anyway that's some of my take on the why's of Route 66 and, in the Chicago area, as not really the Pontiac Trail but a hybrid of several OTHER different roads and trails. Regards, Mark Buric --- "David G. Clark" <dave@windycityroadwarrior.com> wrote: > I just finished a large new section for my website, > something I have > been comtemplating ever since I first started the > site a few years > ago. I am trying to create a place on the web to > present my research > as it progresses. The pages I just finished are the > first part of that > project, and I would welcome critical comments. > > The new section(s) can all me accessed from this > URL: > > http://windycityroadwarrior.com/Stories/Pontiac_Trail.html > > or you can go to my home page, > www.windycityroadwarrior.com and click > on the link for "On the Trail of the Named Highways > from Chicago to > the Southwest," which is the title of the new > section. The purpose of > this new section is to present research, including > sections of primary > sources, images, photos, postcards, and other > artifacts and documents > to illustrate the history of transportation, > especially roadbuilding, > in the years running up to the creation of the U.S. > Highways leading > to and from Chicago (arguably the transportation hub > of the country > for most of the 19th and 20th centuries). > > I have tested these new pages with Firefox and > Netscape and everything > seems to be working fairly well. If anyone finds any > bad links or > images that will not load, let me know. I would > appreciate comments on > the content as well. > > Thanks, and (hopefully) enjoy! > > Dave Clark > WindyCityRoadWarrior.com > http://www.windycityroadwarrior.com > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest plyon66 Posted February 1, 2006 Report Share Posted February 1, 2006 Once again, we ask for your thoughts and prayers for Skip Curtis. Skip is a friend, author and member of the Route 66 Association of Missouri. His knowledge of Route 66, especially Missouri Route 66, is unlimited. Skip has already undergone chemo to reduce the size of a tumor that appeared in his left lung several months ago. He is going back to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, today, Monday, January 2, and is scheduled for surgery on Wednesday, January 4. All your prayers helped Skip and Karla so very much in August 2004, when he had surgery for throat cancer and all through that fall with his radiation treatments. The end result for the throat cancer was so much better than expected. I trust that their Route 66 friends will once again rally in support of Skip in this latest medical problem. As we said in August 2004, "We know the power of Route 66 "roadies" when we all pull together, so lets do so again and not let Skip down." We will post updates on Skip as we receive them. Glenda and Tommy Pike, President Route 66 Association of Missouri 1602 East Dale Street Springfield, Missouri 65803-4014 417-865-131 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest thehinge@magpage.com> Posted February 1, 2006 Report Share Posted February 1, 2006 That is tough....my prayers go out to Skip. That's a road I would never want to travel. God bless, Skip. Matt Smallwood On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 06:44:20 -0000 "plyon66" <furyon66@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > > Once again, we ask for your thoughts and prayers > for Skip Curtis. > Skip is a friend, author and member of the Route 66 > Association of > Missouri. His knowledge of Route 66, > especially Missouri Route 66, > is unlimited. Skip has already undergone chemo to > reduce the size > of a tumor that appeared in his left lung several months > ago. He is > going back to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, > today, > Monday, January 2, and is scheduled for surgery on > Wednesday, > January 4. > All your prayers helped Skip and Karla so very > much in August > 2004, when he had surgery for throat cancer and all > through that > fall with his radiation treatments. The end result > for the throat > cancer was so much better than expected. I trust > that their Route > 66 friends will once again rally in support of Skip in > this latest > medical problem. As we said in August 2004, > "We know the power > of Route 66 "roadies" when we all pull > together, so lets do so again > and not let Skip down." > We will post updates on Skip as we receive > them. > > Glenda and Tommy Pike, President > Route 66 Association of Missouri > 1602 East Dale Street > Springfield, Missouri 65803-4014 > 417-865-131 > > > > > > > > > > > Visit our homepage at: http://www.mockturtlepress.com > > To subscribe to AMERICAN ROAD magazine, PHONE TOLL-FREE > 1-877-285-5434 WITH YOUR ORDER TODAY! > Or send payment to: Mock Turtle Press, PO Box 3168, > Lynnwood, WA 98046-3168 > SUBSCRIPTION RATES: > 1 year (4 issues) for $15.95 > (save $3.85 off the newsstand price!) > 2 years (8 issues) for $27.95 > (save $11.65 off the newsstand price!) > > > For questions about the list, contact: > AMERICAN_ROAD-owner@yahoogroups.com > > To SUBSCRIBE to this group, send an email to: > AMERICAN_ROAD-subscribe@yahoogroups.comTo POST a message > via e-mail, send it to: > AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > > Visit your group "AMERICAN_ROAD" on the > web. > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email > to: AMERICAN_ROAD-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the > Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Web mail provided by NuNet, Inc. The Premier National provider. http://www.nni.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bugo Posted February 1, 2006 Report Share Posted February 1, 2006 --- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, egyptianzipper@a... wrote: > > New trivia question: > > What is the shortest distance that any US highway spends in one state? > > US 340 crosses the Potomac River from Maryland into Virginia. Less than a > half mile later, it goes into West Virginia. > > The other candidate might be US 60 in Illinois, between the Ohio and > Mississippi Rivers. US 62 is also cosigned with US 60 on the short portion through Cairo, Illinois. I think the winner would have to be easbound US 56-64-412 and Texas. Northeast of Clayton, NM, the highway barely clips the northwest corner of Texas. The corner is in the middle of the road, so the eastbound lanes enter Texas for a very short distance. This site has more information and some photos: http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby...TX_nw/hiplains_ cor_TX_nw.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Iganas@aol.com Posted February 1, 2006 Report Share Posted February 1, 2006 In a message dated 1/1/2006 8:26:20 AM Central Standard Time, AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com writes: > Sikeston, MO, though they *technically* don't. 61/62 meet Business US 60 . > The restaurant, Lambert's Cafe, in Sikeston, MO is the "Home of the throwed rolls." It's a fun place with good food. Irene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rudyard Welborn Posted February 1, 2006 Report Share Posted February 1, 2006 It sez you must supply an ID...how do you do that? Tsingtao Kip ----- Original Message ----- From: "chris" <chris@experiencenascar.com> To: <AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 10:15 PM Subject: [AMERICAN_ROAD] The American Road, (Part I, II and III) > > The American Road, (Part I, II and III) > > Shows development of transportation in the United States during the first > half of the 20th century, emphasizing growth of automobile industry, roads > and highways. > > Production Company: Ford Motor Company > Audio/Visual: sound, B&W > > > http://www.archive.org/movies/details-db.p...&collection > id=american_road_1 > http://www.archive.org/movies/details-db.p...&collection > id=american_road_2 > http://www.archive.org/movies/details-db.p...&collection > id=american_road_3 > > > Search "Automobiles" in all media types. > http://www.archive.org/ > > I'll apologize now for making your cup of coffee go cold. . . Chris > > > > > > > > > Visit our homepage at: http://www.mockturtlepress.com > > To subscribe to AMERICAN ROAD magazine, PHONE TOLL-FREE 1-877-285-5434 WITH YOUR ORDER TODAY! > Or send payment to: Mock Turtle Press, PO Box 3168, Lynnwood, WA 98046-3168 > SUBSCRIPTION RATES: > 1 year (4 issues) for $15.95 > (save $3.85 off the newsstand price!) > 2 years (8 issues) for $27.95 > (save $11.65 off the newsstand price!) > > > For questions about the list, contact: AMERICAN_ROAD-owner@yahoogroups.com > > To SUBSCRIBE to this group, send an email to: AMERICAN_ROAD-subscribe@yahoogroups.comTo POST a message via e-mail, send it to: AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Denny Gibson Posted February 1, 2006 Report Share Posted February 1, 2006 I joined (free & email address) before I really looked around but even after logging out, the links are still working. The links to the movie are along the left side and provide for downloading several formats or streaming with Quick Time. But I don't have time to watch them now:-( --Denny -----Original Message----- From: Rudyard Welborn [mailto:r.Welborn@worldnet.ATT.net] Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 7:39 AM To: AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [AMERICAN_ROAD] The American Road, (Part I, II and III) It sez you must supply an ID...how do you do that? Tsingtao Kip ----- Original Message ----- From: "chris" <chris@experiencenascar.com> To: <AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 10:15 PM Subject: [AMERICAN_ROAD] The American Road, (Part I, II and III) > > The American Road, (Part I, II and III) > > Shows development of transportation in the United States during the first > half of the 20th century, emphasizing growth of automobile industry, roads > and highways. > > Production Company: Ford Motor Company > Audio/Visual: sound, B&W > > > http://www.archive.org/movies/details-db.p...&collection > id=american_road_1 > http://www.archive.org/movies/details-db.p...&collection > id=american_road_2 > http://www.archive.org/movies/details-db.p...&collection > id=american_road_3 > > > Search "Automobiles" in all media types. > http://www.archive.org/ > > I'll apologize now for making your cup of coffee go cold. . . Chris > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rudkip@sbcglobal.net> Posted February 1, 2006 Report Share Posted February 1, 2006 I actually knew this...the reference was more aimed at its status as a total mystery route south of the Turrell Twist (intersec of 63, 55 and 61) (was through there in October; it is still not marked) However two things: 1) 63 and 61 piggyback 55 to the I-40 interchange; enroute it pickes up 64 at Marion...I don't know how 70 and 79 fit into the time space conundrum but you have at least three US routes intersecting at Marion....Tsingtao Kip ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Burr" <hester_nec@yahoo.com> To: <AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 10:18 PM Subject: Re: [AMERICAN_ROAD] Re: Road Trips Trivia Question > 63 no longer runs thru Memphis - it comes into I-55 north of West Memphis, then runs west along I-40 to somewhere around Brinkley. I had a photo of a U S 63/U S 70 sign somewhere west of Brinkley. Ensuing debate on American Road e-group brought out that 63 runs south into Lousyana from the discussion. > > Hudsonly, > Alex B > > rudkip@sbcglobal.net wrote: > ...and 63 fits in there somewhere--tho there is STILL no signage to tell you > where! Tsingtao Kip > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alex Burr" <hester_nec@yahoo.com> > To: <AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 8:48 AM > Subject: Re: [AMERICAN_ROAD] Re: Road Trips Trivia Question > > > > In Memphis, 64, 70 and 79 co-sign coming in from the east on Summer. 70 > and 79, and probably 64 cross 72 in the south western part of the city on > Poplar. In downtown everything crosses 61 and 51 - 61, 70, and 79 are > co-signed across the I-55 bridge into West Memphis, probably 64 also, while > 51 goes it's lonely way north and south.. > > > > 78 also runs into downtown Memphis on Lamar; 72 comes in on Poplar and > winds up with everything else in downtown Memphis. > > > > Hudsonly, > > Alex B > > > > brownwho63 <brownwho63@yahoo.com> wrote: > > St. Louis intersects U.S. 40, 50, 61, 67, 100, and old 66. The > > Gateway City is indeed a wonderful source of blue highway cruisin' > > choices....Bliss > > > > --- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, Alex Burr <hester_nec@y...> > > wrote: > > > > > > Good for you David - now lets expand this a bit. Are there any > > other places where 3, or more, U S routes intersect. > > > > > > Hudsonly, > > > Alex B > > > > > > > > > David Backlin <us71@s...> wrote: > > > Sikeston, MO, though they *technically* don't. 61/62 meet > > Business US 60 . > > > > > > http://www.cosmos-monitor.com/road/sign/us...us60-us61-us62- > > bgs.html > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Alex Burr" <hester_nec@y...> > > > To: <AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com> > > > Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 8:56 AM > > > Subject: [AMERICAN_ROAD] Road Trips Trivia Question > > > > > > > > > >I have a trivia question for everyone this morning - where doe U > > S > > > > highways 60, 61 and 62 intersect??? > > > > I'll give you a clue. I've been following Denny G's current > > road > > > > trip. > > > > > > > > Hudsonly, > > > > Alex B > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Visit our homepage at: http://www.mockturtlepress.com > > > > > > To subscribe to AMERICAN ROAD magazine, PHONE TOLL-FREE 1-877-285- > > 5434 WITH YOUR ORDER TODAY! > > > Or send payment to: Mock Turtle Press, PO Box 3168, Lynnwood, WA > > 98046-3168 > > > SUBSCRIPTION RATES: > > > 1 year (4 issues) for $15.95 > > > (save $3.85 off the newsstand price!) > > > 2 years (8 issues) for $27.95 > > > (save $11.65 off the newsstand price!) > > > > > > > > > For questions about the list, contact: AMERICAN_ROAD- > > owner@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > To SUBSCRIBE to this group, send an email to: AMERICAN_ROAD- > > subscribe@y... 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Guest rudkip@sbcglobal.net> Posted February 1, 2006 Report Share Posted February 1, 2006 That would also include US 62 which piggybacks 60 across the bridges at Cairo.. 61 traverses 3 miles of Illinois trekking between the WI border and Dubuque IA...Tsingtao Kip ----- Original Message ----- From: <egyptianzipper@aol.com> To: <AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 12:22 AM Subject: Re: [AMERICAN_ROAD] Re: Road Trips Trivia Question > New trivia question: > > What is the shortest distance that any US highway spends in one state? > > US 340 crosses the Potomac River from Maryland into Virginia. Less than a > half mile later, it goes into West Virginia. > > The other candidate might be US 60 in Illinois, between the Ohio and > Mississippi Rivers. > > Tom Hoffman > Pearisburg VA > > > > > > > Visit our homepage at: http://www.mockturtlepress.com > > To subscribe to AMERICAN ROAD magazine, PHONE TOLL-FREE 1-877-285-5434 WITH YOUR ORDER TODAY! > Or send payment to: Mock Turtle Press, PO Box 3168, Lynnwood, WA 98046-3168 > SUBSCRIPTION RATES: > 1 year (4 issues) for $15.95 > (save $3.85 off the newsstand price!) > 2 years (8 issues) for $27.95 > (save $11.65 off the newsstand price!) > > > For questions about the list, contact: AMERICAN_ROAD-owner@yahoogroups.com > > To SUBSCRIBE to this group, send an email to: AMERICAN_ROAD-subscribe@yahoogroups.comTo POST a message via e-mail, send it to: AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alex Burr Posted February 1, 2006 Report Share Posted February 1, 2006 Go to American Road egroup, then pictures. It's on the 2nd page, folder US 64 Arkasas/US 70 Arkansas. Hudsonly, Alex B bugo <bugo@hotmail.com> wrote: --- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, Alex Burr <hester_nec@y...> wrote: > > 63 no longer runs thru Memphis - it comes into I-55 north of West Memphis, then runs west along I-40 to somewhere around Brinkley. I had a photo of a U S 63/U S 70 sign somewhere west of Brinkley. Ensuing debate on American Road e-group brought out that 63 runs south into Lousyana from the discussion. I'd like to see the pic. The last time I was through there, it was US 70/AR 11. Visit our homepage at: http://www.mockturtlepress.com To subscribe to AMERICAN ROAD magazine, PHONE TOLL-FREE 1-877-285-5434 WITH YOUR ORDER TODAY! Or send payment to: Mock Turtle Press, PO Box 3168, Lynnwood, WA 98046-3168 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 1 year (4 issues) for $15.95 (save $3.85 off the newsstand price!) 2 years (8 issues) for $27.95 (save $11.65 off the newsstand price!) For questions about the list, contact: AMERICAN_ROAD-owner@yahoogroups.com To SUBSCRIBE to this group, send an email to: AMERICAN_ROAD-subscribe@yahoogroups.comTo POST a message via e-mail, send it to: AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com SPONSORED LINKS Business finance course Business to business finance Small business finance Business finance consultant Business finance schools Business finance schools --------------------------------- YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "AMERICAN_ROAD" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: AMERICAN_ROAD-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --------------------------------- A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. --------------------------------- Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest roaddog_rt66 Posted February 1, 2006 Report Share Posted February 1, 2006 Remember to check out some of that great eastern North Carolina barbeque, push it around with hushpuppies, and wash it down with sweet tea. On your way back, if you have time, take US 70 and stop at Wilber's BarbeQue on the US-70 bypass in Goldsboro, NC. Not only is the bbq superb, but the interior is pure southern dining at its finest. Go downtown and check out the Record Rack which, sadly to say, is closing after operating since 1972. You can pick up some Beach Music CDs and Stan Hartley will be happy to assist you in your selection. I hate to see another of the mom and pop record stores closing. You might be wondering just what Beach Music is. Most of you probably immediately thought of the Beach Boys or Jan and Dean. That would be very wrong. It is R&B and many other influences dating from the 50s to the present. It has a very distinct beat you can dance to. The dance is called the Shag (NC's state dance), and I'm not talking about the shag in England. It is sort of like a slow bop. To get a good idea of it, and you go to beachshag on the internet and listen to Fessa John Hook's Endless Summer network. http://www.beachshag.com Also, check out the Fort Fisher Museum near the end of 421. This is a little-known, but very pivotal battle near the end of the Civil War. Right now, they have an Armstrong 100 pdr. cannon on temporary loan from West Point as well as a Whitworth cannon, one of the most advanced pieces of artillery at the time. You can also learn about the blockade and blockade-running. Keep on Down that Two Lane Highway and a Happy New Year.--RoadDog -- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Reynolds" <roustabout@s...> wrote: > > --- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, "Russell S. Rein" > <Ypsi-slim@j...> wrote: > > > > I can't remember but I believe I was on it today. This is day 3 of > my US > > 421 trip. > > Started out Thursday in Michigan City, IN and made it into > Wilmington, NC > > tonite. > > I left Bristol, VA this morning - the first part of the trip today thru > > TN was a crazy > > rollercoaster mountain drive. More on this later. > > > > Happy new year everyone!! > > > > ypsi-slim > > > > On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 19:36:32 EST egyptianzipper@a... writes: > > In a message dated 12/31/05 9:58:34 AM Eastern Standard Time, > > hester_nec@y... writes: > > I have a trivia question for everyone this morning - where doe U S > > highways 60, 61 and 62 intersect??? > > ==================================================================== > > And where to US routes 221, 321 and 421 intersect? > > > > Tom Hoffman > > Pearisburg VA > > > > > > > That would be Boone, NC > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest roaddog_rt66 Posted February 1, 2006 Report Share Posted February 1, 2006 I am very sad to hear the news about Skip Curtis. His book on 66 in Missouri greatly increased our enjoyment of several trips through your great state. He will be in our prayers and here's hoping for a complete recovery. I'm sure all of '66dom and road warriors across the land will keep him in our thoughts. Liz and Don Hatch, members of the Route 66 Assoc. of Illinois. --- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, "plyon66" <furyon66@e...> wrote: > > Once again, we ask for your thoughts and prayers for Skip Curtis. > Skip is a friend, author and member of the Route 66 Association of > Missouri. His knowledge of Route 66, especially Missouri Route 66, > is unlimited. Skip has already undergone chemo to reduce the size > of a tumor that appeared in his left lung several months ago. He is > going back to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, today, > Monday, January 2, and is scheduled for surgery on Wednesday, > January 4. > All your prayers helped Skip and Karla so very much in August > 2004, when he had surgery for throat cancer and all through that > fall with his radiation treatments. The end result for the throat > cancer was so much better than expected. I trust that their Route > 66 friends will once again rally in support of Skip in this latest > medical problem. As we said in August 2004, "We know the power > of Route 66 "roadies" when we all pull together, so lets do so again > and not let Skip down." > We will post updates on Skip as we receive them. > > Glenda and Tommy Pike, President > Route 66 Association of Missouri > 1602 East Dale Street > Springfield, Missouri 65803-4014 > 417-865-131 > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest John Sullivan Posted February 1, 2006 Report Share Posted February 1, 2006 Look closely at the link you are clicking on from the original e-mail. Notice that the link is broken, because it is long. There is an additional line of the link below the first one, in each of the three films. Correct this by copying the orphaned segment of the link and after clicking on the clickable truncated part of the link, paste that missing part of the link right at the end of the website address you will see in the website address box (probably at the top of your browser window). It sounds complicated, but once you learn, it is very simple. John Rudyard Welborn <r.Welborn@worldnet.ATT.net> wrote: It sez you must supply an ID...how do you do that? Tsingtao Kip ----- Original Message ----- From: "chris" <chris@experiencenascar.com> To: <AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 10:15 PM Subject: [AMERICAN_ROAD] The American Road, (Part I, II and III) > > The American Road, (Part I, II and III) > > Shows development of transportation in the United States during the first > half of the 20th century, emphasizing growth of automobile industry, roads > and highways. > > Production Company: Ford Motor Company > Audio/Visual: sound, B&W > > > http://www.archive.org/movies/details-db.p...&collection > id=american_road_1 > http://www.archive.org/movies/details-db.p...&collection > id=american_road_2 > http://www.archive.org/movies/details-db.p...&collection > id=american_road_3 > > > Search "Automobiles" in all media types. > http://www.archive.org/ > > I'll apologize now for making your cup of coffee go cold. . . Chris > > > > > > > > > Visit our homepage at: http://www.mockturtlepress.com > > To subscribe to AMERICAN ROAD magazine, PHONE TOLL-FREE 1-877-285-5434 WITH YOUR ORDER TODAY! > Or send payment to: Mock Turtle Press, PO Box 3168, Lynnwood, WA 98046-3168 > SUBSCRIPTION RATES: > 1 year (4 issues) for $15.95 > (save $3.85 off the newsstand price!) > 2 years (8 issues) for $27.95 > (save $11.65 off the newsstand price!) > > > For questions about the list, contact: AMERICAN_ROAD-owner@yahoogroups.com > > To SUBSCRIBE to this group, send an email to: AMERICAN_ROAD-subscribe@yahoogroups.comTo POST a message via e-mail, send it to: AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > Visit our homepage at: http://www.mockturtlepress.com To subscribe to AMERICAN ROAD magazine, PHONE TOLL-FREE 1-877-285-5434 WITH YOUR ORDER TODAY! Or send payment to: Mock Turtle Press, PO Box 3168, Lynnwood, WA 98046-3168 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 1 year (4 issues) for $15.95 (save $3.85 off the newsstand price!) 2 years (8 issues) for $27.95 (save $11.65 off the newsstand price!) For questions about the list, contact: AMERICAN_ROAD-owner@yahoogroups.com To SUBSCRIBE to this group, send an email to: AMERICAN_ROAD-subscribe@yahoogroups.comTo POST a message via e-mail, send it to: AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com --------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AMERICAN_ROAD/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: AMERICAN_ROAD-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` John M. Sullivan Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, Earth "Whoever uses the spirit that is in him creatively is an artist. To make living itself an art, that is the goal." -- Henry Miller . --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest David Backlin Posted February 1, 2006 Report Share Posted February 1, 2006 ----- Original Message ----- From: <rudkip@sbcglobal.net> To: <AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 8:05 AM Subject: Re: [AMERICAN_ROAD] Re: Road Trips Trivia Question >I actually knew this...the reference was more aimed at its status as a >total > mystery route south of the Turrell Twist (intersec of 63, 55 and 61) (was > through there in October; it is still not marked) > > However two things: 1) 63 and 61 piggyback 55 to the I-40 interchange; > enroute it pickes up 64 at Marion...I don't know how 70 and 79 fit into > the > time space conundrum but you have at least three US routes intersecting at > Marion....Tsingtao Kip 70/79 run parallel to I-40 just to the south. They merge with I-55 just before the Mississippi River, creating the 61/64/70/79 multiplex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Denny Gibson Posted February 1, 2006 Report Share Posted February 1, 2006 I put the lines together but I didn't put "2 & 2" together. I noticed the split address and pasted it back together before I tried it so I didn't see the ID request that Kip saw. I then gave the right answer to the wrong question:-) I gotta work on that. --Denny -----Original Message----- From: John Sullivan [mailto:xploreusa@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 11:51 AM To: AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [AMERICAN_ROAD] The American Road, (Part I, II and III) Look closely at the link you are clicking on from the original e-mail. Notice that the link is broken, because it is long. There is an additional line of the link below the first one, in each of the three films. Correct this by copying the orphaned segment of the link and after clicking on the clickable truncated part of the link, paste that missing part of the link right at the end of the website address you will see in the website address box (probably at the top of your browser window). It sounds complicated, but once you learn, it is very simple. John Rudyard Welborn <r.Welborn@worldnet.ATT.net> wrote: It sez you must supply an ID...how do you do that? Tsingtao Kip ----- Original Message ----- From: "chris" <chris@experiencenascar.com> To: <AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 10:15 PM Subject: [AMERICAN_ROAD] The American Road, (Part I, II and III) > > The American Road, (Part I, II and III) > > Shows development of transportation in the United States during the > first half of the 20th century, emphasizing growth of automobile > industry, roads and highways. > > Production Company: Ford Motor Company > Audio/Visual: sound, B&W > > > http://www.archive.org/movies/details-db.p...&collection > id=american_road_1 > http://www.archive.org/movies/details-db.p...&collection > id=american_road_2 > http://www.archive.org/movies/details-db.p...&collection > id=american_road_3 > > > Search "Automobiles" in all media types. > http://www.archive.org/ > > I'll apologize now for making your cup of coffee go cold. . . Chris > > > > > > > > > Visit our homepage at: http://www.mockturtlepress.com > > To subscribe to AMERICAN ROAD magazine, PHONE TOLL-FREE 1-877-285-5434 WITH YOUR ORDER TODAY! > Or send payment to: Mock Turtle Press, PO Box 3168, Lynnwood, WA 98046-3168 > SUBSCRIPTION RATES: > 1 year (4 issues) for $15.95 > (save $3.85 off the newsstand price!) > 2 years (8 issues) for $27.95 > (save $11.65 off the newsstand price!) > > > For questions about the list, contact: > AMERICAN_ROAD-owner@yahoogroups.com > > To SUBSCRIBE to this group, send an email to: AMERICAN_ROAD-subscribe@yahoogroups.comTo POST a message via e-mail, send it to: AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > Visit our homepage at: http://www.mockturtlepress.com To subscribe to AMERICAN ROAD magazine, PHONE TOLL-FREE 1-877-285-5434 WITH YOUR ORDER TODAY! 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