Steve_Colby Posted April 12, 2010 Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 (edited) The current US 40 Alt. is to the left. (MAP IT) ~ Steve Edited April 13, 2010 by Steve_Colby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keep the Show on the Road! Posted April 12, 2010 Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 Steve, Good shot, but Mapit shows the location as downtown Cumberland. Is that site really in downtown Cumberland? Dave Keep the Show on the Road! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Colby Posted April 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2010 Steve, Good shot, but Mapit shows the location as downtown Cumberland. Is that site really in downtown Cumberland? Dave Keep the Show on the Road! Dave, I don't know what happened... It should show the correct location now. ~ Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keep the Show on the Road! Posted April 13, 2010 Report Share Posted April 13, 2010 Steve, Clearly an old road bed, and in the right place. Is it paved? Any indication of its age? It is all but invisable from the air, even when the trees are bare, but it logically connects with "old 40." Interesting! Dave Keep the Show on the Road! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Colby Posted April 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2010 Dave, The road is paved and has the requisite concrete shoulders found on many Maryland sections of the National Road, circa 1930s. I believe the road was in use until the current alignment was finished in the 1950's. Recent information I've come across notes Maryland embraced the Good Roads movement in the 1930s and improved many sections of the National Road during that period. (As seen in Christopher Busta-Peck's SHA photos of the era.) ~ Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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