-=> Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 05-08-19  06:19 <=-

 > We'll have to figure out meeting place(s)...   

 JM> Plus a time.  
 
That, too...  

 > I've seen that sort of thing when a state route gets updated and 
 > moved a little... often there are patches of the old road to the 
 > side... some of them actually still in use, and connecting at both 
 > ends, but some just fragments...
 
 JM> We have a state road here, Rt 2, that's north-south, runs mostly 
 JM> along the Ohio River.
 JM> It was one of the first paved highways in WV, in the late '20's and 
 JM> was brick.  In the '40's or '50's it was straightened a bit (it had 
 JM> gone around farms and such) and made of concrete.  Portions of the 
 JM> old brick road still are in use, as limited access to various places, 
 JM> such as a house that was along the old road.

And probably stay in better repair than the current state road... 

 JM> Huntington once had its own brick works for buildings as well as 
 JM> streets.  We still have brick streets here and there though most are 
 JM> paved with asphalt.
 JM> Funny thing.  With the slight gaps between the bricks for water run 
 JM> off they never get a pot hole.  A street of concrete or asphalt will. 
 JM> Those that were paved over the hole will go to the brick and stop.  
 JM> The others with no brick under them have holes deep enough to get 
 JM> lost in.

I've seen that happen here, too... The main street nearest our house had
(maybe still does) an underlay of the original brick road, with the
trolley tracks that ran in the middle... I'm pretty sure they've taken
out the tracks now... it's all paved over with asphalt anyway....
 
 >  JM> Sometimes looking at Mapquest or Google they will show 
 >  JM> something the atlas doesn't mention.  I mean, there is only so much 
 >  JM> room on the page... 
 > Yup... when the map is to a larger scale, a lot more detail can be
 > added... and places of interest are more likely to show up... 

 JM> One thing I miss are state maps you could find at every gas 
 JM> station.  Those are gone now.  Oh I imagine they are still around 
 JM> somewhere, tourist stops and all, but not on every corner like 
 JM> before.  Those often held a a lot of detail.

Yup, that's the sort I stock up on from AAA.... And now that the
membership is on the person, not the vehicle, it could be worth your
while to join up if you haven't already...  Some years I've paid for my
membership just in the maps and trip routing... 

ttyl      neb

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