Monday, August 19, 2024

U.S. 40 Cross Section of the United States of America (Chapter 14: The Narrows)

 
That was then (1953)



Intro to chapter 14:
To right and left of the highway, just north of Cumberland, rises Wills Mountain, a typical Appalachian ridge.  Thought cut squarely in two by Wills Creek, it rather curiously maintains the same name on both sides, as if the roots of the mountain joined beneath the running water, or else as if even the early pioneers who fixed the name recognized the geological unity of the two halves, accidentally divided, as it were, by the creek. 
 
This is now. 

Photo credit: ©2021 Steve Jones, Great Blue Heron LLC. All Rights Reserved.


Cumberland is 140 miles northwest of Baltimore.

Photo by Retiring Guy: 1952 Rand McNally Road Atlas (arrow added)



Related post:
Chapter 1:  Beginnings.  (7/19/2024)
Chapter 2:  Coastal Plain.  (7/20/2024)
Chapter 5.  Six-Lane Highway.  (8/4/2024)
Chapter 6.  Bush River.  (8/5/2024)
Chapter 7:  Baltimore rows.  (8/6/2024)
Chapter 8:  Ellicott City.  (8/7/2024)
Chapter 9.  Frederick.  (8/8/2024)
Chapter 11.  Horrible example.  (8/16/2024)
Chapter 12.  Mount Prospect.  (8/17/2024)
Chapter 13:  Ridge and Valley.  (8/18/2024)

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