Friday, September 27, 2024

U.S. 40 Cross Section of the United States of America (Chapter 35: Road-making)

 
That was then (1953).  















From chapter 35:
The pick-and shovel laborers who dug and leveled and surfaced the National Road, as well as the men-driving contractors who bossed them, would be much astonished to watch the process of laying a modern highway.  
[snip]  
The view here is westward about a mile east of town of Columbia, Missouri.  Since there is heavier traffic close to town, the billboard erectors have chosen this spot to commit another atrocity.
This is now.  Approximately 1 mile east of Columbia.  Note the billboard 

Google Maps

When George R. Stewart visited Columbia, home of the University of Missouri, in early 1950s, the city had a population of 32,000. Its current population is 132,000.
 


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)
Chapter 14:  The Narrows.  (8/19/2024)
Chapter 15:  From Little Savage Mountain.  (8/27/2024)
Chapter 16:  Mason-Dixon Line.  (8/28/2024)
Chapter 17:  Fort Necessity (8/29/2024)
Chapter 18:  Braddock's Grave, (8/30/2024)
Chapter 19:  Toll House.  (9/2/2024)
Chapter 20.  Coal Mine.  (9/5/2024)
Chapter 21:  Wheeling.  (9/6/2024)
Chapter 22:  Cambridge, Ohio.  (9/9/2024)
Chapter 23:  S-bridge.  (9/10/2024)
Chapter 24:  Highway and tree.  (9/11/2024)
Chapter 25:  Mileposts.  (9/12/2024)
Chapter 26.  Tavern.  (9/13/2024)
Chapter 27:  Taylorsville Dam.  (9/14/2024)
Chapter 28:  In full glory.  (9/16/2024)
Chapter 29.  Farm on the National Road (9/17/2024)
Chapter 30:  Victorian Elegance.  (9/18/2024)
Chapter 31:  Roadside Vendor (9/19/2024)/
Chapter 32:  Benjamin Harrison Era.  (9/21/2024)
Chapter 33:  Vandalia (9/22/2024)
Chapter 34.  Mississippi River (9/23/2024)

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