Saturday, January 4, 2025

U.S. 40 Cross Section of the United States of America (Chapter 65: Plateau County)

 
That was then (1953)





From chapter 65
West of Duchesne, Utah, U.S. 40 passes through characteristic scenery of the Colorado Plateau.  This vast topographical region, here seen along its northern fringe, includes southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah, and extends well south into New Mexico and Arizona.  Not only is it a plateau as a whole, being generally a mile above sea level, but also it includes many smaller plateaus, such as those seen in the background of the picture.     
 
This is now.  Less than a mile west of Duchesne.


1952 Rand McNally Road Atlas (arrow added)



Related posts:
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)
Chapter 35:  Road-building. (9/27/2024)
Chapter 36.  Boonville. (9/28/2024)
Chapter 37.  Double highway. (9/29/2024)
Chapter 38.  Kansas City. (9/30/2024)
Chapter 39.  Sign post.  (10/1/2024)
Chapter 40.  Hayfield. (10/5/2024)
Chapter 41:  Bit of the Old West (10/11/2024)
Chapter 42:  Kansas Corn (10/12/2024)
Chapter 43:  Roadside park.  (10/13/2024)
Chapter 44:  Plains Border.  (10/16//2024)
Chapter 45:  Shaded street.  (10/17/2024
Chapter 46.  Grainfield.  (10/18/2024)
Chapter 47.  High Plans.  (10/22/2024)
Chapter 48:  Routes divide.  (10/23/2024)
Chapter 49:  Front Range and Hogback.  (10/24/2024)
Chapter 50.: Two Species.  (10/25/2024)
Chapter 51:  Idaho Springs.  (10/26/2024)
Chapter 52:  Berthoud Pass Eastern Approach (10/27/2024)
Chapter 53:  Berthoud Pass Eastern Ascent (11/3/2024)
Chapter 54:  Continental Divide.  (11/4/2024)
Chapter 55:  Berthoud Pass Western Approach.  (11/5/2024)
Chapter 56:  Byers Canyon.  (11/9/2024)
Chapter 57:  Meadow Among Mountains.  (11/12/2024)
Chapter 58:  The Rabbit Ears.  (11/17/2024)
Chapter 59:  Stream in Snow.  (11/24/2024)
Chapter 60:  Oatfield.  (11/26/2024)
Chapter 61:  Sheepherder.  (12/5/2024)
Chapter 62:  Rock Wall. (12/9/2024)
Chapter 63:  State Border.  (12/11/2024)
Chapter 64.  Roosevelt, Utah.  (12/

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