Subj : Re: Travel
To   : NANCY BACKUS
From : JOE MACKEY
Date : Wed May 08 2019 06:19:58

  Nancy wrote --

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

  Plus a time.  

> 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
 
  We have a state road here, Rt 2, that's north-south, runs mostly 
along the Ohio River.
  It was one of the first paved highways in WV, in the late '20's and 
was brick.  In the '40's or '50's it was straightened a bit (it had 
gone around farms and such) and made of concrete.  Portions of the 
old brick road still are in use, as limited access to various places, 
such as a house that was along the old road.
  Huntington once had its own brick works for buildings as well as 
streets.  We still have brick streets here and there though most are 
paved with asphalt.
  Funny thing.  With the slight gaps between the bricks for water run 
off they never get a pot hole.  A street of concrete or asphalt will.  
Those that were paved over the hole will go to the brick and stop.  
The others with no brick under them have holes deep enough to get 
lost in.
 
>  JM> Sometimes looking at Mapquest or Google they will show 
something the atlas doesn't mention.  I mean, there is only so much 
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... :)

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