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West Virginia Department of Transportation
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The West Virginia Department of Transportation is the state agency responsible for transportation in West Virginia. The Department of Transportation serves an umbrella organization for seven subsidiary agencies which are responsible for different areas of the states infrastructure. The West Virginia Division of Highways is the largest component of the Department of Transportation and it is responsible for almost all public roads in the state outside of incorporated municipalities. The Division of Highways was previously its own agency, the Department of Highways. The West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles handles vehicle registration and driver licensing for the state, in addition to its headquarters in Charleston, it operates a network of 23 regional offices throughout West Virginia. The West Virginia Parkways Authority was created in 1989 as a successor to the West Virginia Turnpike Commission, the agency is tasked with operating the West Virginia Turnpike, a 88-mile tolled stretch of Interstate 77 from Charleston to Princeton. The Parkways Authority used to be named the Parkways, Economic Development and it participated in economic development programs, an activity that was curtailed under former governor Joe Manchin. It continues to operate Tamarack, Best of West Virginia, an arts and crafts center near Beckley, the State Rail Authority was formed to assume ownership of rail lines that were planned for abandonment by their original operators. It directly operates the South Branch Valley Railroad, a former 52-mile Baltimore & Ohio Railroad line between Green Spring and Petersburg, the authority also owns the West Virginia Central Railroad, consisting of 132 miles near Elkins. The West Virginia Central is operated by a company, the Durbin. The West Virginia Division of Public Transit helps assist public transit agencies in the state, the Public Port Authority helps to develop and market ports and intermodal facilities in the state. The West Virginia Aeronautics Commission helps to develop and fund air infrastructure projects in West Virginia
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Maryland State Highway Administration
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The Maryland State Highway Administration is the state sub-agency responsible for maintaining Marylands numbered highways outside of Baltimore City. It is now a division of the establishment of the Maryland Department of Transportation and is currently overseen by an administrator. The headquarters for MSHA is located in Baltimore City, office of Maintenance, which provides assistance with recurring maintenance tasks that require more intensive study—particularly roadway safety and resurfacing projects. The Statewide Operations Center is responsible for requesting incident response teams for incidents on State roadways, responders may including police, fire, medical, CHART, HazMat, MEMA, environmental, or maintenance teams. This facility is equipped to operate as a Statewide Transportation Emergency Operations Center. The signal shop, which provides personnel and equipment for the maintenance, the sign shop, which designs and fabricates signing for use throughout the entire state. All are crucial in the maintenance of current roadways as well as the development of new ones, however, the Districts and OOTS still control decisions regarding the installation, modification, and removal of signals. A result of agreement is that it relieves MdSHA of some of the additional resource cost of the regular duties with regards to signals. There are seven districts in the State and these districts at the least, have divisions for traffic, construction, maintenance, and utilities. Each district also oversees several maintenance shops—typically one per county, the following is a table of the districts, counties within their jurisdiction, and their respective headquarters. Maryland Roads portal MdSHA website CHART website
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National Road
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The National Road was the first major improved highway in the United States built by the federal government. Built between 1811 and 1837, the 620-mile road connected the Potomac and Ohio Rivers and was a main path to the West for thousands of settlers. When rebuilt in the 1830s, it became the second U. S. road surfaced with the macadam process pioneered by Scotsman John Loudon McAdam, construction began heading west in 1811 at Cumberland, Maryland, on the Potomac River. The road has also referred to as the Cumberland Turnpike, the Cumberland–Brownsville Turnpike, the Cumberland Pike, the National Pike. Today, much of the alignment is followed by U. S. Route 40, with various portions bearing the Alternate U. S. Route 40 designation, or various state-road numbers. In 2002, the road, including extensions east to Baltimore and west to St. Louis, was designated the Historic National Road. Construction of the Cumberland Road was authorized on March 29,1806, from there, where the Braddock Road turned north towards Pittsburgh, the new National Road/Cumberland Road continued west to Wheeling, West Virginia, also on the Ohio River. The contract for the construction of the first section was awarded to Henry McKinley on May 8,1811, for more than 100 years, a simple granite stone was the only marker of the roads beginning in Cumberland, Maryland. In June 2012, a monument and plaza were built in that towns Riverside Park, completed in 1824, these feeder routes formed what is referred to as an eastern extension of the federal National Road. On May 15,1820, Congress authorized an extension of the road to St. Louis, on the Mississippi River, in 1849, a bridge was completed to carry the National Road across the Ohio River at Wheeling. The Wheeling Suspension Bridge, designed by Charles Ellet Jr. was at the time the worlds longest bridge span at 1,010 feet from tower to tower, maintenance costs on the Cumberland Road were becoming more than Congress was willing to bear. In agreements with Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, the road was to be reconstructed and resurfaced, the section that ran over Haystack Mountain, just west of Cumberland, was abandoned and a new road was built through the Cumberland Narrows. On April 1,1835, the section from Wheeling to Cumberland was transferred to Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. The last congressional appropriation was made May 25,1838, and in 1840, Congress voted against completing the unfinished portion of the road, construction of the National Road stopped in 1839. Much of the road through Indiana and Illinois remained unfinished and was transferred to the states. In 1912, the Cumberland National Road was chosen to become part of the National Old Trails Road, five Madonna of the Trail monuments, donated by the Daughters of the American Revolution, were erected along the old National Road. In 1927, the National Road was designated as the part of U. S. Highway 40, which still generally follows the National Roads alignment with occasional bypasses, realignments. The mostly parallel Interstate 70 now provides a route for through travel without the many sharp curves, steep grades
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Mountain Maryland Scenic Byway
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Areas, small towns and wildlife areas along the Chesapeake Bay, and beaches along the Atlantic Ocean. The Historic National Road Scenic Byway travels from Keysers Ridge to Baltimore along the route of the National Road. The road is designated an All-American Road, the byway enters Maryland in Garrett County along US40, following that route to Keysers Ridge. Here, the National Road follows US40 Alternate, heading through the Savage River State Forest and reaching Grantsville, the road passes through Frostburg, where the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad is located, and La Vale, where the La Vale Tollgate House is located. The byway comes to Cumberland, which has many historic transportation sites, at this point, the byway follows US40 Scenic and crosses Sideling Hill. The byway follows MD144 again and continues to Hancock, where the byway has access to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and the Western Maryland Rail Trail. Past Hancock, the Historic National Road Scenic Byway follows I-70 before splitting onto US40, with a detour along MD56, the byway continues to Hagerstown, which has South Prospect Street Historic District among other historic sites. In Hagerstown, the runs along Franklin Street, Locust Street, Baltimore Street. After Hagerstown, the Historic National Road Scenic Byway follows US40 Alternate through Funkstown to Boonsboro, at this point, the byway crosses the Appalachian National Scenic Trail and heads across South Mountain State Park. The road continues through Middletown and reaches Frederick, where the heads onto US40. In Frederick, the byway has access to the National Museum of Civil War Medicine, past Frederick, the National Scenic Road Scenic Byway continues along MD144 and passes through New Market before reaching Mount Airy, where it briefly follows MD27 before following MD144 again. The byway reaches Ellicott City, which is home to the Ellicott City Station, the road continues through Catonsville before heading into Baltimore. Here, the Historical National Road Scenic Byway heads along Lombard Street, passing through the Union Square neighborhood before passing by the B&O Railroad Museum, the Mountain Maryland Scenic Byway loops across the mountains of Western Maryland. The byway begins in Keysers Ridge and follows I-68 west to Friendsville, at this point, the byway continues south along MD42 toward US219. The Mountain Maryland Scenic Byway followed US219 to McHenry, which is home to Wisp Ski Resort, the byway heads west on Mayhew Inn Road and Swallow Falls Road, coming to Swallow Falls State Park. A spur on Cranesville Road provides access to Cranesville Swamp Preserve, the Mountain Maryland Scenic Byway continues south along Herrington Manor Road and comes to Herrington Manor State Park before heading to the historic town of Oakland. From Oakland, the byway follows MD135 through Mountain Lake Park and Deer Park, a detour in the state forest follows MD560. There are also diversions along MD495 to rural areas of the Allegany Highlands, MD38 to Kitzmiller, the mainline of the byway continues to descend Backbone Mountain on MD135 before heading along MD36
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Interstate 79
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It is a primary thoroughfare through western Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and makes up part of an important corridor to Buffalo, New York, and the border with Canada. In West Virginia, Interstate 79 is known as the Jennings Randolph Expressway, in the three most northern counties it is signed as part of the High Tech Corridor. For most of its Pennsylvania stretch, it is known as the Raymond P. Shafer Highway, except at its northern end, I-79 is located on the Allegheny Plateau. Despite the somewhat rugged terrain, the road is relatively flat, most of the highway is at an elevation of about 1000 to 1200 feet above sea level, with some lower areas near both ends and higher areas near Sutton, West Virginia. In the hillier areas, this flatness is achieved by curving around hills, along ridges, from Sutton, West Virginia north, Interstate 79 generally parallels the path of U. S. Route 19. I-79 begins at a three-way directional Y interchange with Interstate 77 along the northwest bank of the Elk River just northeast of Charleston. For its first 67 miles, to a point just south of Flatwoods, I-79 is located in the watershed of the Elk River and it crosses the Elk River twice — at Frametown and Sutton - and never strays more than about 15 to 20 miles from it. I-79 enters Pennsylvania after leaving West Virginia University in Morgantown, WV, south of Washington, PA, I-79 traverses the mostly rural Greene County area. Between mile markers 34 and 38, I-79 is multiplexed with I-70 in the Washington, the freeway into Pittsburgh requires drivers to use I-376 while I-79 completely bypasses the city. Beyond the Pittsburgh area, I-79 traverses more rural areas in Butler, Lawrence, Mercer, Crawford, Route 422 for the 1973 and 1977 National Scout Jamborees, which were held at Moraine. The ramps were closed after the 1977 event, but remain in place as of 2013. I-79 was completely re-built in the Pittsburgh area in the early 1990s, the Pennsylvania General Assembly authorized the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission to build two extensions in the 1950s. The Northwestern Extension, authorized in 1953, was to stretch from the main Pennsylvania Turnpike north to Erie, and would have included a lateral connection between Ohio and New York. The Southwestern Extension, authorized in 1955, was to run south from the line near Pittsburgh to West Virginia. This extension also paralleled US19 to near Sutton, where it turned westerly to reach Charleston, on December 21,1967, the first section of I-79 in West Virginia, between Exits 125 and 132, opened to traffic. This five-mile section bypassed part of WV73 between Bridgeport and Fairmont, another five miles opened in July 1968, extending the highway on a bypass of downtown Fairmont to Exit 137. It was further extended 9.5 miles towards Morgantown on October 15,1970, on June 29,1970 the swap of I-79 and I-279 was approved. At the same time, I-76 was extended west from downtown Pittsburgh over former I-79 to the new location of I-79 west of Pittsburgh, on December 3,1971, I-76 was rerouted to bypass Pittsburgh, and I-279 was extended to I-79 utilizing the former section of I-76
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Morgantown, West Virginia
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Morgantown is a city in and the county seat of Monongalia County, West Virginia, situated along the banks of the Monongahela River. With a permanent population of 31,073 per the 2015 U. S. Census estimates, the Morgantown metropolitan area has a population of 138,176, and is the 3rd largest in West Virginia. West Virginia University adds several thousand residents to the city. Morgantown is best known as the home of West Virginia University, Morgantown is closely tied to the Anglo-French struggle for this territory. Until the Treaty of Paris in 1763, what is now known as Morgantown was greatly contested by settlers and Native Americans, and by the British, the treaty decided the issue in favor of the British, but Indian fighting continued almost to the beginning of the American Revolution. As well, several forts were built in the area during this time, Fort Pierpont near the Cheat River, in 1769, Fort Coburn, near Dorseys Knob, zackquill Morgan settled the area about 1772 by establishing a homestead near present-day Fayette Street and University Avenue. Morgan fought in both the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War, rising to the rank of colonel, by 1783, following his wartime duties, Colonel Morgan commissioned Major William Haymond to survey his land and divide it into streets and lots. Colonel Morgan then received a certificate for 400 acres in the area of his settlement near the mouth of Deckers Creek. 50 acres were appropriated for Morgans Town by the Virginia General Assembly in October 1785, on February 3,1838, the Virginia General Assembly enacted a municipal charter incorporating the city, now with a population of about 700, as Morgantown, Virginia. The town became part of the newly created state of West Virginia on June 20,1863, the Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit has been in use since 1975. University students use the system for free to travel between the spread-out campuses. Morgantown is located 75 miles south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,208 mi north-northwest of Washington, D. C.204 mi east of Columbus, Ohio, Morgantown is just south of the Mason–Dixon line. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 10.62 square miles. Morgantown lies in the transition between a subtropical and humid continental climate, with four distinct seasons. Winters are cool to cold with a January daily mean temperature of 31.3 °F, Summers are hot and humid with a July daily mean temperature of 73.2 °F and 12 days of 90 °F + highs annually. Precipitation is generous, with winter being the driest period and May through July the wettest, Morgantown is made up of several neighborhoods, some of which had been independent towns that were annexed by the city as it continued to grow. Neighborhoods include First Ward, Woodburn, South Park, Jerome Park, South Hills, Second Ward, Greenmont, Suncrest, Evansdale, Wiles Hill, Sunnyside, Sabraton, the Mileground, and North Hills. While some of these, such as the Mileground, Easton, the City of Morgantown contained an estimated 31,073 residents in 2014
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U.S. Route 119
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Corridor G is a highway in the U. S. states of Kentucky and West Virginia. It is part of the Appalachian Development Highway System, encompassing US119 for its length, at the northern terminus at Interstate 64 in Charleston, West Virginia, one can pick up Interstate 77 and Interstate 79, along with the West Virginia Turnpike. The Hatfield–McCoy Trails are an ATV and mountain biking network of trails throughout southwest West Virginia, three trail heads branch off from various secondary routes accessible from Corridor G. In 1974, the first segment of Corridor G was completed from KY292 at South Williamson south to KY199 at Huddy and this was a four-lane divided highway that contained mountable medians and jersey barriers, with a mix of state route and driveway access. This is especially evident as US119 cuts through the center of Belfry and South Williamson. Several years later, a 2. 5-mile segment of four-lane US119 along Buckley Creek opened from Corridor B/US 23/US 460/KY80 north of Pikeville to what is now KY14263.5 miles northeast of Pikeville. In 1997, a section of US119 was relocated on new alignment from KY3154 at Canada east to KY199 at Huddy. Two years later, a section of US119 was relocated on new alignment from 2.5 miles east of Meta to KY3154 at Canada and this involved extensive highwall construction at Bent Mountain and Canada Knob. The final segment of Corridor G in Kentucky to be completed was from the KY1426 intersection north of Pikeville east to Scott Fork 2.5 miles east of Meta. This segment required the construction of three twin steel-box girder bridges at Johns Creek near Bevins Branch, Winn Branch, and Raccoon Creek and this also includes a modified diamond interchange at what will be old US119 1/2-mile east of KY1426 at Zebulon. On June 30,2006, the Pinson Family Bridge was dedicated and it crosses Raccoon Creek and KY1441. This twin steel-box girder bridge is more than 1,200 ft. long and is the only examples of its kind in Kentucky. The girders were chosen because of the curvature within the bridge structure, on December 6,2006, a segment of Corridor G opened from the KY1426 intersection north of Pikeville east to the KY194 interchange. The last segment to open is from KY194 north to Scott Fork and that segment was opened in March 2008. The first segments of Corridor G to open was in 1972, during that year, a Mingo County segment from Myrtle and Belo to the Logan County line near Holden opened. Segments of this were opened originally as a super-two since WV65 was being destroyed, in 1973, a lengthy segment opened to traffic from Godby Heights south of Chapmanville to MP4 in Boone County. This was followed a year later by a segment near Madison from MP9.37 to MP13 in Boone County, in 1975, the segment from MP4 to MP9.37 in Boone County was opened to traffic. At this time, the connection to Interstate 64 in Charleston also opened to traffic from Oakwood Road and this included the flyover ramp from US119 to the Interstate 64 interchange
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U.S. Route 40 in Maryland
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U. S. Route 40 in the U. S. state of Maryland runs from western Maryland to Cecil County in the states northeastern corner. With a total length of over 200 miles, it is the longest numbered highway in Maryland. Almost half of the overlaps with Interstate 68 or Interstate 70, while the old alignment is generally known as U. S. Route 40 Alternate, U. S. Route 40 Scenic. West of Baltimore, the portions where it does not overlap an Interstate highway are mostly two-lane roads, the portion east of Baltimore is a four-lane divided highway, known as the Pulaski Highway. From Cumberland west to Pennsylvania, US40 is the successor to the historic National Road, east of Cumberland, towards Baltimore, US40 follows several former turnpikes, most notably the Cumberland Turnpike and Baltimore and Frederick-town Turnpike. The route from Baltimore northeast to the Delaware state line follows another historic corridor towards Philadelphia, including the old Baltimore, U. S. Route 40 enters Maryland from Pennsylvania in far western Marylands Garrett County, carrying the name National Pike. It passes through farmland on this side of the state. U. S. Route 40 shares the roadway with U. S. Route 219 until it joins I-68 traveling eastward towards Cumberland, U. S. 40/I-68 passes into Allegany County just west of Frostburg. The highway traverses historic Cumberland Narrows mountain gap to the county seat, the previous alignments of US40, carrying the name National Pike, are either U. S. Also several significant histories and guide books have been published throughout the 20th Century to describe its features, hazards, at the Sideling Hill Creek Bridge, I-68/US40 passes into Washington County, just west of Bellegrove, Maryland. The I-68/US40 roadway later passes through a 340-foot massive deep cut in Sideling Hill. Just to the east of the cut is the site of the former Sideling Hill Exhibit Center, US40 then defaults onto Interstate 70 at Exit 1 of the latter route, coming down from the northwest at the large truck stop plazas at Breezewood, Pennsylvania. U. S. Route 522 is also carried by I-70, heading southeast out of Hagerstown, US40 diverges into two separate routes, US40 and US40 Alt. US40 parallels Interstate 70, its longtime, cross-country travel partner, lee held back oncoming Union armies under General George B. McClellan just prior to the horrific Battle of Antietam in September 1862. US40 enters Frederick County in Myersville, Maryland, the road passes through South Mountain, and goes underneath I-70 with no access. US40 continues traveling in a direction, running through the towns of Myersville. In Frederick, US40 uses Patrick Street, before merging back onto the US15 north-south expressway for a short distance and it leaves US15 and rejoins I-70 on the southern and eastern outskirts of Frederick. Old MD144 on the 19th Centurys Old National Road once again takes over along the old 1920s era alignment of US40, i-70/US40 runs shortly through Carroll County in Mount Airy, Maryland, interchanging with Maryland Route 27
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U.S. Route 219 in Maryland
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U. S. Route 219 is a part of the U. S. Highway System that runs from Rich Creek, Virginia to West Seneca, New York. In the U. S. state of Maryland, the U. S. Highway runs 48.40 miles from the West Virginia state line near Red House to the Pennsylvania state line near Grantsville. Known as Garrett Highway for much of its length in Maryland, US219 is the primary route in Garrett County, connecting Interstate 68. The highway also provides the access to the resort area of Deep Creek Lake. The part of US219 between Oakland and Keysers Ridge was designated as part of the state road system in 1909 by the Maryland State Roads Commission. Chestnut Ridge Road near Grantsville was upgraded to a road in the late 1910s. The intersection with US40 near Grantsville was the terminus of US219 until the U. S. Highway was extended through West Virginia in 1935. US219 was almost completely rebuilt in the 1940s and 1950s, future plans call for a bypass of Oakland and construction of freeway north from I-68 to connect with other freeway portions of US219 in Pennsylvania. US219 enters Maryland in the southwest corner of Garrett County just to the west of Backbone Mountain, the U. S. Highway heads northeast from the West Virginia state line as two-lane Garrett Highway. After crossing the Youghiogheny River, US219 meets US50 at an intersection with a stop in the hamlet of Red House. US219 veers north and crosses the Little Youghiogheny River and CSXs Mountain Subdivision before entering the town of Oakland, the U. S. Highway turns west onto Oak Street while Ninth Street continues north. US219 heads west through the Oakland Historic District, at the intersection with MD39 next to the Garrett County Courthouse, the highway turns north onto Third Street. US219 parallels Cherry Glade Run north out of town, US219 passes along the eastern edge of Mount Nebo Wildlife Management Area and crosses Hoop Pole Hill. North of Sand Flat Road, the highway passes Mayhew Inn Road, US219 descends from Hoop Pole Ridge and reaches the southwestern shore of Deep Creek Lake in the hamlet of Thayerville. After passing Lakeshore Drive, US219 crosses the lake on the Deep Creek Bridge, the highway becomes a partially controlled access highway on the hillside above the lake, while Deep Creek Drive follows the shore. US219 continues north through the village of McHenry. In McHenry, the highway intersects Mosser Road, which access to Garrett College and Garrett County Airport, and Sang Run Road. After meeting the end of Deep Creek Drive, the highway leaves Deep Creek Lake
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Grantsville, Maryland
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Grantsville is a town in the northern part of Garrett County, Maryland, United States, near the Pennsylvania border. The population was 766 at the 2010 census, later a new village flourished as a stop along the nearby National Road, U. S. Route 40. From 1818, the road carried hundreds of thousands of pioneers and settlers in stagecoaches. In the 1800s, an area just outside Grantsville was a stop on the old National Pike. There is a dip in the road that travelers will not miss when they pass through Little Crossing on Route 40, signs mark the location of the post office and the blacksmith shop that stayed open all night to fix broken horseshoes. An 1879 article in Harpers Monthly described the wagons as so numerous that the leaders of one team had their noses in the trough at the end of the next wagon ahead. The Casselman Inn sits in the center of town, where it has provided food, a sign outside displays a replica 1842 stagecoach advertisement. Near the Casselman Bridge, a stone arch bridge, are Penn Alps Restaurant and The Spruce Forest Artisan Village. Penn Alps Restaurant is housed in the last log hospitality house on the National Pike and it is situated between a 1797 gristmill and the Casselman Bridge, the longest single span of stone in America when built in 1813. Most of these provide studio space for artisans, artisans work in various media, including bird carving, stained glass, basket making, hand-loom weaving, and hand-thrown pottery. Grantsville was once served by Greyhound until 2005, Grantsville is located at 39°41′49″N 79°9′21″W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 0.98 square miles. In the 1960s the town had a population of approximately 400 individuals. As of the census of 2010, there were 766 people,350 households, the population density was 781.6 inhabitants per square mile. There were 397 housing units at a density of 405.1 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 98. 3% White,0. 1% African American,0. 4% Native American, hispanic or Latino of any race were 1. 6% of the population. 35. 7% of all households were made up of individuals and 19. 5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.19 and the average family size was 2.77. The median age in the town was 38.4 years
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U.S. Route 220 in Maryland
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U. S. Route 220 is a part of the U. S. Highway System that runs from Rockingham, North Carolina to Waverly, New York. In Maryland, the highway runs 27.30 miles from the West Virginia state line at the Potomac River in McCoole north to the Pennsylvania state line in Dickens. The road to Bedford was paved within the city of Cumberland by 1910 and this highway comprised the southernmost portion of US220 when the U. S. Highway System was established in 1927. McMullen Highway was constructed starting from Cumberland and finishing in McCoole in the 1920s, when that highway was completed around 1930, US220 was extended south into West Virginia. Both the northern and southern portions of the highway were reconstructed in the 1940s and 1950s. US220 was rerouted within Cumberland multiple times before being placed on I-68 in the early 1980s to bypass downtown Cumberland, the bypass of Bedford Road between I-68 and the Pennsylvania state line opened in 2000. A new bridge over the Potomac River is currently under construction, in addition, relocation of the highway from I-68 south into West Virginia is under consideration. US220 enters Maryland in southwestern Allegany County, crossing the Potomac River, the highway meets the eastern terminus of MD135 before gaining a climbing lane and ascending a hill. US220 crosses over its old alignment again, then meets the old alignment, unsigned MD 135A, the federal highway turns northeast as McMullen Highway, a two-lane road paralleling the Potomac River north to Cumberland. The highway passes through the hamlet of Dawson, where it passes a curve of its old alignment designated MD 830A and closely parallels CSXs Mountain Subdivision. US220 splits away from the tracks to follow the valley of Deep Hollow Creek between Fort Hill immediately to the east and Dans Mountain further to the west. After passing through the hamlet of Danville, the highway passes into the valley of Mill Run. After passing another curve of old alignment designated MD 830B, US220 leaves Fort Hill and Mill Run behind, US220 passes through the villages of Rawlings and Bier before intersecting the western end of MD956 near Pinto. Beyond MD956, US220 enters a densely populated area. The federal highway enters Cresaptown, where US220 intersects MD53, access to northbound MD53 is provided by unsigned MD636 shortly after. The federal highway curves through Potomac Park, home of the Allegany County Fairgrounds, after passing the Upper Potomac Industrial Park, US220 parallels CSXs Mountain Subdivision again before entering the city of Cumberland, where the highway is municipally-maintained. Shortly after, US220 meets I-68 and US40 at Exit 42, trucks and buses are prohibited from using the ramp in the diamond interchange from eastbound I-68 to southbound US220, those vehicles must follow US220 Truck instead. Greene Street, the old alignment of US220, continues north from the interchange as a municipal street toward downtown Cumberland, MD144, the old alignment of US40, continues east toward Rocky Gap State Park
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Cumberland, Maryland
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Cumberland, officially the City of Cumberland, is a western gateway city and seat of Allegany County, Maryland, and the primary city of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2010 census, the city had a population of 20,859, Cumberland is a regional business and commercial center for Western Maryland and the Potomac Highlands of West Virginia. Historically Cumberland was known as the Queen City, as it was once the second largest in the state, in this role, it supported the settlement of the Ohio Country and the lands in that latitude of the Louisiana Purchase. It also became a center, served by major roads, a canal connecting to Washington, DC. Industry declined after World War II, much of the later urban, business and technological development in the state has been concentrated in eastern coastal cities. Today the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area is one of the poorest in the United States, Cumberland was named by English colonists after the son of King George II, Prince William, the Duke of Cumberland. This area had long been settled for thousands of years by indigenous peoples, the fort was developed along the Great Indian Warpath which tribes used to travel the backcountry. Cumberland also served as an outpost of Colonel George Washington during the French and Indian War, Washington returned as President of the United States in 1794 to Cumberland to review troops assembled to thwart the Whiskey Rebellion. During the 19th century, Cumberland was a key road, railroad and it became the second-largest city in Maryland after the port city of Baltimore. It was nicknamed The Queen City, Cumberland was the terminus, and namesake, of the Cumberland Road that extended westward to the Ohio River at Wheeling, West Virginia. This was the first portion of what would be constructed as the National Road, which eventually reached Ohio, Indiana, the surrounding hillsides were mined for coal and iron ore, and harvested for timber that helped supply the Industrial Revolution. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal had its terminus here, it was built to improve the movement of goods between the Midwest and Washington, DC, the eastern terminus. Construction of railroads superseded use of the canal, as trains were faster, the city developed as a major manufacturing center, with industries in glass, breweries, fabrics and tinplate. With the restructuring of industry in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states following World War II. As a result, its population has declined by nearly half, Cumberland is in the Ridge and Valley physiographic province of the Appalachian Mountains at 39°38′52″N 78°45′46″W, at the junction of the North Branch of the Potomac River and Wills Creek. The majority of the land within the city lies in a created by the junction of these two streams. Interstate 68 runs through the city in an east/west direction, as does Alternate U. S.40, parts of Wills Mountain, Haystack Mountain, and Shriver Ridge are also within the city limits. The abandoned Chesapeake and Ohio Canal is now part of the Chesapeake, the canals towpath is maintained, allowing travel by foot, horse or bicycle between Cumberland and Washington, D. C. a distance of about 185 miles
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Interstate 70 in Maryland
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Interstate 70 is a part of the Interstate Highway System that runs from Cove Fort, Utah to Baltimore, Maryland. In Maryland, the Interstate Highway runs 93.62 miles from the Pennsylvania state line in Hancock east to the Interstates eastern terminus near its junction with I-695 at a park and ride in Baltimore. I-70 is the primary east–west Interstate in Maryland, the Interstate Highway connects Baltimore—and Washington via I-270—with Western Maryland, the Interstate serves Frederick and Hagerstown directly and provides access to Cumberland via its junction with I-68 at Hancock. I-70 runs concurrently with its predecessor highway, U. S. Route 40, from Hancock to Indian Springs in Washington County and from Frederick to West Friendship in Howard County. I-70s route from Frederick to West Friendship was constructed as a divided highway relocation of US40 in the early to mid-1950s, the first section of the Interstate to be marked as I-70 was an upgrade of US40 near Hancock in the early 1960s. The remainder of the Interstate highway in Maryland west of Frederick was built on a new alignment in the mid- to late 1960s, I-70 was constructed from West Friendship to its present terminus in Baltimore in the late 1960s. The highway from Bartonsville in Frederick County to West Friendship was upgraded to Interstate standards in the mid-1970s, the final non-limited access portion of I-70 between Frederick and Bartonsville was eliminated in the mid-1980s. The Interstate has been upgraded through Frederick in a series of projects began in the late 1990s. I-70 was intended to enter Baltimore as an east–west freeway that had been proposed since the 1940s. Around 1960, I-70 was planned passing through a pair of parks and several neighborhoods in West Baltimore to end at an interchange with I-95 and I-83 at the Inner Harbor in Downtown Baltimore. A subsequent proposal based on a review of the 1960 plan moved I-70 to a new alignment that triggered community opposition, a new plan was introduced around 1970 that would have moved I-70s eastern terminus to Southwest Baltimore. However, community opposition to the Interstates planned route through the city resulted in I-70 being removed from city plans in the early 1980s. I-70 has several official designations along its course through Maryland, the Interstate Highway is designated Eisenhower Memorial Highway from the Pennsylvania state line east to I-270 in Frederick. All of I-70 in Frederick County was designated the Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway by the Maryland General Assembly in 2002, large stone markers featuring reliefs of the Korean Peninsula were erected in the median of I-70 in Myersville and Mount Airy in 2004. Along its concurrency with US40 from I-270 in Frederick to east of West Friendship, the Interstate is unnamed from US40 near West Friendship to its eastern terminus in Baltimore. Like all mainline Interstates, I-70 is a part of the National Highway System for its entire length, I-70 enters Washington County, Maryland concurrent with US522 from Fulton County, Pennsylvania north of the town of Hancock. Just south of the line, the four-lane freeway has a full Y interchange with I-68 and US40. US40 begins to run concurrently with I-70 just as US522 leaves I-70 at another full Y interchange through which I-70 curves to the east, US522 heads south, providing access to downtown Hancock before crossing the Potomac River into West Virginia
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U.S. Route 522 in Maryland
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U. S. Route 522 is a part of the U. S. Highway System that runs from Powhatan, Virginia to Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. In Maryland, it runs 2.35 miles from the West Virginia state line at the Potomac River north to the Pennsylvania state line within Hancock in western Washington County. US522 crosses Maryland at its narrowest north–south point, meeting Maryland Route 144, Interstate 70, US40, Warfordsburg Road from US40 north to Pennsylvania was paved around 1920 and designated US522 in the late 1920s. US522 was extended south into West Virginia shortly after a new bridge was completed over the Potomac River in the late 1930s and it was moved onto I-70 north of Hancock when the Interstate highway was completed in the area in the mid 1960s. US522 enters Maryland by crossing the Potomac River on a bridge at Hancock in western Washington County. The two-lane undivided bridge begins in West Virginia immediately after an intersection with River Road, then crosses CSXs Cumberland Subdivision and intersects a road to Potomac Airpark. US522 continues north as Warfordsburg Road, with southbound US522 receiving a two-way ramp from MD144 before bridging MD144, Little Tonoloway Creek, and Limestone Road, which is unsigned MD894. It becomes a divided highway immediately before northbound US522 has a interchange with High Street. Southbound US522 has a ramp to Limestone Road used to access MD144. US522 meets I-70 and US40 at a directional interchange where US522 becomes concurrent with the two other highways. Immediately to the north, I-70 and US522 meet the eastern terminus of I-68 at another three-level directional interchange, southbound US522 exits I-70 via a left exit prior to US40 joining eastbound I-70, so southbound US522 does not have a concurrency with US40. I-70 and US522 continue north as a freeway to the Pennsylvania state line. US522 is a part of the main National Highway System for its length in Maryland. Warfordsburg Road from Main Street at the west end of Hancock north to the Pennsylvania state line was paved in 1920. When the first number designations in the U. S. Highway System were released in 1926, another proposed number for the highway may have been US 11W, which appears marked on Warfordsburg Road on official Maryland maps in 1927 and 1928. By 1930, the highway was marked as US522, the March 1936 flooding of the Potomac River destroyed the pre-existing bridge over the river at Church Street. A temporary timber trestle was constructed while a new bridge was planned at the edge of the town of Hancock. The new bridge and approach roads were completed in 1939, US522 was extended south of Hancock by 1946
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Hancock, Maryland
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Hancock is a town in Washington County, Maryland, United States. The population was 1,545 at the 2010 census, the Western Maryland community is notable for being located at the narrowest part of the state. The north-south distance from the Pennsylvania state line to the West Virginia state line is only 1.8 miles at Hancock, Hancock is located at 39°42′7″N 78°10′51″W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 2.75 square miles. The state of Maryland narrows to a width of less than two miles in the Hancock area—the smallest non-vertex border-to-border distance of any U. S. state and it is at the junction of Interstates 68 and 70. The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal passes through the town, and the Western Maryland Rail Trail connects Hancock with Fort Frederick State Park, the climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Hancock has a subtropical climate. As of the census of 2010, there were 1,545 people,694 households, the population density was 565.9 inhabitants per square mile. There were 821 housing units at a density of 300.7 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 97. 7% White,0. 4% African American,0. 5% Native American,0. 4% Asian, hispanic or Latino of any race were 0. 5% of the population. 36. 7% of all households were made up of individuals and 14. 3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.86. The median age in the town was 40.7 years. 22. 2% of residents were under the age of 18,8. 8% were between the ages of 18 and 24,23. 5% were from 25 to 44,27. 6% were from 45 to 64, and 17. 7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 47. 7% male and 52. 3% female, as of the census of 2000, there were 1,725 people,735 households, and 462 families residing in the town. The population density was 637.8 people per square mile, there were 803 housing units at an average density of 296.9 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 98. 26% White,0. 35% African American,0. 35% Native American,0. 06% Asian,0. 12% Pacific Islander,0. 12% from other races, and 0. 75% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0. 46% of the population,31. 2% of all households were made up of individuals and 15. 8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the family size was 2.86
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West Virginia
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West Virginia /ˌwɛst vərˈdʒɪnjə/ is a state located in the Appalachian region of the Southern United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the north, West Virginia is the 9th smallest by area, is ranked 38th in population, and has the second lowest household income of the 50 United States. The capital and largest city is Charleston, West Virginia was admitted to the Union on June 20,1863, and was a key Civil War border state. The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States, the unique position of West Virginia means that it is often included in several geographical regions, including the Mid-Atlantic, the Upland South, and the Southeastern United States. It is the state that is entirely within the area served by the Appalachian Regional Commission. The state is noted for its mountains and rolling hills, its historically significant logging and coal mining industries and it is one of the most densely karstic areas in the world, making it a choice area for recreational caving and scientific research. The karst lands contribute to much of the states cool trout waters and it is also known for a wide range of outdoor recreational opportunities, including skiing, whitewater rafting, fishing, hiking, backpacking, mountain biking, and hunting. Many ancient man-made earthen mounds from various mound builder cultures survive, especially in the areas of Moundsville, South Charleston. The artifacts uncovered in these give evidence of village societies and they had a tribal trade system culture that crafted cold-worked copper pieces. The Iroquois drove out other American Indian tribes from the region to reserve the upper Ohio Valley as a ground in the 1670s. Siouan language tribes such as the Moneton had also recorded in the area previously. West Virginia was originally part of the British Virginia Colony from 1607 to 1776, residents of the western and northern counties set up a separate government under Francis Pierpont in 1861, which they called the restored government. Most voted to separate from Virginia and the new state was admitted to the Union in 1863, in 1864 a state constitutional convention drafted a constitution, which was ratified by the legislature without putting it to popular vote. West Virginia abolished slavery and temporarily disfranchised men who had held Confederate office or fought for the Confederacy, West Virginias history has been profoundly affected by its mountainous terrain, numerous and vast river valleys, and rich natural resources. These were all factors driving its economy and the lifestyles of its residents, a 2010 analysis of a local stalagmite revealed that Native Americans were burning forests to clear land as early as 100 BC. Some regional late-prehistoric Eastern Woodland tribes were involved in hunting and fishing, practicing the slash. Another group progressed to the more time-consuming, advanced companion crop fields method of gardening, also continuing from ancient indigenous people of the state, field space and time was given to tobacco growing through to early historic. Maize did not make a contribution to the diet until after 1150 BP
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Maryland
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The states largest city is Baltimore, and its capital is Annapolis. Among its occasional nicknames are Old Line State, the Free State, the state is named after Henrietta Maria of France, the wife of Charles I of England. George Calvert was the first Lord of Baltimore and the first English proprietor of the colonial grant. Maryland was the state to ratify the United States Constitution. Maryland is one of the smallest U. S. states in terms of area, as well as one of the most densely populated, Maryland has an area of 12,406.68 square miles and is comparable in overall area with Belgium. It is the 42nd largest and 9th smallest state and is closest in size to the state of Hawaii, the next largest state, its neighbor West Virginia, is almost twice the size of Maryland. Maryland possesses a variety of topography within its borders, contributing to its nickname America in Miniature. The mid-portion of this border is interrupted by Washington, D. C. which sits on land that was part of Montgomery and Prince Georges counties and including the town of Georgetown. This land was ceded to the United States Federal Government in 1790 to form the District of Columbia, the Chesapeake Bay nearly bisects the state and the counties east of the bay are known collectively as the Eastern Shore. Close to the town of Hancock, in western Maryland, about two-thirds of the way across the state. This geographical curiosity makes Maryland the narrowest state, bordered by the Mason–Dixon line to the north, portions of Maryland are included in various official and unofficial geographic regions. Much of the Baltimore–Washington corridor lies just south of the Piedmont in the Coastal Plain, earthquakes in Maryland are infrequent and small due to the states distance from seismic/earthquake zones. The M5.8 Virginia earthquake in 2011 was felt moderately throughout Maryland, buildings in the state are not well-designed for earthquakes and can suffer damage easily. The lack of any glacial history accounts for the scarcity of Marylands natural lakes, laurel Oxbow Lake is an over one-hundred-year-old 55-acre natural lake two miles north of Maryland City and adjacent to Russett. Chews Lake is a natural lake two miles south-southeast of Upper Marlboro. There are numerous lakes, the largest of them being the Deep Creek Lake. Maryland has shale formations containing natural gas, where fracking is theoretically possible, as is typical of states on the East Coast, Marylands plant life is abundant and healthy. Middle Atlantic coastal forests, typical of the southeastern Atlantic coastal plain, grow around Chesapeake Bay, moving west, a mixture of Northeastern coastal forests and Southeastern mixed forests cover the central part of the state
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Monongalia County, West Virginia
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Monongalia County, known locally as Mon County, is a county in the U. S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 96,189 and its county seat is at Morgantown. The county was founded in 1776, Monongalia County is included in the Morgantown, WV Metropolitan Statistical Area, and is the largest county in North-Central West Virginia. It is defined entirely as part of the Pittsburgh media market, Monongalia County takes its name from the Monongahela River. The name Monongalia may be a misspelling of Monongahela, alternatively, the conventional Latinate ending -ia may have been added to Monongahela. Monongalia County was formed in 1776 when Virginias remote District of West Augusta was divided into three counties, Ohio, Yohogania and Monongalia, all named for their most prominent rivers. Ohio County then encompassed most of the region of the district bordering the Ohio River. Yohogania County consisted of much of what is now southwestern Pennsylvania and the present counties of Hancock, in 1780, in his Notes on the State of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson gave the militia enrollment of what was then the vast Monongalia County at 1,000 troops. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 366 square miles. Monongahela River Cheat River Deckers Creek Cam Harker Spring Cheat Lake Dunkard Creek Aarons Creek Interstate 68 Interstate 79 U. S. Highway 19 U. S, the population density was 227 people per square mile. There were 36,695 housing units at a density of 102 per square mile. The racial makeup of the county was 92. 22% White,3. 38% Black or African American,0. 20% Native American,2. 45% Asian,0. 04% Pacific Islander,0. 32% from other races, and 1. 39% from two or more races. 1. 01% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race,31. 30% of all households were made up of individuals and 8. 40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.28 and the family size was 2.91. In the county, the population was out with 18. 20% under the age of 18,23. 40% from 18 to 24,27. 70% from 25 to 44,20. 00% from 45 to 64. The median age was 30 years, for every 100 females there were 101.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.20 males, the median income for a household in the county was $28,625, and the median income for a family was $43,628. Males had an income of $33,113 versus $23,828 for females
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Preston County, West Virginia
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Preston County is a county located in the U. S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 33,520, the county was formed from Monongalia County in 1818 and named for Virginia Governor James Patton Preston. Preston County is part of the Morgantown, WV Metropolitan Statistical Area and it is the home of The Buckwheat Festival, a county fair known for making buckwheat cakes. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 651 square miles. The population density was 52 people per square mile, there were 15,097 housing units at an average density of 23 per square mile. The racial makeup of the county was 97. 63% White,1. 08% Black or African American,0. 19% Native American,0. 14% Asian,0. 03% Pacific Islander,0. 16% from other races, and 0. 84% from two or more races. 0. 68% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos of any race,24. 63% of all households were made up of individuals and 10. 70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the family size was 2.84. The age distribution was 19. 55% under the age of 18,7. 36% from 18 to 24,27. 58% from 25 to 44,29. 83% from 45 to 64, the median age was 42.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 106.63 males, for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.48 males. The median income for a household in the county was $42,866, full-time male workers had a median income of $41,073 versus $25,911 for females. The per capita income for the county was $19,796, about 8. 3% of families and 11. 7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15. 2% of those under age 18 and 8. 6% of those age 65 or over. As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 33,520 people,12,895 households, the population density was 51.7 inhabitants per square mile. There were 15,097 housing units at a density of 23.3 per square mile. The racial makeup of the county was 97. 6% white,1. 1% black or African American,0. 2% American Indian,0. 1% Asian,0. 2% from other races, and 0. 8% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 0. 7% of the population, in terms of ancestry,29. 4% were German,14. 3% were Irish,9. 5% were American, and 8. 9% were English. The average household size was 2.42 and the family size was 2.84. The median age was 42.0 years, the median income for a household in the county was $40,753 and the median income for a family was $46,622
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Garrett County, Maryland
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Garrett County is the westernmost county of the U. S. state of Maryland. As of the 2010 census, the population was 30,097, the county was named for John Work Garrett, president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Created from Allegany County, Maryland in 1872, it was the last Maryland county to be formed, Garrett County has long been part of the media market of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is considered to be a part of Western Maryland, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is to the north. The Maryland–Pennsylvania boundary was surveyed and marked between April 1765 and October 1767 by astronomer Charles Mason and surveyor Jeremiah Dixon and this boundary is commonly known as the Mason–Dixon line. The eastern border with Allegany County was defined by the Bauer Report, submitted to Governor Lloyd Lowndes, the Potomac River and State of West Virginia lie to the south and west. Garrett County lies in the Allegheny Mountains, which form the western flank of the Appalachian Mountain Range. Hoye-Crest, a summit along Backbone Mountain, is the highest point in Maryland, the Eastern Continental Divide runs along portions of Backbone Mountain. The western part of the county, drained by the Youghiogheny River, is the part of Maryland within the Mississippi River drainage basin. All other parts of the county are in the Chesapeake Bay basin, Garrett County contains over 76,000 acres of parks, lakes, and publicly accessible forestland. Garrett County is part of Marylands 6th congressional district, the extreme south of the county lies within the United States National Radio Quiet Zone. In the early 20th century, the railroad and tourism started to decline, coal mining and timber production continued at a much slower pace. Today, tourism has made a rebound in the county with logging and farming making up the greatest part of the economic base. Due to a climate and lack of any large city. The County is governed by an elected Board of County Commissioners, the Board is the traditional form of county government in Maryland and may exercise only such powers as are conferred by the General Assembly of Maryland. The County is administered under a line organizational method, with the County Administrator responsible for the administration of County Government. The county is part of Marylands 6th congressional district and is the most Republican in the state, the Republican candidate for President has won in each of the last thirteen elections. In 2008, John McCain carried Garrett County by a 40. 2% margin over Barack Obama, on December 15,1977, the seal of Garrett County went into effect by virtue of Resolution #7
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Allegany County, Maryland
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Allegany County is a county located in the northwestern part of the U. S. state of Maryland. As of the 2010 census, the population was 75,087, the name Allegany may come from a local Lenape word, welhik hane or oolikhanna, which means best flowing river of the hills or beautiful stream. A number of counties in the Appalachian region of the US are named Allegany, Allegheny, Allegany County is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is a part of the Western Maryland panhandle, the western part of Maryland was originally part of Prince Georges County when Maryland was formed in 1696. This county included six current counties, and by repeated splitting, new ones were generated, Frederick from Prince Georges in 1748, Allegany County was formed in 1789 by the splitting of Washington County. At the time it was the westernmost county in Maryland, but a split in 1872 produced Garrett County, prior to 1789, the Virginia Commonwealth claimed the area of present-day Garrett and Allegheny Counties, of Maryland. A 1771-1780 map of Virginias counties, shows Hampshire County, when conducting genealogical research, it is possible to find tax records for Hampshire County, Virginia included in Maryland records, and Maryland records in Hampshire County. Ref. Virginia Counties Map of 1771-1780, Henry Howes 1845 History of Virginia, the county has a number of properties on the National Register of Historic Places. Allegany County is often referred to as Where the South Begins, according to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 430 square miles, of which 424 square miles is land and 5.8 square miles is water. Allegany County lies primarily in the Ridge-and-Valley Country of the Appalachian Mountains, the western part of the county contains a portion of the steep Allegheny Front, which marks the transition to the higher-elevation Appalachian Plateau and Allegheny Mountain region. The town of Frostburg is located west of the Front at an elevation of nearly 2,100 feet above sea level, while the county seat of Cumberland, the population density was 176 people per square mile. There were 32,984 housing units at a density of 78 per square mile. The racial makeup of the county was 93. 02% White,5. 35% Black or African American,0. 15% Native American,0. 52% Asian,0. 03% Pacific Islander,0. 19% from other races, and 0. 75% from two or more races. 0. 76% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race,29. 0% were of German,16. 7% US or American,12. 8% Irish,10. 7% English and 5. 3% Italian ancestry according to Census 2000. 30. 10% of all households were made up of individuals and 15. 20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.90. In the county, the population was out with 20. 60% under the age of 18,11. 20% from 18 to 24,26. 80% from 25 to 44,23. 50% from 45 to 64. The median age was 39 years, for every 100 females there were 99.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.90 males, the median income for a household in the county was $30,821, and the median income for a family was $39,886
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Washington County, Maryland
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Washington County is a county located in the western part of the U. S. state of Maryland. As of the 2010 census, the population was 147,430, Washington County was the first county in the United States to be named for the Revolutionary War general George Washington. Washington County is one of three Maryland counties recognized by the Appalachian Regional Commission as being part of Appalachia, the county borders southern Pennsylvania to the north, Northern Virginia to the south, and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia to the south and west. The western portions of Maryland were incorporated into Prince Georges County in 1696 and this original county included six current counties. The first to be created was Frederick, separated from Prince Georges County in 1748, Washington County was formed on September 6,1776, by the division of Frederick County. Washington County as created included land later to become Allegany County, Washington County thus originally included the entire western part of the state. A number of properties in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 467 square miles. Washington County is located in the Appalachian Mountains, stretching from the Ridge-and-Valley Country in the west to South Mountain in the east, currently, Greg Murray serves as the Administrator. However, Washington Countys County Commissioners exercise executive powers as they exist in the government of the county, the County Commissioners in Washington County comprise the traditional form of county government in Maryland. Current members include, Terry Baker, President, John F. Barr, Vice-President and LeRoy E. Myers, Jeffrey A. Cline, Washington County is represented by two senators in the Maryland State Senate. Edwards, serves the 1st district in Maryland and Andrew A. Serafini, the county also is represented in Maryland General Assemblys other primary division, the Maryland House of Delegates. Delegates who stand for Washington County include, Mike McKay for District 1C, Neil Parrot and William Wivell for District 2A, the county is located within Marylands 6th congressional district. The representative of the district currently is John Delaney, as of the census of 2010, there were 147,430 people,49,726 households, and 34,112 families residing in the county. The population density was 315 people per square mile, there were 52,972 housing units at an average density of 116 per square mile. 1. 19% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race, in the Census 2000,32. 1% identified as being of German ancestry,21. 4% American,8. 8% Irish, and 8. 4% English ancestry. 26. 00% of all households were made up of individuals and 11. 10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.96. In the county, the population was out with 23. 40% under the age of 18,8. 10% from 18 to 24,31. 30% from 25 to 44,23. 00% from 45 to 64
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Interstate Highway System
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The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways is a network of controlled-access highways that forms a part of the National Highway System of the United States. The system is named for President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who championed its formation, construction was authorized by the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, and the original portion was completed 35 years later, although some urban routes were cancelled and never built. The network has since been extended and, as of 2013, as of 2013, about one-quarter of all vehicle miles driven in the country use the Interstate system. In 2006, the cost of construction was estimated at about $425 billion, the nations revenue needs associated with World War I prevented any significant implementation of this policy, which expired in 1921. In the plan, Mehren proposed a 50, 000-mile system, the system would include two percent of all roads and would pass through every state at a cost of $25,000 per mile, providing commercial as well as military transport benefits. As the landmark 1916 law expired, new legislation was passed—the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1921 and this new road construction initiative once again provided for federal matching funds for road construction and improvement, $75 million allocated annually. The Bureau of Public Roads asked the Army to provide a list of roads that it considered necessary for national defense. A boom in construction followed throughout the decade of the 1920s. As automobile traffic increased, planners saw a need for such a national system to supplement the existing, largely non-freeway. By the late 1930s, planning had expanded to a system of new superhighways, in 1938, President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave Thomas MacDonald, chief at the Bureau of Public Roads, a hand-drawn map of the United States marked with eight superhighway corridors for study. He recognized that the system would also provide key ground transport routes for military supplies. The publication in 1955 of the General Location of National System of Interstate Highways, informally known as the Yellow Book, assisting in the planning was Charles Erwin Wilson, who was still head of General Motors when President Eisenhower selected him as Secretary of Defense in January 1953. The Interstate Highway System was authorized on June 29,1956 by the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, popularly known as the National Interstate, three states have claimed the title of first Interstate Highway. Missouri claims that the first three contracts under the new program were signed in Missouri on August 2,1956, the first contract signed was for upgrading a section of US Route 66 to what is now designated Interstate 44. On August 13,1956, Missouri awarded the first contract based on new Interstate Highway funding, kansas claims that it was the first to start paving after the act was signed. Preliminary construction had taken place before the act was signed, the state marked its portion of I-70 as the first project in the United States completed under the provisions of the new Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956. The Pennsylvania Turnpike could also be considered one of the first Interstate Highways, on October 1,1940,162 miles of the highway now designated I‑70 and I‑76 opened between Irwin and Carlisle. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania refers to the turnpike as the Granddaddy of the Pikes, October 12,1979, The final section of the Canada to Mexico freeway Interstate 5 is dedicated near Stockton, California
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Future Interstate Highways
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Future Interstate Highways include various proposals to establish new mainline Interstate Highways in the United States. This does not include the numerous auxiliary Interstate Highways that are in various stages of planning, planned expansion of existing mainline interstates are also not included here. Several Congressional High Priority Corridors have been designated as parts of the Interstate System by the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act. By law, they will become interstates when built to Interstate standards, Interstate 3 is the proposed designation of an Interstate Highway Corridor under development in the southeastern U. S. It is planned to run from Savannah, Georgia, to Knoxville and its number does not follow standard numbering conventions, under established numbering conventions I-3 would normally run west of I-5 along the Pacific Coast. The unnumbered Interstate was established by the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act, the Interstate 3 designation has not been officially accepted by AASHTO or the FHWA, but is being used by the Georgia Department of Transportation and others to identify the highway. The number comes from the 3rd Infantry Division which is based in Georgia, Interstate 7 or Interstate 9 has been proposed by Caltrans for State Route 99 in central California. This also serves as a connector to the northern portion of Highway 99. Interstate 11 is the designated route number for an Interstate connecting Phoenix, Arizona, to Las Vegas or Reno. Their rationale was that the Phoenix and Las Vegas metro areas were two of the largest urban regions in adjacent states not featuring direct Interstate connection, the corridor would be approximately 285 miles in length and would most likely subsume the existing I-515 freeway facility in the Las Vegas area. Plans to connect I-11 to the existing Interstate network in the Phoenix region have yet to be determined, the proposed routing for I-11 is part of the CANAMEX high-priority corridor. The projects contained within this portion of the overall Canamex corridor include the recently completed Hoover Dam Bypass project, at the same time, it extended the southern terminus of the corridor from Phoenix through Tucson to Nogales generally via the I-10 and I-19 corridors. The Regional Transportation Alliance expected this corridor to be called I-46 or another suitable designation. At a meeting in La Grange, North Carolina, on March 17,2016, the rationale for the I-50 numerical selection was cited as a number not in conflict with either an existing Interstate designation or currently applied to a U. S. Highway within North Carolina. This recommendation was forwarded to NCDOT for submission to AASHTO, for the AASHTO Special Committee on U. S. Route Numbering meeting in May 2016, NCDOT proposed I-36 for this route. However, AASHTO instead designated the route Interstate 42, in November 2012, NCDOT requested the addition of the corridor to the Interstate Highway System through administrative options with the Federal Highway Administration as I-44. Congressman G. K. Butterfield introduced legislation in June 2014 to add the corridor to the Interstate Highway System through Congressional authority and this corridor was officially designated as a future Interstate with the passing of the FAST Act. Had the I-44 designation been approved, it would have been discontinuous with the current I-44, however, subsequent review of available and preferred route numbers produced two other candidates, I-56 if an east–west designation was chosen, or I-89 if a north–south designation was chosen
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Maryland highway system
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The Maryland highway system is a network of highways owned and maintained by the U. S. state of Maryland. In addition to the nationally numbered Interstate Highways and U. S. Highways, All three types of highways together provide access to all incorporated and unincorporated areas in all 23 counties of Maryland as well as the independent city of Baltimore. Maryland has 16 Interstate highways, including six primary Interstates and ten auxiliary Interstates, the longest Interstate in Maryland is Interstate 95, while the shortest Interstate is I-295. Maryland also contains an unsigned Interstate, I-595, a former Interstate, I-170, and an intracounty Interstate, I-97, Maryland has 14 U. S. Highways, including seven primary U. S. Highways and seven auxiliary U. S. highways, the longest U. S. highway in Maryland is U. S. Route 40, while the shortest U. S. highway is US522. Maryland also contains six former U. S. highways, Maryland has a unitary system of numbered state highways with numbers between 2 and 999. The longest Maryland state highway is Maryland Route 2, while state highways are less than 0.5 mi in length. Most of the shortest highways are unsigned, there are other systems of highways in Maryland that are not marked but are numbered internally. County highways, All 23 counties have internal numerical designations for all highways under their jurisdiction, municipal highways, Every city, town, and village maintains an internal system of numerically designated municipal streets. Federal government or agency highways, Highways maintained by the government or agencies such as the Maryland-National Capital Park. State reservation highways, Highways maintained by agencies of the state of Maryland. Examples of highways within this categories include streets on state university campuses, access roads to parks and state forests. The vast majority of Interstate, U. S. and state highways are constructed by, All toll facilities in the state and limited access highways within Baltimore except I-83 are constructed and maintained by the Maryland Transportation Authority. All U. S. and state highways and I-83 within Baltimore are maintained by the Baltimore City Department of Transportation, portions of U. S. and state highways within particular cities and towns are maintained by the respective municipalities
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Maryland Scenic Byways
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Areas, small towns and wildlife areas along the Chesapeake Bay, and beaches along the Atlantic Ocean. The Historic National Road Scenic Byway travels from Keysers Ridge to Baltimore along the route of the National Road. The road is designated an All-American Road, the byway enters Maryland in Garrett County along US40, following that route to Keysers Ridge. Here, the National Road follows US40 Alternate, heading through the Savage River State Forest and reaching Grantsville, the road passes through Frostburg, where the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad is located, and La Vale, where the La Vale Tollgate House is located. The byway comes to Cumberland, which has many historic transportation sites, at this point, the byway follows US40 Scenic and crosses Sideling Hill. The byway follows MD144 again and continues to Hancock, where the byway has access to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and the Western Maryland Rail Trail. Past Hancock, the Historic National Road Scenic Byway follows I-70 before splitting onto US40, with a detour along MD56, the byway continues to Hagerstown, which has South Prospect Street Historic District among other historic sites. In Hagerstown, the runs along Franklin Street, Locust Street, Baltimore Street. After Hagerstown, the Historic National Road Scenic Byway follows US40 Alternate through Funkstown to Boonsboro, at this point, the byway crosses the Appalachian National Scenic Trail and heads across South Mountain State Park. The road continues through Middletown and reaches Frederick, where the heads onto US40. In Frederick, the byway has access to the National Museum of Civil War Medicine, past Frederick, the National Scenic Road Scenic Byway continues along MD144 and passes through New Market before reaching Mount Airy, where it briefly follows MD27 before following MD144 again. The byway reaches Ellicott City, which is home to the Ellicott City Station, the road continues through Catonsville before heading into Baltimore. Here, the Historical National Road Scenic Byway heads along Lombard Street, passing through the Union Square neighborhood before passing by the B&O Railroad Museum, the Mountain Maryland Scenic Byway loops across the mountains of Western Maryland. The byway begins in Keysers Ridge and follows I-68 west to Friendsville, at this point, the byway continues south along MD42 toward US219. The Mountain Maryland Scenic Byway followed US219 to McHenry, which is home to Wisp Ski Resort, the byway heads west on Mayhew Inn Road and Swallow Falls Road, coming to Swallow Falls State Park. A spur on Cranesville Road provides access to Cranesville Swamp Preserve, the Mountain Maryland Scenic Byway continues south along Herrington Manor Road and comes to Herrington Manor State Park before heading to the historic town of Oakland. From Oakland, the byway follows MD135 through Mountain Lake Park and Deer Park, a detour in the state forest follows MD560. There are also diversions along MD495 to rural areas of the Allegany Highlands, MD38 to Kitzmiller, the mainline of the byway continues to descend Backbone Mountain on MD135 before heading along MD36
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Maryland Route 67
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Maryland Route 67 is a state highway in the U. S. state of Maryland. Known as Rohrersville Road, the highway runs 12.20 miles from U. S. Route 340 in Weverton north to US40 Alternate in Boonsboro. MD67 parallels the western flank of South Mountain in southeastern Washington County, connecting Boonsboro with Weverton, the first section of the state highway was constructed through Rohrersville around 1920. The remainder of the highway was built between Boonsboro and Weverton in the late 1920s and early 1930s, MD67 was reconstructed with multiple relocations starting in the late 1950s, culminating in a relocation at the southern terminus to tie into the US340 freeway in the late 1960s. MD67 begins at an interchange with US340 in Weverton within the Potomac Water Gap near Harpers Ferry. Just north of Israel Creek, MD67 intersects unsigned MD 67D, a connector east to Weverton Road, MD67 passes along the edge of Brownsville, which is served by the old alignment, Boteler Road. MD67 continues north through the village of Gapland, the old alignment of MD67, Gapland Road, heads northwest into the heart of the village. Gapland Road heads east to Cramptons Gap, a pass through South Mountain that provides access to Burkittsville in the Middletown Valley. Cramptons Gap is the site of the Battle of Cramptons Gap, north of Gapland, Trego Road splits to the northwest toward Trego, Eakles Mills, and Keedysville. The valley widens as MD67 approaches Rohrersville, Main Street, which is unsigned MD858, serves the village while MD67 bypasses it to the east, crossing Little Antietam Creek. MD67 continues north, paralleled on the east by its old alignment of Woodstock Lane while passes to the west of the hamlet of Park Hall, which contains Kefauver Place. Another section of old alignment, Mount Carmel Church Road, which leads to the Nicodemus Mill Complex, the state highway passes two more segments of old alignment, both named Appletown Road, before reaching its northern terminus at US40 Alternate just south of Boonsboro. The highway from Weverton to Boonsboro was marked for improvement by the Maryland State Roads Commission as one of the state roads in 1909. However, by 1915, the highway was deemed as not forming a necessary part of the main arterial system. The first section of MD67 to be improved was Main Street through Rohrersville, the modern road was extended north to Boonsboro in 1925 and 1926. Construction began on MD67 from Rohrersville to Gapland in 1926 and was completed in 1928, the paved highway was extended through Brownsville to north of Garretts Mill in 1929 and 1930. The southern end of pavement remained north of Garretts Mill until the road was extended south through Weverton to US340 in 1934 and 1935. MD67 was reconstructed from Boonsboro to Gapland starting in the late 1950s, two of these sections, Main Street in Rohrersville and Mount Carmel Church Road north of Rohrersville, were bypassed in 1959
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Maryland Route 68
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Maryland Route 68 is a state highway in the U. S. state of Maryland. The state highway runs 18.50 miles from U. S. Route 40 in Clear Spring east to US40 Alternate in Boonsboro. MD68 crosses central Washington County to the south of Hagerstown, connecting Clear Spring and Boonsboro with Williamsport, a small segment of MD68 west of Boonsboro was constructed around 1920, using as part of the route two early 19th-century stone bridges. The remainder of the highway between Boonsboro and Williamsport was constructed in the half of the 1920s. MD68 was extended west from Williamsport to Clear Spring in the mid-1950s, the state highway was relocated south of Williamsport for the construction of Interstate 81 in the mid-1960s. Since the early 1990s, I-68 has also existed in Washington County, MD68 begins at an intersection with US40 in the town of Clear Spring. The state highway heads south as Mill Street through a commercial area, MD 68s name changes to Clear Spring Road after leaving the town limits. The state highway meets I-70 at an interchange, then heads southeast through farmland. MD68 intersects the end of MD56 shortly before passing through the village of Pinesburg. The state highway intersects CSXs Lurgan Subdivision rail line and passes between industrial properties, then crosses Conococheague Creek and enters the town of Williamsport, MD68 is municipally maintained within the town, where the highway follows Conococheague Street south through an intersection with US11. At this intersection, MD63 joins MD68 in a concurrency to continue through the Williamsport Historic District, the two highways leave the town limits at their diamond interchange with I-81, through which the roadway temporarily expands to a four-lane divided highway. MD 68s name changes to Lappans Road south of Williamsport, MD63 splits south from MD68 at the same intersection as Governor Lane Boulevard, which serves an industrial park. MD68 crosses over the Winchester and Western Railroad and curves to the east, the state highway heads southeast through farmland and intersects MD632. The road intersects Norfolk Southern Railways Hagerstown District at-grade and crosses St. James Run in the hamlet of St. James, MD68 intersects MD65 in the hamlet of Lappans, where the highway passes St. The state highway passes through the hamlet of Brethedsville and passes Devils Backbone County Park as the highway follows Antietam Creek for a short distance. MD68 crosses over the creek on a stone bridge. The state highway crosses over Beaver Creek on a stone bridge before leaving the creek valley. MD68 continues southeast through farmland and the hamlet of Millpoint before reaching its terminus at US40 Alternate on the northern edge of the town of Boonsboro
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Interstate 70
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Interstate 70 is a major Interstate Highway in the United States that runs from I-15 near Cove Fort, Utah to I-695 near Baltimore, Maryland. I-70 approximately traces the path of U. S. Route 40 east of the Rocky Mountains, West of the Rockies, the route of I-70 was derived from multiple sources. The Interstate runs through or near major cities, including Denver, Kansas City, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Columbus, Pittsburgh. The sections of the interstate in Missouri and Kansas have laid claim to be the first interstate in the United States. The construction of I-70 in Colorado and Utah is considered an engineering marvel as the passes through the Eisenhower Tunnel, Glenwood Canyon. The Eisenhower Tunnel is the highest point along the Interstate Highway system with an elevation of 11,158 ft. Interstate 70 begins at an interchange with Interstate 15 near Cove Fort. Upon leaving the valley near Salina, I-70 crosses 7,923 ft Salina Summit, prior to the construction of I-70, the swell was inaccessible via paved roads and relatively undiscovered. It also became the longest piece of highway to be opened at one time. Although opened in 1970, this section was not formally complete until 1990, since I-70s construction, the swell has been noted for its desolate beauty. The swell has since been nominated for National Park and/or National Monument status on multiple occasions, if the swell is granted this status it arguably would be the first time a National Park owes its existence to an interstate highway. Most of the exits in this span are rest areas, brake check areas, I-70 exits the swell near Green River. From Green River to the Colorado state line, I-70 follows the edge of the Book Cliffs. Entering from Utah, I-70 descends into the Grand Valley where it meets the Colorado River, here I-70 serves the Grand Junction metro area before traversing more mountainous terrain. The last section of I-70 to be completed was the 15-mile Glenwood Canyon, construction was delayed for many years due to environmental concerns. Much of the highway is elevated above the Colorado River, the speed limit in this section is 50 mph due to the limited sight distance and sharp corners. The Eisenhower–Johnson Memorial Tunnel, the highest vehicular tunnel in North America, because of the rugged and narrow terrain of the Rocky Mountains, I-70 is one of few roads connecting Colorados ski resorts with Denver. Descending through the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, the Denver skyline can be seen on a clear day. This can fool truckers and other unsuspecting drivers because there is still over 10 miles of steep grade road before reaching the city, a series of signs warns truckers of the steep grade
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Appalachian Development Highway System
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The Appalachian Development Highway System is part of the Appalachian Regional Commission in the United States. It consists of a series of corridors in the Appalachia region of the eastern United States. The routes are designed as local and regional routes for improving economic development in the isolated region. It was established as part of the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, the system consists of a mixture of state, U. S. and Interstate routes. The routes are designated as corridors and assigned a letter. Signage of these corridors varies from place to place, but where signed are often done so with a distinctive blue-colored sign, in 1964, the Presidents Appalachian Regional Commission reported to Congress that economic growth in Appalachia would not be possible until the regions isolation had been overcome. Because the cost of building highways through Appalachias mountainous terrain was high, the existing network of narrow, winding, two-lane roads, snaking through narrow stream valleys or over mountaintops, was slow to drive, unsafe, and in many places worn out. The nations Interstate Highway System, though extensive through the region, was designed to serve cross-country traffic rather than local residents, the PARC report and the Appalachian governors placed top priority on a modern highway system as the key to economic development. As a result, Congress authorized the construction of the Appalachian Development Highway System in the Appalachian Development Act of 1965, the system has served its intended purpose to varying degrees of success. Currently, the ADHS is authorized at 3,090 miles, by the end of FY2004,2,627 miles —approximately 85 percent of the 3,090 miles authorized—were complete or under construction. Many of the remaining miles will be among the most expensive to build, Corridor Z across southern Georgia is not part of the official system, but has been assigned by the Georgia Department of Transportation. Corridor A is a highway in the states of Georgia and North Carolina and it travels from Interstate 285 north of Atlanta northeasterly to I-40 near Clyde, North Carolina. I-40 continues easterly past Asheville, where it meets I-26 and Corridor B, in Georgia, Corridor A travels along the State Route 400 freeway from I-285 to the SR141 interchange southwest of Cumming. From here to Nelson, near the end of I-575, Corridor A has not been constructed. It begins again with a piece of SR372, becoming SR515 when it meets I-575. SR515 is a divided highway all the way to Blairsville. From Blairsville to North Carolina, the corridor has not been built, the short North Carolina Highway 69 takes Corridor A north to U. S. Route 64 near Hayesville. Corridor A turns east on US64, and after some two-lane sections, Corridor A switches to US23 near Franklin, and meets the east end of Corridor K near Sylva
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Sideling Hill
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The highest point on the ridge is Fisher Point, at 2,310 feet in Fulton County, Pennsylvania. Sideling Hill is a mountain, in a region of downward-folded rock strata between two upfolded anticlines. The ridge is capped by an erosion-resistant conglomerate and sandstone of Mississippian geologic age, the ridges slopes are formed of much more easily eroded kinds of rock, including the Devonian-Mississippian Rockwell Formation, with long, narrow valleys paralleling the ridge on either side. Most of the crest of Sideling Hill is forested, primarily with various deciduous-leaved tree species such as oaks and hickories, only a few major highways, one active and two former railroads, and one former canal cross this steep mountain ridge. The East Broad Top Railroad constructed a tunnel through Sideling Hill in 1873–74 as part of its mainline construction, the tunnel predates the South Pennsylvania Railroad tunnel construction 11 miles to the south by eight years. The tunnel is single-tracked, and curved at each end and it originally had a stone portal on its eastern end and a natural stone portal at its western end, but about 1919 the north portal was replaced with a concrete one. The north portal was equipped with doors to prevent wind blowing through the tunnel as the wind caused water percolating into the tunnel to freeze on the tracks in the winter. In 1911, this ice caused the new locomotive #12 to derail its pilot axle inside the tunnel then derail the entire locomotive at the Kimmel switch just beyond the tunnel. In the 1940s, the doors were equipped with remote actuators mounted on poles a few hundred feet before each portal and this allowed the crews to open and close the doors without stopping. The system did not work flawlessly and a door was ripped off by a caboose cupola, the tunnel was in service from 1874 until the railroad ceased operations in 1956. The line is out of service, and the track is still in place through the tunnel. The tunnel and rail line are private property and not open to the public, the Pennsylvania Turnpike crosses Sideling Hill east of Breezewood, Pennsylvania, bypassing the two-lane Sideling Hill tunnel and the nearby Rays Hill tunnel that were formerly used by the Turnpike. Completed at a cost of $17,203,000, the Sideling Hill bypass opened on November 26,1968, a rest area next to the ridge was a stop on Bill Clinton and Al Gores post-convention bus tour in 1992. The Sideling Hill Tunnel, through Sideling Hill in Pennsylvania east of Breezewood, is currently in its phase of life. In the 1880s, a tunnel was bored through the mountain by the South Pennsylvania Railroad. The railroad project ceased, and the tunnel was left abandoned, the tunnel, the longest of the seven original turnpike tunnels at 6,782 feet long, was used from the turnpikes opening in 1940 until 1968. The Sideling Hill tunnel and the nearby Rays Hill tunnel, along with connecting segments of highway, were used for many years as a testing facility for new highway technologies. In 2001, the Sideling Hill Tunnel was sold to the Southern Alleghenies Conservancy for $1, which now operates it as a bike trail
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Pennsylvania Turnpike
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The Pennsylvania Turnpike is a toll highway operated by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission in the U. S. state of Pennsylvania. A controlled-access highway, it runs for 360 miles across the state, the turnpike begins at the Ohio state line in Lawrence County, where the road continues west into Ohio as the Ohio Turnpike. The highway runs east–west through the state, connecting the Pittsburgh, Harrisburg and it crosses the Appalachian Mountains in central Pennsylvania, passing through four tunnels. The road uses a system of tolling between the Warrendale and Neshaminy Falls toll plazas. An additional eastbound toll plaza is located at Gateway, near the Ohio border, E-ZPass, a form of electronic toll collection, is accepted at all toll plazas. Following World War II, the turnpike was extended east to Valley Forge in 1950, in 1954, the road was extended further east to the Delaware River. The mainline turnpike was finished in 1956 with the completion of the Delaware River Bridge, during the 1960s an additional tube was bored at four of the two-lane tunnels, while the other three tunnels were bypassed, these improvements made the entire length of the highway four lanes wide. Improvements continue to be made to the road, rebuilding the section to modern standards, widening portions of the turnpike to six lanes. The turnpike runs east–west across Pennsylvania, from the Ohio state line in Lawrence County to the New Jersey state line in Bucks County and it passes through the Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, and Philadelphia areas, along with farmland and woodland. The highway crosses the Appalachian Mountains, in the part of the state. The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, created in 1937 to construct, finance, operate, five members comprise the commission, including the secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and four other members appointed by the governor of Pennsylvania. As part of the Interstate Highway System, the turnpike is part of the National Highway System, hutchinson Bypass, and the Southern Beltway. The Pennsylvania Turnpike begins at the Ohio state line in Lawrence County, from the state line, the turnpike heads southeast as a four-lane freeway designated as I-76 through the rural area south of New Castle. A short distance from the Ohio border, the lanes come to the Gateway toll plaza. The highway then crosses into Beaver County, where it reaches its first interchange with I-376 in Big Beaver, after this interchange, the turnpike reaches the exit for PA18 in Homewood before crossing the Beaver River on the Beaver River Bridge. The road then enters Butler County, where it comes to Cranberry Township, here, an interchange accesses U. S. Route 19 and I-79. The turnpike continues through a mix of land and suburban residential development north of Pittsburgh into Allegheny County. The road then approaches the Warrendale toll plaza, and continues southeast to an interchange with PA8 in Hampton Township, the turnpike then comes to the Allegheny Valley exit in Harmar Township, which provides access to PA28 via Freeport Road
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Washington, D.C.
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Washington, D. C. formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D. C. is the capital of the United States. The signing of the Residence Act on July 16,1790, Constitution provided for a federal district under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Congress and the District is therefore not a part of any state. The states of Maryland and Virginia each donated land to form the federal district, named in honor of President George Washington, the City of Washington was founded in 1791 to serve as the new national capital. In 1846, Congress returned the land ceded by Virginia, in 1871. Washington had an population of 681,170 as of July 2016. Commuters from the surrounding Maryland and Virginia suburbs raise the population to more than one million during the workweek. The Washington metropolitan area, of which the District is a part, has a population of over 6 million, the centers of all three branches of the federal government of the United States are in the District, including the Congress, President, and Supreme Court. Washington is home to national monuments and museums, which are primarily situated on or around the National Mall. The city hosts 176 foreign embassies as well as the headquarters of international organizations, trade unions, non-profit organizations, lobbying groups. A locally elected mayor and a 13‑member council have governed the District since 1973, However, the Congress maintains supreme authority over the city and may overturn local laws. D. C. residents elect a non-voting, at-large congressional delegate to the House of Representatives, the District receives three electoral votes in presidential elections as permitted by the Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1961. Various tribes of the Algonquian-speaking Piscataway people inhabited the lands around the Potomac River when Europeans first visited the area in the early 17th century, One group known as the Nacotchtank maintained settlements around the Anacostia River within the present-day District of Columbia. Conflicts with European colonists and neighboring tribes forced the relocation of the Piscataway people, some of whom established a new settlement in 1699 near Point of Rocks, Maryland. 43, published January 23,1788, James Madison argued that the new government would need authority over a national capital to provide for its own maintenance. Five years earlier, a band of unpaid soldiers besieged Congress while its members were meeting in Philadelphia, known as the Pennsylvania Mutiny of 1783, the event emphasized the need for the national government not to rely on any state for its own security. However, the Constitution does not specify a location for the capital, on July 9,1790, Congress passed the Residence Act, which approved the creation of a national capital on the Potomac River. The exact location was to be selected by President George Washington, formed from land donated by the states of Maryland and Virginia, the initial shape of the federal district was a square measuring 10 miles on each side, totaling 100 square miles. Two pre-existing settlements were included in the territory, the port of Georgetown, Maryland, founded in 1751, many of the stones are still standing
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Baltimore
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Baltimore is the largest city in the U. S. state of Maryland, and the 29th-most populous city in the country. It was established by the Constitution of Maryland and is not part of any county, thus, it is the largest independent city in the United States, with a population of 621,849 as of 2015. As of 2010, the population of the Baltimore Metropolitan Area was 2.7 million, founded in 1729, Baltimore is the second largest seaport in the Mid-Atlantic. Baltimores Inner Harbor was once the leading port of entry for immigrants to the United States. With hundreds of identified districts, Baltimore has been dubbed a city of neighborhoods, in the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key wrote The Star-Spangled Banner, later the American national anthem, in Baltimore. More than 65,000 properties, or roughly one in three buildings in the city, are listed on the National Register, more than any city in the nation. The city has 289 properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the historical records of the government of Baltimore are located at the Baltimore City Archives. The city is named after Cecil Calvert, second Lord Baltimore, of the Irish House of Lords, Baltimore Manor was the name of the estate in County Longford on which the Calvert family lived in Ireland. Baltimore is an anglicization of the Irish name Baile an Tí Mhóir, in 1608, Captain John Smith traveled 210 miles from Jamestown to the uppermost Chesapeake Bay, leading the first European expedition to the Patapsco River. The name Patapsco is derived from pota-psk-ut, which translates to backwater or tide covered with froth in Algonquian dialect, a quarter century after John Smiths voyage, English colonists began to settle in Maryland. The area constituting the modern City of Baltimore and its area was first settled by David Jones in 1661. He claimed the area today as Harbor East on the east bank of the Jones Falls stream. In the early 1600s, the immediate Baltimore vicinity was populated, if at all. The Baltimore area had been inhabited by Native Americans since at least the 10th millennium BC, one Paleo-Indian site and several Archaic period and Woodland period archaeological sites have been identified in Baltimore, including four from the Late Woodland period. During the Late Woodland period, the culture that is called the Potomac Creek complex resided in the area from Baltimore to the Rappahannock River in Virginia. It was located on the Bush River on land that in 1773 became part of Harford County, in 1674, the General Assembly passed An Act for erecting a Court-house and Prison in each County within this Province. The site of the house and jail for Baltimore County was evidently Old Baltimore near the Bush River. In 1683, the General Assembly passed An Act for Advancement of Trade to establish towns, ports, one of the towns established by the act in Baltimore County was on Bush River, on Town Land, near the Court-House
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Concurrency (road)
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A concurrency in a road network is an instance of one physical road bearing two or more different highway, motorway, or other route numbers. When two freeways share the same right-of-way, it is called a common section or commons. Other terminology for a concurrency includes overlap, coincidence, duplex, triplex, multiplex, concurrent numbering can become very common in countries that allow it. In some countries, however, concurrent numbering is avoided by posting only one number on road signs. Criticism of concurrencies include environmental intrusion, as well as being considered a factor in road accidents, most concurrencies are simply a combination of two route numbers on the same physical road. This is often advantageous as well as economically advantageous, it may be better for two route numbers to be combined into one along riverways or through mountain valleys. Some nations allow for concurrencies to occur, however, some nations specifically do not allow it to happen, in those nations which do permit concurrencies, it can become very common. In these countries, there are a variety of concurrences which can occur, an example of this is the concurrency of I-70 and I-76 on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in western Pennsylvania. A triple Interstate concurrency is found north of Madison, Wisconsin, with I-39, I-90, Wisconsin has another triple Interstate concurrency along the five-mile section of I-41, I-43, and I-894 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The concurrency of I-41 and I-43 on this roadway is an example of a wrong-way concurrency, the longest Interstate highway concurrency is I-80 and I-90 for 265 miles across Indiana and Ohio. There are examples of eight-way concurrencies, I-465 around Indianapolis and Georgia State Route 10 Loop around downtown Athens, Georgia. Portions of the 53-mile I-465 overlap with I-74, US31, US36, US40, US52, US421, SR37, seven of the eight other designations overlap between exits 46 and 47 to create an eight-way concurrency. In the United States, concurrencies are simply marked by placing signs for both routes on the same or adjacent posts, the federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices prescribes that when mounting these adjacent signs together that the numbers will be arranged vertically or horizontally in order of precedence. The order to be used is Interstate Highways, U. S. Highways, state highways, and finally county roads, several states do not officially have any concurrencies, instead officially ending routes on each side of one. There are several circumstances where unusual concurrencies exist along state borders, one example occurs along the Oklahoma–Arkansas state line. At the northern end of this border Oklahoma State Highway 20 runs concurrently with Arkansas Highway 43, concurrencies are also found in Canada. In Manitoba, the Trans-Canada Highway from Winnipeg to Portage la Prairie is concurrently signed with Yellowhead Highway, in Ontario, the Queen Elizabeth Way and Highway 403 run concurrently between Burlington and Oakville, forming the provinces only concurrency between two 400-series highways. In the United Kingdom, routes do not run concurrently with others, where this would normally occur, the roadway takes the number of only one of the routes, while the other routes are considered to have a gap and are signed in brackets
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Bridgeport, West Virginia
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Bridgeport is a city in Harrison County, West Virginia, USA. The population was 8,149 at the 2010 census, the town of Bridgeport had its beginning in pre-American Revolutionary War times. In 1764, John Simpson entered the area and gave his name to Simpson Creek, when the town was incorporated in 1887, it established the office of mayor and town council. The city currently employs a City Manager, Bridgeport is home to Meadowbrook Mall, a 100-store regional shopping complex serving North-Central West Virginia. Bridgeport originally got its name from a cartographer’s mistake, thus, as legend has it, what was known as Bridge Fort was mistakenly deemed Bridgeport. On June 29,2006, the city became noted as the site of a showdown over the issue of separation of church, a portrait of Jesus originally hung on a wall at Bridgeport High School. Two parents filed suit in court to have the portrait removed. The portrait of Jesus was stolen from Bridgeport High School early in the morning on August 17,2006, in 2016, a baseball team from Bridgeport won the Little League state championship. Pete Dye Golf Club opened in 1993, rated the number one course in WV. The first formal records of the church are dated 1774, Simpson Creek Covered Bridge located off of Meadowbrook Rd. Built in 1881 by Asa Hugill, one of only two covered bridges that still stand today in Harrison County. The Bridgeport Lamp Chimney Company Bowstring Concrete Arch Bridge The Governor Joseph Johnson House, michael Late Benedum founder of Benedum-Trees Oil Company Mike Florio, sports writer Governor Joseph Johnson of Virginia Senator Waldo Porter Johnson of Missouri T. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 10.56 square miles. As of the census of 2010, there were 8,149 people,3,458 households, the population density was 774.6 inhabitants per square mile. There were 3,678 housing units at a density of 349.6 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 95. 5% White,1. 1% African American,0. 2% Native American,1. 9% Asian,0. 2% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 1. 7% of the population. 28. 2% of all households were made up of individuals and 12. 8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.86. The median age in the city was 44.7 years
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Bruceton Mills, West Virginia
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Bruceton Mills is a town in Preston County, West Virginia, United States along Big Sandy Creek. The population was 85 at the 2010 census, an early settler, John M. Hoffman, named this community for his stepfather, George Bruce, who claimed direct descendance from Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland. The post office existed in 1870, Bruceton Mills is the only place in the United States with this name. Bruceton Mills is located at 39°39′33″N 79°38′26″W, according to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.06 square miles, all of it land. As of the census of 2010, there were 85 people,42 households, the population density was 1,416.7 inhabitants per square mile. There were 47 housing units at a density of 783.3 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 100. 0% White,45. 2% of all households were made up of individuals and 21. 4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.02 and the family size was 2.73. The median age in the town was 41.4 years. 17. 6% of residents were under the age of 18,14. 1% were between the ages of 18 and 24,27. 1% were from 25 to 44,17. 6% were from 45 to 64, and 23. 5% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 34. 1% male and 65. 9% female, as of the census of 2000, there were 74 people,39 households, and 20 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,334.0 inhabitants per square mile, there were 44 housing units at an average density of 793.2 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 100. 00% White,43. 6% of all households were made up of individuals and 28. 2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.90 and the family size was 2.62. In the town, the population was out with 10. 8% under the age of 18,9. 5% from 18 to 24,23. 0% from 25 to 44,36. 5% from 45 to 64. The median age was 48 years, for every 100 females there were 80.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 73.7 males, the median income for a household in the town was $25,625, and the median income for a family was $38,333. Males had an income of $35,417 versus $21,875 for females
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Coopers Rock State Forest
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Coopers Rock State Forest is a 12, 747-acre state forest in Monongalia and Preston counties in the U. S. state of West Virginia. Its southern edge abuts Cheat Lake and the section of Cheat River. Coopers Rock State Forest gets its name from a legend about a fugitive who hid from the law near what is now the overlook, a cooper by trade, he resumed making barrels at his new mountain hideout, selling them to people in nearby communities. He lived and worked in the forest for many years, much of Coopers Rock was originally developed by projects of the Civilian Conservation Corps from 1936-1942. Many of these structures, including durable rustic picnic shelters made of American chestnut, the Coopers Rock forest is roughly bisected by Interstate 68. The northern portion of the forest is managed by forestry program at West Virginia University and is lesser-developed, the southern part is jointly managed by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources and West Virginia Division of Forestry. It is more developed than some of the state forests as it functions as a major recreation destination for the Morgantown area. Coopers Rock provides an array of recreational opportunities. While the forest itself is open year-round, the entrance to the southern portion of the park is closed each year from December 1 to March 31. During the winter, visitors will need to park at the first lot off I-68, the forest is best known for its scenic overlooks of the Cheat River in Cheat Canyon. The main overlook is accessible by car and was developed as a CCC project and it provides excellent views of the Cheat, Snake Hill Wildlife Management Area across the river, and Morgantown to the west. The overlook is located on a large rock connected to the land by a footbridge. It is not handicapped-accessible, but there is a nearby ADA-compliant overlook, for a more rustic view, many people take the approximately 2 miles hike to Raven Rock. This site, which is dominated by a power line crossing of the Cheat River, is home to a series of large boulders. Hikers to this site with pets and children should be cautious as there are no railings - missteps could lead to significant, Coopers Rock is home to a well-developed system of nearly 50 miles of hiking trails. These trails are usable for cross-country skiing during the winter. One trail, approximately 3 miles long, provides access to the former Mont Chateau State Park at Cheat Lake, the Rock City Trail leads through rock city, a long crevasse between towering outcrops. Coopers Rock is a popular bouldering area with boulder problems ranging from V0-V11, the McCollum Camping Area is a 25-site campground at Coopers Rock open April 1- October 31
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Pennsylvania Route 281
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Pennsylvania Route 281 is a 45-mile-long state highway located in Fayette and Somerset counties in Pennsylvania. The southern terminus is the West Virginia state line near Markleysburg, the northern terminus is at US30 in Stoystown. PA281 begins at the West Virginia border in Henry Clay Township, Fayette County, from the state line, the route heads northeast on two-lane undivided Bruceton Road, heading through wooded areas with some fields and homes. PA281 curves to the east and crosses into Markleysburg, where it heads into residential areas, the road passes more homes before heading back into Henry Clay Township and continues through woodland with a few small fields and residences. The route comes to an intersection with US40 and turns east to form a concurrency with that route on National Pike before turning north onto Mae West Road. PA281 continues through areas with some homes, winding to the northeast before turning east. PA281 crosses the Youghiogheny River into Addison Township in Somerset County and becomes a road, heading into Confluence. Here, the comes to an intersection with PA523. At this point, PA281 turns north to form a concurrency with that route on Oden Street, PA523 ends at the point where PA281 turns to the east onto Logan Place. The route heads past businesses before turning northeast onto Park Street, the road turns east and crosses Laurel Hill Creek, passing between woods to the north and fields to the south as it enters Lower Turkeyfoot Township. A short distance later, PA281 heads into Ursina and passes residential areas with some fields. The road curves northeast and heads back into Lower Turkeyfoot Township, becoming Kingwood Road, the route winds through a mix of farmland and woodland with some homes as it runs a short distance to the north of the CSX railroad line, passing through Brook. PA281 continues into Upper Turkeyfoot Township and heads away from the tracks, running through open agricultural areas with some woods. The road curves more to the north and heads through rural areas. The route continues northeast and heads into Middlecreek Township, curving north, at this point, PA281 turns east to form a concurrency with PA653, passing through more farmland on Kingwood Road. The road heads into wooded areas, crossing the Middle Creek into Milford Township, the two routes head into more agricultural land and cross into New Centerville, passing homes. PA653 splits from PA281 by turning south onto Bridge Street, the road curves north and heads back into Milford Township, running through open farmland. The route runs northeast through agricultural areas with some trees and homes
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U.S. Route 40 in Pennsylvania
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U. S. Route 40 enters Pennsylvania at West Alexander. It closely parallels I-70 from West Virginia until it reaches Washington where it follows Jefferson Avenue, in Washington, US40 passes to the south of Washington & Jefferson College. Following Maiden Street out of town, the road turns southeast toward the town of California, a short limited access highway in California and West Brownsville provides an approach to the Lane Bane Bridge across the Monongahela River. From here, the road continues southeast to Uniontown, US40 bypasses Uniontown along a limited access highway that also carries US119. An old alignment through Uniontown is signed as Business US40, southeast of Uniontown, travellers pass the Fort Necessity National Battlefield. It follows Braddock Road southeast of Uniontown, crossing the Youghiogheny River Lake on a bridge completed in 2006, US40 leaves Pennsylvania at Addison. U. S. Route 40 enters Pennsylvania in rural western Washington County near West Alexander and it travels to the west-northwest paralleling I-70 through Claysville on to Washington. After two blocks of concurrency with PA18, it leaves PA18 and joins US19, US 40/US19 then leaves Washington as Maiden St. US19 leaves Route 40 in Laboratory before it intersects I-79 again at exit 33. Now heading east-southeast, US40 makes its way toward Brownsville, Route 40 passes through Scenery Hill and Beallsville before reaching PA 43/PA88 at a full cloverleaf interchange in Centerville. US40 then crosses the Monongahela River via the Lane Bane Bridge leaving Washington County after spending nearly 40 miles in the county, US40 enters Fayette County as Market St. in Brownsville. After leaving Brownsville, Route 40 heads to the southeast toward Uniontown, the highway enters Uniontown as Main St. in front of the Uniontown Mall. When it reaches US119 it merges with it becoming a bypass of Uniontown, Route 40 then begins a steep ascent up the Appalachian Mountains. US40 becomes a mountain highway for the next 10 miles featuring steep descents. After passing through Chalk Hill, the National Road passes Fort Necessity National Battlefield, on the east side of Farmington, the highway passes Nemacolin Woodlands Resort. The National Pike then continues southeast toward the Maryland border after crossing the Youghiogheny River, before leaving Pennsylvania, Route 40 passes through Addison. U. S. Route 40 spends 36.5 miles in Fayette County and 6.1 miles in Somerset County and it enters Maryland in Garrett County. Envisioned by George Washington, US40, or the National Road was built to connect the East and West, needed by farmers and emigrants alike, the National Road would provide a stable route for trade through the Allegheny Mountains. The National Road was preceded by buffalo trails, Native American footpaths, therefore, the highway was put into Ohios statehood bill by Albert Gallatin in 1802
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United States Congress
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The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States consisting of two chambers, the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Congress meets in the Capitol in Washington, D. C, both senators and representatives are chosen through direct election, though vacancies in the Senate may be filled by a gubernatorial appointment. Members are usually affiliated to the Republican Party or to the Democratic Party, Congress has 535 voting members,435 Representatives and 100 Senators. The House of Representatives has six non-voting members in addition to its 435 voting members and these members can, however, sit on congressional committees and introduce legislation. Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the members of the House of Representatives serve two-year terms representing the people of a single constituency, known as a district. Congressional districts are apportioned to states by using the United States Census results. Each state, regardless of population or size, has two senators, currently, there are 100 senators representing the 50 states. Each senator is elected at-large in their state for a term, with terms staggered. The House and Senate are equal partners in the legislative process—legislation cannot be enacted without the consent of both chambers, however, the Constitution grants each chamber some unique powers. The Senate ratifies treaties and approves presidential appointments while the House initiates revenue-raising bills, the House initiates impeachment cases, while the Senate decides impeachment cases. A two-thirds vote of the Senate is required before a person can be forcibly removed from office. The term Congress can also refer to a meeting of the legislature. A Congress covers two years, the current one, the 115th Congress, began on January 3,2017, the Congress starts and ends on the third day of January of every odd-numbered year. Members of the Senate are referred to as senators, members of the House of Representatives are referred to as representatives, congressmen, or congresswomen. One analyst argues that it is not a solely reactive institution but has played a role in shaping government policy and is extraordinarily sensitive to public pressure. Several academics described Congress, Congress reflects us in all our strengths, Congress is the governments most representative body. Congress is essentially charged with reconciling our many points of view on the public policy issues of the day. —Smith, Roberts, and Wielen Congress is constantly changing and is constantly in flux, most incumbents seek re-election, and their historical likelihood of winning subsequent elections exceeds 90 percent
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Vandalia, Illinois
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Vandalia is a city in Fayette County, Illinois, United States,69 miles northeast of St. Louis, on the Kaskaskia River. It served as the capital of Illinois from 1819 until 1839. Vandalia was for years the terminus of the National Road. Today, Vandalia is the county seat of Fayette County and the home of the Vandalia State House State Historic Site, the population was 7,042 at the 2010 Census. Vandalia was founded in 1819 as a new city for Illinois. The previous capital, Kaskaskia, was unsuitable because it was under the constant threat of flooding, the townsite was hastily prepared for the 1820 meeting of the Illinois General Assembly. The history of the name Vandalia is uncertain, different theories can be found in almost all of the books written about Vandalia over the years. In her book Vandalia, Wilderness Capital of Lincolns Land, Mary Burtschi tells of a conversation one of the original surveyors of the town and a Vandalia resident. The surveyor, Colonel Greenup, explained that Van was suggested by one of the men and he recommended this as an abbreviation to the word vanguard meaning the forefront of an advancing movement. Another suggestion was made for the term dalia, derived from the Anglo-Saxon word dale which means a valley between hills, Greenup takes credit in the conversation for connecting the two terms to form the name Vandalia. Another possible source of the name is the Vandalia colony, an attempt to establish a fourteenth colony in part of what is now West Virginia. The Vandalia colony was named in honor of Queen Charlotte, who claimed descent from the Wendish tribe of Obodrites, the law under which Vandalia was founded included a provision that the capital would not be moved for twenty years. Even before the end of period, the population center of the state had shifted far north of Vandalia. In 1837, the General Assembly voted to move the capital to Springfield, in 1900,2,665 people lived in Vandalia, in 1910,2,974, and in 1940,5,288. The population was 6,975 at the 2000 census, Vandalia is home to the Okaw Valley Area Vocational Center, which trains high school students in vocational trades. It also serves students from nearby high schools such as those in Greenville. The building trades class at the each year purchases property in Vandalia, builds a house. They have sold 33 homes constructed by students, Vandalia is located at 38°58′5″N 89°6′7″W
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US 119 (University Avenue) – Downtown
WV 7 – Sabraton
CR 857 to WV 705 / Pierpont Road – Morgantown Municipal Airport
WV 43 north – Cheat Lake, Uniontown PA
CR 73⁄12 / Coopers Rock Road – Coopers Rock State Forest
WV 26 – Bruceton Mills
CR 5 / Hazelton Road
MD 42 – Friendsville
US 40 west / US 219 south – Uniontown, Oakland
MD 495 – Grantsville, Swanton
MD 546 – Finzel
MD 36 – Westernport, Frostburg
To US 220 south (truck route) / Vocke Road (MD 658, Campground Road)
MD 49 / Seton Drive
MD 51 (Industrial Boulevard) – Cumberland Regional Airport
MD 144 east (National Pike)
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