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Subject: Re: Old Baltimore Road
Date: 28 Dec 2005 10:24:38 -0700
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The Baltimore-Washington Parkway (MD 295) has no relation to Baltimore-Washington Boulevard (U.S. Route 1) except that it runs parallel to Route 1 between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. Keep in mind that Route 1 follows the eastern seaboard of the United States, more or less at the Fall Line.
Now, while there are many Baltimore or Old Baltimore Roads in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia, U.S. Route 40 on its east-west line from Baltimore to Ohio covers or runs parallel to the much older Baltimore Pike or Road (MD 144), which itself was built over the historic National Pike or Road, the nation's first federally funded highway. Some of the National Road covered the path of Braddock's Road, which dates from the French and Indian War, which itself followed long established Indian trails. The modern, interstate highways that trace this route today are I-70 and I-68. There are spots where as many as three of the roads are within walking distance of one another, Little Crossings at the Casselman River, Grantsville, Garrett County, Maryland being a prime example. There you will find the famous and beautiful stone, arched bridge (c.18l3), which was the highest, longest bridge in North America at the time.
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