Another set of vintage road postcards for yr viewing pleasure here.
Another set of vintage road postcards for yr viewing pleasure here.
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Gothardstrasse
in the Val Tremola(Switzerland). The postcard is dated 25th July 1923; and the sender describes this road as a “most delightful drive”. Ok. |
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Going-to-the-Sun
Highway in Glacier National Park |
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“The George Washington Bridge
spans the Hudson connecting This is looking east into NYC from
NJ. |
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“LAKE WASHINGTON
FLOATING BRIDGE World's longest bridge constructed of concrete pontoons is an engineering marvel. Constructed and financed by tolls, it is now free and carries US Highway No. 10 directly east from Downtown Seattle and on through Snoqualmie Pass to the east”. |
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“Approach
to Lake Champlain Bridge, unites States of New York and Vermont”. The roundabout at the foot of the bridge is gone. |
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“Famous bridge,
touching New York and Penna. shores, Narrowsburg, NY” Well, not anymore. The current bridge is on my Casey roadtrip page. This photo is coming in from the west: Narrowsburg is to the left. I think this was shot from a boat on the river. |
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“Greetings
from Prattsville, NY” Along NY 23 in Greene County near the Delaware Co. Line, no doubt. Another area I have covered elsewhere on this site. |
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“SCENIC HIGHWAY
U. S. 70 THRU MESCALERO APACHE INDIAN The drive from Almagordo
to Ruidoso, N. M. then east to Roswell is one |
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“Julien Dubuque Bridge(US 20)
and Mississippi River, Dubuque Iowa”. Wayne and Shane were bowling out
this way in 1961. |
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“Early fall in the scenic mountainous
area, along the Pennsylvania Turnpike, Allegheny Mountain tunnel. |
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«Axenstrasse
mit Bristenstock» This is the Swiss highway that my Columbia River Highways site caps on: There is a tunnel with three openings(The CRH tunnel *had* 5). Not an awfully busy road, it looks like a pram or a handcart is parked by the tunnel entrance, and a person looking over the railing in the distance. |
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“Covered Bridge over the Housatonic River” Be nice if they said where... |
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«Sustenstrasse. Blick gegen Passhöhe» Another Swiss mountain road. |
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Somes Sound and Sergeant's
drive near Bar Harbor, |
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Scene on Cadillac
Mountain Road Acadia National Park, Mount Desert Island, Maine. |
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“FAMOUS SUNSHINE
SKYWAY TWIN SPAN Egdar decided to send
this to Gilmore in Carmel, NY |
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“A Palm Shaded Ocean Drive
in Florida |
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“U. S. 5,
Windham Road Leading Into Brattleboro, Vt.” |
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Mississippi River
Scenic Highway, Burlington, Iowa |
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“Mushroom Rock Snappy description, that, eh? |
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No clue where this
may be. Obviously down south, maybe FL. The sign in the corner says “Private grounds for use of — People Only” I think it's “White”, but I can't quite make it out. |
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“Tunnel and
the Chimney Tops, Newfound Gap Highway, Great Smoky Mountains National Park” |
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Another “No
clue” entry here. There's nothing on the postcard at all. Nice bridge, tho. |
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“Oswego River
and East River Road, Oswego NY” This may be NY 481 or Oswego Co Hwy 57. This is a very old card-The postmark is 6th August 1907 |
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“Smuggler's
Notch in the Green Mountains” This is on VT 108 near Mount Mansfield. |
“THE
MOHAWK TRAIL THROUGH THE BERKSHIRE HILLS Built at a cost of $368 000 an was formally named on Oct, 27 1914. The road forms the connecting link of the State highway from Boston to New York and the West and opens to automobilists a section of the beautiful parts of Berkshire Hills, Which were up to this time, inaccessible on account of the heavy grades.” |
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“A big turn
of the Mohawk Trail” |
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“Mohawk Trail” |
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“East Side
Mohawk Trail” |
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“Lincoln Highway, East of Harrisonville, PA Looking West” That single rail wood guide rail was decertified by FHWA. |
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“Scene Along
Northern End of Skyline Drive, Virginia” |
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GWB Bridge in 1959 from “Ocean Hiway” Brochure donated By Adam Prince.
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NJ Turnpike in 1959 from “Ocean Hiway” Brochure donated By Adam Prince.
Prolly somewhere near the northern end... |
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Kansas rural freeway from the 1970 State Highway Map.
Probably the IH 35. |
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Unidentified Road from the 1976 Minnesota State Highway Map.
Could this be northern US 61? |
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Unidentified freeways from the 1980 Oklahoma State Highway Map.
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Noden Causeway in the Rainy Lake District of Ontario.
From the 1980 Provincial map. |
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Junction of the IH 90 and the IH 190 at Rapid City from the 1969
South Dakota State Highway Map. |
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Junction of the the IH 94 and IH 894-US 45 Zoo Freeway in Milwaukee.
from the 1968 Wisconsin State Highway Map: According to Scott O. Kuznicki(who is a PROFESSIONAL, don’t try this at home kids) It looks to be A WSW view of this junction(he’s right). Plus his correction post was amusing. Always a plus. Compare to this Terrasever View from 2000. |
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Not rilly old school, and copped from
ircimages.com(which isn’t Family Friendly®). But it’s not something you see daily. |
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