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This is an abandoned section of the National Road and U.S. Route 40 in Morristown, Ohio. It was built in 1828, bricked in 1918, and bypassed in 1940. The National Road had been completed through the area in 1826, with U.S. Route 40 designated along the corridor in 1926. I've posted more photos and a narrative of my travels along the National Road here.

This cramped, narrow valley in Belmont County, Ohio, felt quiet, almost too quiet. A one-lane gravel road followed the hollow, passing an abandoned Wheeling & Lake Erie rail line that is slowly being converted into a rail trail. Nearby, old strip mines marked the hillside. Only a few occupied houses remain along the road before the hollow opens into more fertile farmland. Under deeply overcast skies, with intense snow squalls moving through, the whole scene felt even more isolated. I've posted more photos here.

This is along the National Road and U.S. Route 40 in Hendrysburg, Ohio, which was realigned in 1935 and widened in 1947, only to be bypassed by Interstate 70 in 1966. The National Road had been completed through the area in 1826, with U.S. Route 40 designated along the corridor in 1926. I've posted more photos and a narrative of my travels along the National Road here.

The Stillwater Creek crossing east of Hendrysburg, Ohio, was improved in 1935 and widened in 1956, only to be bypassed by Interstate 70 a decade later. The National Road had been completed through the area in 1826, with U.S. Route 40 designated along the corridor in 1926. I've posted more photos and a narrative of my travels along the National Road here.

Box Canyon crosses the Santa Rita Mountains near Green Valley, AZ

Last month, I began documenting the history of the National Road and came across the Four Mile School east of Cambridge, Ohio.