Tuesday, August 31, 2010

NC 772

Route
I 40 West, I 40 Business West, US 52 North, NC 65 North, US 311 North, NC 772 North, NC 704 West, NC 89 South to Danbury
NC 89 North, Hanging Rock State Park Road, Moore's Springs Road, NC 66 North, NC 268 West, US 52 South, I 40 East, I 73 South, I 85 North, I 40 East.

Notes
NC 772 is a lovely country road that does not go through any incorporated towns. This trip clinched NC 772 from end to end and clinched all highways east of US 52/I 74 except NC 89 west of NC 66.
I took a detour along Main Street in Pilot Mountain. There were sevaral businesses there with Mount Pilot in their names, along with Aunt Bea's Bbq on NC 268, to celebrate its Andy Griffith history.

Results
Clinched NC 65, NC 704, NC 772. Mileage on NC 268. This leaves NC 89 to clinch all of Stokes county and NC 67 to clinch all of Forsyth county.

Thursday, August 26, 2010

VIllanova/Gettysburg: 1000 Counties!


Route
US 15/501 North, I 85 North, I 95 North, I 895 North, MD 279 North, DE 2 East, DE 2/4/896 East, DE 896 South, I 95 North, I 476 North, US 30 East to Villanova,
US 30 East, US 1 North, I 76 West, I 476 North to Plymouth Meeting
I 476 South, I 76 East, I 676 East, Local Roads to Independence Hall
Local Roads, I 76 West, US 30 West, I 476 North to Plymouth Meeting
I 476 South, US 1 West, PA 41 North, US 30 West to PA 772, US 30 East, PA 897 North, PA 340 West, PA 896 South, US 30 West to York.
US 30 East, Local Roads, I 83 Business South, PA 74 West, US 30 East to York.
US 30 West, PA 194 South, PA 94 North, US 30 West, US 15 Business South to Gettysburg.
Local Roads, US 15 Business South, US 15 South, US 340 South, VA 7 West, I 82 South, US 17/50/522 West to Winchester.
US 17/50/522 East, I 81 South, I 64 East, US 250 East, Blue Ridge Parkway South, US 501 South, US 29 Business Lynchburg South, US 29 South, NC 86 South

Notes
Took the MD 279, DE 896 detour through Newton to avoid a traffic jam and incidentally missed the Delaware Turnpike toll.
On PA 41 North, there were signs for the traffic spacing dots I had first seen on US 322 near State College. However, the road had been milled for resurfacing, so the dots were gone. There were some dots on the southbound north of the construction.
At the James River Bridge on the Blue Ridge Parkway, there is a pedestrian bridge suspended under the roadbed to allow visitors to park at the James River Visitor Center on the north side of the river to cross the river to visit a old lock and canal on the south side of the river.

Results
Counties - Adams PA, Frederick MD, Jefferson WV, Clarke VA, Waynesboro (IC) VA, for a new total of 1004
.
MD - Clinched US 340. Mileage on US 15, US 40, MD 279.
DE - Mileage on DE 2, DE 4, DE 896.
PA - Mileage on I 76, I 83 Business York, US 1, US 15, US 15 Business Gettysburg,
US 30, US 222, US 322, PA 23, PA 41, PA 74, PA 94, PA 116, PA 194, PA 340, PA 462, PA 772, PA 896, PA 897.
VA - Mileage on I 64, US 17, US 50, US 250, US 501, US 522, US 340, VA 7.
WV- Clinched US 340.