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2 October 2006, Monday. I left the ocean Sunday 3pm, decided to cross a straight route over two lane roads to Niagara Falls, NY, but after 3 hours of curvy hills in drizzly rain, with hundreds of hidden driveways and speeders, I headed for 4 lane interstates.

For a brief moment thought this truck was coming at me; nope, being towed.

Hard to see railroad bridge over wide mountain river, but check out the cool view in rearview mirror; I do those double shots a lot.

In the hazy horizon see the "V", an inch left of green city sign.

How about now? See the "V" in the greenish hazy horizon.

This is the "V", highway cut through mountains by men. I-68 in Maryland Sideling Hill has exhibit building for west traffic and over road walkway. Parking lots from either direction.

Almost an 80* cut angle in mountain, with 10' wide cutbacks going to top. Going east has an exit with food machines and can walk over to exhibit.

I had been here before, trip to Washington, DC President Clinton's impeachment; did the walkover interstate and climbed stairway up mountain, exhibit closed. I had forgotten just where Sideling Hill was; so on the way to Maine, I was suddenly looking at it with no thought of photo, good sunshine too. So out of the New York state rainy hills and onto the interstate highways with this as photo goal.

I drove west, past the Hill and parked illegally on the shoulder for photos,

This is frontage road a few feet right of my parking photo spot

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