Running the back roads

[Dave Grubb]

I came home last night for a sewer and water authority meeting--and I was going to be late due to the slow progress of traffic on the I-78. So--as I commonly do just for a change of pace, I left the interstate and took back roads across the remainder of NJ and then PA.

That route takes me across a suspension bridge over the Delaware River that was built by The John Roebling Co of Trenton NJ. As you may recall Mr. Roebling designed and built (until his death) the Brooklyn bridge. Mr Roebling's son took over for his father, who suffered caisson disease from working on the abutments of the Brooklyn Bridge.

That route takes me through some very picturesque country side in both NJ and PA---and across a Roebling bridge built in 1904.

The approach to the bridge, on both sides, is a hard 90 deg. turn (you cannot pass another car on the turn) and then up to the bridge---with a road way just under 16' wide--with two way traffic. The weight limit is three tons.

So---I had an enjoyable ride and walked into the meeting just as the pledge of allegiance was taking place.

[Phillbo]

I like cool bridges too... Here is my favorite in Arizona. It's the bridge at the damn that forms Roosevelt Lake:

[Dave Grubb]

Here is another one of mine---it is the Washington Heights Bridge in New York City. I often go under this bridge as I approach the George Washington bridge.

[UTAH]

Excellent pics, my friends.

I regularly run the back roads in Utah, Nevada and Idaho. I find it much more relaxing as opposed to simply saving time.

But, my wife sees it very differently. I drove her from Las Vegas up to Wendover through the middle of Nevada. Afterwards, she said, "I don't want to do that again." I really did think she would find the Extraterrestrial Highway (#375) interesting - but, she did not.

Hunter

[Dave Grubb]

One of my most memorable back roads in Utah was the Pony Express trail from Camp Floyd west to Nevada.

[wacojoe]

Waco, Tx. has a suspension bridge completed in 1870, which was built to facilitate cattle crossing the difficult Brazos River on the Chisholm Trail. The steel cables were purchased from Roebling out of New Jersey with the transportation presenting a nightmare to central Texas at the time. It was a test for many of the construction techniques used in the Brooklyn Bridge.

The bridge was open for vehicle traffic during my early years, although it is now only for foot traffic.



https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_Suspension_Bridge

[UTAH]

One of my most memorable back roads in Utah was the Pony Express trail from Camp Floyd west to Nevada.

I did the Pony Express Trail last month with one of my nephews, as he had never done it before. We waited for a good hot spell in July to do it, which drives in more horses from Nevada, and it paid off. Usually I see 100 to 150 horses around Simpson Springs. This year, there were over 200 of them there, the most I've ever seen on the Trail. My nephew loved it, as he has heard me talk for years about the horses out there. Finally, my wife said she is ready to see the trail too.

Hunter

[Dave Grubb]

You are making me want to do it again Bill

[CactusCurt]

All of my roads are backroads.

[Truckman]

All of my roads are backroads.

Sounds like East Montgomery County here......Ben

[Phillbo]

All of my roads are backroads.

Hey Curt, you ever get out to the Viacito lake area Noth of Durango? I have a buddy that bought a house out there a few years back. He is in a wheel chair so i go up a few times a year to complete projects around the place.

Real nice country.

[Mike]

Sounds like East Montgomery County here......Ben

Yup! Most families there have to eat in shifts so they can share the tooth.

[Truckman]

Yup! Most families there have to eat in shifts so they can share the tooth.

That's how we know the toothbrush was invented there...Anywhere else they would have named it the teethbrush......Ben

[Dave Grubb]

Back to back roads

Two of the best--the Dalton Highway (formally the haul road), 400+ miles of dirt road up to Dead Horse Alaska (Prudoe bay).

The second, the Dempster Highway, Dawson, Yukon to Inuvik, North West Territory, another 400+ mile dirt road.

[CactusCurt]

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The second, the Dempster Highway, Dawson, Yukon to Inuvik, North West Territory, another 400+ mile dirt road.

Hey, I did that. The outfitter I hunted sheep with was at km 123. There was a lake there that was the site where some Richard Dreyfus movie was filmed. He ate a lot of mice.

I drove pretty much the whole thing and will now lie awake trying to remember the name of everything. My sheep hunt was a float trip down the Blackstone River. Indescribable.