I'm glad they saved the "jug". This is an awesome video! So happy I can watch stuff like this while we are all supposed to stay home. I live up in CT, so maybe I could drive down to see this someday.
Very interesting! My head was spinning there for a moment. LOL. I love old road alignments. Too bad that beautiful 1944 bridge is just sitting there left to the elements.
Okay, i admit it. I’m most of the way thru a bottle of cheap Sauvignon blanc, and there’s more pressing needs on my plate, but i just LOVE this kinda shit. Thanks man. Well worth it.
I grew up in new market we moved there 1979 I remember the bus accident and then when we were kids when they were building a new 70 cut through we would ride our bikes on it until the new part of 70 open
Great video, but they were not all alignments of U.S. 40. The U.S. Highway system did not come about until 1926. The first bridge was part of what was known as the Baltimore Pike. It later became part of the National Road, after it was extended east of Cumberland.
I live in California now but grew up and lived in that area for many years. I remember friends in Frederick mentioning the Jugg bridge. It's nice to see the lush foliage of the Mid-Atlantic area. Thanks.
Thank you for this - I’ve done videos as well and collect old postcards - your blending of those into film is an interest of mine. I’ve been trying to locate this old bridge!
Glad to see you're back. And a new camera too! The topic is cool. You got me thinking about areas in Central Illinois, where three alignments of Rt. 66 are even closer together and visible. But we're too young for a fourth yet. ;)
Always wanted to explore that bridge, awesome content! You should go down the towpath and feature the locks, lock houses and the aqueducts with pictures of how they looked back in the day.
My mother used to talk about the bridge falling down after a bus crossing over it.I think it's nice they preserved the jug.They used to say there was a bottle of wine inside.
Cool, was just out in Frederick a couple weekends ago (now Mar 2021) I've seen the Jug and ... now i know what it is!!! I think I've seen a couple of those alignments but would be interesting to go back out and know what i'm looking at. A few years back I followed all the National Road alignments out to Zanesville, OH.
Really interesting. I saw the old bridge a month or so ago while riding as a passenger in a tow truck. Never heard of it before. Today I actually went down there and took some pictures before searching for info on it, and ultimately finding your video.
There was a partial bridge collapse in 1942. The 1944 bridge was built as a replacement and the 1808 bridge was permanently closed and dismantled. I heard rumours laughter and merriment can often be heard at the jug.
The bridge that was built in the 1940's was hastily built during the war for necessary transportation across the Monocacy River. It was substandard and closed after a fatal bus crash in 1985. A new I-70 bridge had already been under construction to the north so the dilapidated bridge was closed. The remaining bridge is now MD 144 and follows as close as possible to the original National Road.
Won't talk much about it but that was a terrible bus crash. The bus lost control going around that steep downgrade on the east side of the bridge in the rain, fishtailed and struck the bridge. The pavement was in bad shape. I don't think they closed it right then because the state repaved that area in September 1985.
It follows the alignment that became U.S. 40, but the U.S. Highway System did not come into existence until 1926. It was called the Baltimore Pike prior to that.
YES. I grew up here and never been down the closed roads and was interested. But kept getting confused with how the video/commentary jumps all over the place..
hey, there I live in Frederick and would love to see these. can you tell me what roads i need to go to access the abandoned section of 40 where the skate stuff was and where to access the bridge (1945 section?) i hope to hear from you
Nick Sullivan hey, if you haven't found it any info on exactly how to get there yet. You'd drive toward spring ridge from the sheetz/Taco Bell/airport area on east Patrick.. then turn into the park and ride on the left after you pass the rv park through the light to turn on 70. There's a driving range right there too. You'll see the road closed barriers at the end of the park & ride.
Don't know how long it's been for you, but Frederick has changed so much. Farms sold to builders. Tons of new developments and traffic. New roads and ramps are under construction to accommodate the growing population. It's not the nice and quiet Frederick it used to be.
The prez watches this stuff? Cool if so! We are gonna miss you man...glad you were prez in my lifetime. Since I probably can't meet you face to face, what I love about you is you tell it how you see it!...If it's Blue, you say it's Blue...no BS involved.
in dolly sids West Virginia..some kids decided to remove graffiti for a public service project...turns out they removes pre historic native American paintings I like graffiti since that day
If you look up I-70 golf range in Frederick.. you basically turn into the park and ride where that entrance to the golf range is. You’ll see the concrete barriers blocking the road. I walked down there the other year. They have a fence up to stop people from getting on the actual bridge.
