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Old Highway Videos on the Internet

Started by RoadWarrior56, June 08, 2011, 06:27:40 PM

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RoadWarrior56

I have discovered several videos on YouTube that pertain to old highways or include old highways in them.  One I just recently discovered is called   "The Bus Driver".  It is an old Encyclopedia Brittanica film from 1945 that chronicles a bus trip between New York City and Pittsburgh. 

Anybody who is a baby boomer like myself probably remembers those old black and white Britannica films from their grade school school days.  But I digress.  This video has some interesting views of the roadways in NJ and PA, including some views of the very early Pennsylvania Turnpike.  I have attached a link below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgun6pcVoEE

Has anybody found some other similar videos on YouTube or other sources that they could link?  I remember that Iowa video about US 30 that somebody posted earlier this year.


PAHighways

The following is a favorite on my site's YouTube page.  It is footage of a westbound trip on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in 1953 but edited to show only the then five tunnels between the Blue Mountain and Breezewood interchanges.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOP_QoizcWc

Alex

Quote from: RoadWarrior56 on June 08, 2011, 06:27:40 PM
I have discovered several videos on YouTube that pertain to old highways or include old highways in them.  One I just recently discovered is called   "The Bus Driver".  It is an old Encyclopedia Brittanica film from 1945 that chronicles a bus trip between New York City and Pittsburgh. 

Anybody who is a baby boomer like myself probably remembers those old black and white Britannica films from their grade school school days.  But I digress.  This video has some interesting views of the roadways in NJ and PA, including some views of the very early Pennsylvania Turnpike.  I have attached a link below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgun6pcVoEE

Has anybody found some other similar videos on YouTube or other sources that they could link?  I remember that Iowa video about US 30 that somebody posted earlier this year.

The bridges at 6:20 are the the Susquehanna River Bridges at Harrisburg:
Market Street Bridge: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dougtone/5679497827/in/set-72157623004728880
Railroad bridge: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dougtone/5680056516/in/set-72157623004728880



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