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Mapmikey:
Any chance you missed the I-64 exit from the WV Turnpike and had to turnaround at the next exit? Meets your criteria for split level interstate and as of 2011 was still visible 1.1 miles away.
Cause then you'd have this - https://goo.gl/maps/CZZM6rd7jMk2fMDr9 though chances are small this happened twice.
Otherwise, a removed bridge or even coal chute could be what happened. A look around historicaerials.com searching for structures no longer present didn't turn up anything.
Troubleshooter:
--- Quote from: Mapmikey on March 25, 2023, 07:35:48 PM ---Any chance you missed the I-64 exit from the WV Turnpike and had to turnaround at the next exit? Meets your criteria for split level interstate and as of 2011 was still visible 1.1 miles away.
Cause then you'd have this - https://goo.gl/maps/CZZM6rd7jMk2fMDr9 though chances are small this happened twice.
Otherwise, a removed bridge or even coal chute could be what happened. A look around historicaerials.com searching for structures no longer present didn't turn up anything.
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Thank you. We already thought of that bridge.
I also had thought it was just east of Beckley. There are several deep defiles there.
Thanks everyone.
Fixed quote. -Mark
SP Cook:
Governor signs bill changing inspection stickers to 24 months.
https://wvmetronews.com/2023/03/29/governor-acts-on-a-mountain-of-bills-but-is-conflicted-on-sports-transfer-policy/
Legislature added this on to a bill changing how "antique" cars are registered. Many in the legislature want to abolish the inspections entirely. The fee (the bill raises it from $14 to a whopping $19) is still so low that garages cannot make money on the business and they risk losing customers if they actually fail a car. Many motorists just find the whole thing a yearly hassle, and there is no real evidence that states with or without inspections have equipment related accidents at different rates.
Troubleshooter:
--- Quote from: Mapmikey on March 25, 2023, 07:35:48 PM ---Any chance you missed the I-64 exit from the WV Turnpike and had to turnaround at the next exit? Meets your criteria for split level interstate and as of 2011 was still visible 1.1 miles away.
Cause then you'd have this - https://goo.gl/maps/CZZM6rd7jMk2fMDr9 though chances are small this happened twice.
Otherwise, a removed bridge or even coal chute could be what happened. A look around historicaerials.com searching for structures no longer present didn't turn up anything.
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Here is a a place that looks similar, except it is not as high as I remember and there is no overbridge. The notch in the face is like what I remember. It's east of Beckley. Has this I-64 bridge been raised since 1995 or have other changes happened here?
https://goo.gl/maps/y1YSukCVTc9L4FZ56
Mapmikey:
--- Quote from: Troubleshooter on April 01, 2023, 11:45:41 PM ---
--- Quote from: Mapmikey on March 25, 2023, 07:35:48 PM ---Any chance you missed the I-64 exit from the WV Turnpike and had to turnaround at the next exit? Meets your criteria for split level interstate and as of 2011 was still visible 1.1 miles away.
Cause then you'd have this - https://goo.gl/maps/CZZM6rd7jMk2fMDr9 though chances are small this happened twice.
Otherwise, a removed bridge or even coal chute could be what happened. A look around historicaerials.com searching for structures no longer present didn't turn up anything.
--- End quote ---
Here is a a place that looks similar, except it is not as high as I remember and there is no overbridge. The notch in the face is like what I remember. It's east of Beckley. Has this I-64 bridge been raised since 1995 or have other changes happened here?
https://goo.gl/maps/y1YSukCVTc9L4FZ56
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Don't believe anything has happened to this bridge which is the 2nd highest bridge in WV
The 1986 and 1996 aerials show nothing crossing over I-64 east of this bridge.
Based on your descriptions you wouldn't have seen this bridge from a distance in the rear view mirror... https://goo.gl/maps/EAQDk4do8SraMrEa9
...but the difficulty is that sightlines are way different than 30 years ago in terms of tree heights, so this bridge could have been visible from a distance EB too in the early 1990s.
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