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[jmacswimmer]

Your cliff description made think of Sideling Hill on I-68 but there's no bridge that fits your description.

Speaking of I-68, further west there's this high overpass just east of the WV/MD border.

[Troubleshooter]

Didn't they rebuilt that Pea Ridge bridge when I-64 was widened?

When was that? Did they widen the cut too?

Your cliff description made think of Sideling Hill on I-68 but there's no bridge that fits your description.

Speaking of I-68, further west there's this high overpass just east of the WV/MD border.

I have never been on I-68. And the bridge is lower than I remember. Could you provide a google for sideling hill? Search won't find it.

[seicer]

Didn't they rebuilt that Pea Ridge bridge when I-64 was widened?

CR 60/1 in Pea Ridge was rebuilt in 2003 with a revised substructure and an entirely new superstructure, and is 69 feet above the ground. It was originally built in 1962. https://goo.gl/maps/xjhCs64P5DDArvEK9

The other high-level bridge in the area is for CR 37/McCoy Road, which is 82 feet above the ground. It was built in 1963. https://goo.gl/maps/YMwQojckaaaj7Zwq5

[famartin]

I have never been on I-68. And the bridge is lower than I remember. Could you provide a google for sideling hill? Search won't find it.

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7181798,-78.2809834,3a,75y,311.78h,86.53t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sbL7Jx5BHEdBVKf2u8btFcQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DbL7Jx5BHEdBVKf2u8btFcQ%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D164.98557%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192

[The Ghostbuster]

For those who don't know who Victor Cushwa was (I certainly didn't since I'm from Wisconsin), here is Wikipedia's article on the former Maryland state senator: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Cushwa.

[Troubleshooter]

I have never been on I-68. And the bridge is lower than I remember. Could you provide a google for sideling hill? Search won't find it.

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7181798,-78.2809834,3a,75y,311.78h,86.53t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sbL7Jx5BHEdBVKf2u8btFcQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DbL7Jx5BHEdBVKf2u8btFcQ%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D164.98557%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192

Thanks! That Sideling cut is wider at the top than what I remember. That's why I wondered if it was natural.

Didn't they rebuilt that Pea Ridge bridge when I-64 was widened?

CR 60/1 in Pea Ridge was rebuilt in 2003 with a revised substructure and an entirely new superstructure, and is 69 feet above the ground. It was originally built in 1962. https://goo.gl/maps/xjhCs64P5DDArvEK9

The other high-level bridge in the area is for CR 37/McCoy Road, which is 82 feet above the ground. It was built in 1963. https://goo.gl/maps/YMwQojckaaaj7Zwq5

Both of these do not fit what I remember. There is no high cliff on both sides, and both are hidden by curves a short distance away. I remember seeing that bridge a long time before I got there.

[Troubleshooter]

I want to recount my entire experience of this as I saw it.

I first saw the bridge from miles away as I crossed a plain. There was a very high cliff at the far end of the plain. The cliff face was nearly black and went in both directions (left and right) as far as I could see. The bridge was across a vertical slot in the cliff face near the edge of the cliff. Interstate 64 went into this slot in the cliff and ascended to the level of the cliff over several miles. As I entered the slot, I saw the bridge high overhead. The slot was at least 10 times as high as it was wide.

I saw this twice, in 1991 and 1995. Each time I was going to visit relatives in Norfo0lk VA. And each time, on the way home, we stopped in Washington DC and spent a day at the Smithsonian, so I did not return via I-64, but used I-70.