Route 1: New England by Dan Tobyne

By Dan Tobyne

Stretching from finish to finish of the 13 unique colonies, from castle Kent, Maine, to Key West, Florida, the connecting sections of the Atlantic Coast street, referred to as usa course No. 1, have shaped a road of heritage for 3 hundred years. Washington traveled it again and again in peace and battle. Now the 94-mile part among long island and Philadelphia consists of a heavier usual site visitors than the other highway of equivalent size on this planet. direction 1 connects long island, Princeton and Philadelphia, the 3 towns at which the capital used to be confirmed within the early years of the Republic, with Washington, the ultimate selection; and it passes close to or via the vast majority of the progressive battlefields and plenty of of these of the Civil battle. It grew from blazed footpaths of the cost period to its current situation, which the Bureau of Public Roads of the USA division of Agriculture reviews as surfaced for eighty four percentage of the space, graded yet unsurfaced for 15 percentage, and unimproved for under 1 percentage. paintings is continuing at the much less greater sections.
The motorist touring the line at the present time is reminded usually of the lifestyles and customs of the early days via the previous cities and villages by which course 1 passes; yet additionally they can't omit the original locations of interest—coffee retailers, reward outlets, eating places, shops, museums, parks, and scenic turnouts—to be stumbled on alongside its entire size. A journey down path 1 is a visit of heritage and nostalgia, in addition to a slice throughout American tradition, with all its quirks and eccentricities in complete bloom.

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