The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-05
LATEST ROAD NOTES
FOR MOTOR TOURISTS
Reports on All the Approaches
to the Picturesque Shenan-
doah Valley.
ny o. NJ. WELLS,
Chtef Roadman, the Automobile Club Of
America.

Chtef Roddmdn, the Automobile Club Of
America.
As there is so much construction work
going On throughout Pennsylvania, Della
ware and Maryland. the A. C. A.
car covered all the trunk lines last week
to the Shenandoah Valley and down the
valley to the Hot Springs.
On leaving New York the Forty-scc-
ond street ferry is crossed to Weehaw-
ken, and Fifth street used in crossing
over to the boulevard instead of Third
street. as Third street Is now a one way
street for eastbouad traffic only and
Fifth street for westbound traffic.
The old road between Railway and
Metuchen is In fair condition and can
be used until the new road is entirely
finished. and in fact the only really
rough piece OF road between New York
and Philadelphia on the main trunk line
is the stretch between Cranbury Turn
pike and PENIS Neck through Mon
mouth Junction.
There are two or three very poor
detours on the Philadelphia Baltimore
road which runs through Wilmington
and Elkton to Belair and the road will
not be opened and finished for through
travel until late fall.
The Baltimore Pike. which runs
through Lansdowne, Media, Rising Sun
and Conowingo, has a short detour at
Lansdowne which Is all hard surface.
There Is another detour between Ham,
morton and Kennett Square which runs
over hard surfaced road to Willowdale.
The detour at Rising Sun over the above
route Is about eight miles long over very
rough road and in wet weather would
no doubt be impossible. The reason Tor
the long detour at Rising Sun Is due to
a washout caused by a cloudburst
which extended from the Chesapeake
Ray through the Susquehanna Valley to
Harrisburg and on each side Of the
Susquehanna River for about thirty
miles. 1t Is rather unfortunate that
there Is such a poor detour at Rising
Sun, as the entire route between Phil
adelphia and Baltimore is hard surfaced
and would make an excellent way TO
reach Baltimore. Washington and west
ern and southern points.
From Baltimore to Washington the
There Is also an excellent road which
is about twenty miles longer crossing
from Baltimore through Annapolis to
Washington. Motorists can reach Bal
timore and avoid the Rising Sun detour
by turning left just beyond Barnsley
and running through Calvert and Bay
view to Northeast, which Is part ma
cadam, In good condition, and part
gravel, mostly good From Northeast
to Baltimore is good with the exception
Of q short detour at Aberdeen, which
should be finished about November first.
When the short sections now under
construction on the Conowingo route
are finished, also the repair work done
at Rising Sun, the entire route from
Philadelphia through Baltimore, Fred
erick and Hagerstown, and over the Old
National Trail through Wheeling, Co
lumbus and Springfield to Indianapolis,
will be all hard surfaced and the most
direct way to reach the Shenandoah
Valley and middle West points.
The Lancaster pike or the Lincoln
highway out Of Philadelphia has con-
struction work with very short detours
which are not bad. through Bryn Mawr
and Devon, Stony Brook and York, and
through the main street of Abbottstown.
all of which are easy going There Is
a detour fully eight miles long between
Gettysburg and Chambersburg which Is
poor, dirt road, apt to be very bad In
wet weather. The road from Gettys-
burg to Hagerstown over South Noun
tain via Fairfield and Waynesboro is
very rough, especially over the noun
tain. 1t is especially hard on tires. as
there are long stretches Of rough, sharp
stone.
The best way to reach the Old Ma
tional trail or the Shenandoah Valley
from Gettysburg is to go through EN-
mittsburg to Frederick and then to
Hagerstown, which is all good hard sur
face. The road from Frederick to
Washington is also in excellent condi-
tion, with the exception of a short de-
tour in Gaithersburg. The run from
Baltimore through Frederick to Hagers-
town, a distance of seventy-five miles,
and then over the Old National trail
through Cumberland and Uniontown to
Wheeling, is delightful motor trip, as