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I really enjoyed the video. Just add snow and it reminds me of the time I was skiing through the trees at Heavenly Valley.
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Wouldn't it be nice to make it a one-way street? And raise the speedlimit from 30 MPH to 70?
The West Coast Kappa Car Club is going to have a drive around Lake Tahoe in September. Going clockwise, just before getting to the south end of Emerald Bay, is the part I call Driving The Ridge! A couple of hairpin turns, more like a bent hairpin, and climbing over 100 feet in a quarter of a mile, you reach the top, a two-lane road, virtually no shoulders, and straight down on each side. What a ride!
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it's a great drive with the needles highway and the road to MT Rushmore. many miles of dog legs and single lane tunnels abound many with little or no sholder . along with the watch out for wildlife such as buffalo deer antelope mt goats and big horn sheep. and a lot of nice pullovers and picnic spots . I don't know how many miles but i would say about a good 2 days worth.
Clinging to the cliffs along the western edge of the continent from Southern California to the Canadian border, the Pacific Coast Highway is a fine example of what inspired part of the design of the Solstice--beautiful open roads.
There was a recent A&E History Channel documentary on the Pacific Coast Highway. This is the description from their web site:
Extraordinary footage documents the 25-year construction process.
Hear from the workers charged with beating back nature's continuing assaults.
Hop behind the wheel for a riveting ride down the historic way.
For twenty-five years construction crews dug, blasted, tunneled and bridged their way up America's western edge to create one of the world's great roads: The Pacific Coast Highway. Its construction was a monumental saga of perseverance, primal machines, convict labor and engineering brilliance. Keeping it up and running in the face of floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, and deadly landslides is an endless battle.
MODERN MARVELSŪ puts the top down for a ride along the spectacular road, with diversions into its past and glimpses of the future. See how a revolutionary technology using molten zinc and electricity is giving aging bridges a new lease on life. Hear from a landslide expert about the ongoing fight to keep the road on stable ground. And scores of photos and rare footage capture the drama and ambition of the Herculean task that created the ultimate seaside drive.
Clinging to the cliffs along the western edge of the continent from Southern California to the Canadian border, the Pacific Coast Highway is a fine example of what inspired part of the design of the Solstice--beautiful open roads.
There was a recent A&E History Channel documentary on the Pacific Coast Highway. This is the description from their web site: A wonderful documentary, and a unique highway.
I was on vacation back in 91 took the road from nothern CA thru the oregon coast all the way up thru washington It was one of the most beautiful roads with the ocean in view I also seen the documentry love those kind of shows I am a nature lover
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****If you drive this road stay on the "Old" Rte. 40, not the modern highway that has replaced most of the old route. Stay on "Senic" Rte. 40 between Virginia and Somerset PA. Very beautiful drive.****
The Braddock Road had been opened by the Ohio Company in 1751 between Cumberland, Maryland, the limit of navigation on the Potomac River, and the forks of the Ohio River (a site that would later become Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). It received its name during the French and Indian War when it was used in the Braddock expedition), an attempt to assault the French Fort Duquesne by General Braddock and George Washington.
Construction of the Cumberland Road (National Road) was authorized on March 29, 1806 by President Thomas Jefferson. The Cumberland Road would replace the Braddock Road for travel between the Potomac and Ohio Rivers, following roughly the same alignment until east of Uniontown, Pennsylvania. From there, where the Braddock Road turned north to Pittsburgh, the Cumberland Road would continue west to Wheeling, West Virginia (then part of Virginia), also on the Ohio River.
Costruction of the new Macadam road began on November 20, 1811 at Cumberland, and the road reached Wheeling on August 1, 1818. On May 15, 1820 Congress authorized an extension to St. Louis, Missouri, connecting it directly to the Mississippi River, and on March 3, 1825 to Jefferson City, Missouri. Work on the extension utilized the pre-exisiting Zane's Trace between Wheeling and Zanesville, Ohio, and was completed to Columbus, Ohio in 1833 and Springfield, Ohio in 1838.
On April 1, 1835 the section east of Wheeling was transferred to the states, which made it a turnpike. The last Congressional appropriation was made May 25, 1838, and in 1840 Congress voted against completing the road, with the deciding vote cast by Henry Clay. By that time railroads were proving a better method of transportation; the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road was being built for the same purpose - connecting Baltimore via Cumberland to Wheeling. Construction stopped in 1839, and much of the road through Indiana and Illinois remained unfinished, later transferred to the states.
In 1912 the National Road was chosen to become part of the National Old Trails Road, which would extend further east to New York City and west to San Francisco, California. Five Madonna of the Trail monuments were erected on the old National Road. In 1927 the road was designated part of U.S. Highway 40, which still follows the National Road with only minor realignments. Most of the road has been bypassed for through travel by Interstate 70, but between Hancock in western Maryland and Washington, Pennsylvania I-70 takes a more northerly path to reach the Pennsylvania Turnpike at Breezewood. The later Interstate 68 follows the old road from Hancock west to Keysers Ridge, Maryland, where the National Road and US 40 turn northwest into Pennsylvania. The whole of I-68 in Maryland has been designated the National Freeway.
One of the original toll houses is preserved in La Vale, Maryland and another in Addison, Pennsylvania. Many of the old arch bridges also remain on former alignments. The Wheeling Suspension Bridge across the Ohio River, opened in 1849, also stands along the old road.
Let me start by saying the Tail of the Dragon is still Number 1 for me. But for my money Hwy. 191 from Interstate 10 to Eagar Arizona is # 2 as far as twists and turns is concerned. Before my wifes Sol was delivered I took my Grand Prix GTP there is let the tires "Talk" to me on most turns. I can tell you flat out it is more fun in a Sol. There are many turns with the GTP that are maxed out at 12MPH that can be easily done at 18MPH in the SOL without ony fear of loosing control. It is also not for the weak hearted, there are many turns without any guardrail with several hundred foot drops for those who make a mistake. Although I have not been on the Pacific Coast Hwy. I have been through Custer and Wind Cave and they are #3 for me for the scenic views.
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If you can bring your roadster with you ... the Amalfi Coast through Italy (man that Solstice would howl). The Devil's Elbow in Scotland where the clouds lick the mountainsides. Float like a ghost through the morning fog in the Connemarra. The run from Cannes to Nice. U.S. Hwy. 1 to the Keys. Oak Creek Canyon to Sedona, AZ. And man-O'-man, routes 213 to 28A in the Catskills!
I'm going to take mine to Deal's Gap in Tennessee/North Carolina. It is on US 129 in the Smokey Mountains, and has 318 turns in 11 miles. The turns are slightly banked and the pavement is glass smooth on the Tennessee side. It is a popular destination for motorcyclists who call it "The Dragon".
I'm planning this ride as well. I heard there is another highway nearby {Chicola Highway?} that is a little less agressive than the run through Deal's Gap. I might head down BlueRidge Parkway and hit the gap after a mind settling rest in a nearby park, then do the other highway.
I saw a photo of a tree adorned with crashed motorcycle gas tanks.
I'm planning this ride as well. I heard there is another highway nearby {Chicola Highway?} that is a little less agressive than the run through Deal's Gap. I might head down BlueRidge Parkway and hit the gap after a mind settling rest in a nearby park, then do the other highway.
I saw a photo of a tree adorned with crashed motorcycle gas tanks.
Shoofly, I believe you are referring to the Cherohalla Skyway. Google Tail of the Dragon and you will find links at the site directing you to other great roads nearby.
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Also, for you Hoosiers, State Road 45 between Bloomington and Beanblossom has some great corners as well. I used to enjoy taking my Firebird for spins on this road while I was in college. Can't wait to get the Solstice down there!
Love that drive-there are a ton of great drives in southern Indiana Down in the Madison IN area, along the Ohio River, more great drives, lots of great views too! Same with southern Ohio, did the drive several times from Columbus OH down to the Pomeroy area years ago.
I was on vacation back in 91 took the road from nothern CA thru the oregon coast all the way up thru washington It was one of the most beautiful roads with the ocean in view 
I also seen the documentry love those kind of shows I am a nature lover
