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...pines. Motorists in northern Wisconsin can bid farewell to U.S. 51 near Woodruff and meander along State Highway 70 through country so studded with lakes that the road seems a bridge, and so rich in woods that they spill right up to the road's edge until the turnoff at Eagle River onto U.S. 45. U.S. 460 in Indiana meanders over hills only a spit away from Kentucky to the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, which includes the site of the log cabin where the young Lincoln studied by candlelight, and the grave of his mother, Nancy Hanks. Farther along...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: Sights on the Shunpikes | 7/10/1964 | See Source »

Pennsylvania's "Granddaddy" Turnpike affords a turnoff at U.S. 23 to Valley Forge and on through rambling fields and decent towns with indecent names like Bareville and Intercourse in the Pennsylvania Dutch country, whose Amish farmers scorn electricity, never cut their beards, and travel when they must by horse and buggy. For them, perhaps, the beaten path holds adventure. Even the turnpikes might prove a treat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: Sights on the Shunpikes | 7/10/1964 | See Source »

...Chicane obstacle strip that permits only one car to pass without risk of a crackup. The A. C. Gilbert Co. sells a figure eight of track with an overpass and two Corvettes for $29.98. Aurora's latest accessories include a lap counter, judge's stand and turnoff, starting gate, grandstand-and a railroad crossing where a train can mash risk-takers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Tabletop Racing | 8/31/1962 | See Source »

Those driving down directly to the Yale Bowl Saturday should go around New Haven and approach it from the other side on the Derby Ave. turnoff, which leads straight to the parking facilities around the Bowl...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Many Roads Lead Toward Yale Bowl | 11/18/1955 | See Source »

...gymnasium, the loudspeaker broke urgently through the cheers of the basketball fans: "Dr. Barnett, please report to the New Orient mine." Within minutes, the gym was emptying and scores of automobiles were heading past West Frankfort's bright blaze of Christmas lights to Illinois Highway 37 and the turnoff to the mine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DISASTERS: This Is a Bad One | 12/31/1951 | See Source »

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