 It
seems we are too early to be on I-26 quite yet. Maybe if we wait some
more, it will be an interstate. |
 Thanks
to the genius of P.E. John Landsford, we have a nice interstate in western
North Carolina. |
 I
may be hopelessly wrong here, but I think all traffic used to exit here
while the new road was under construction. |
 Only
40 miles 'til Johnson City, TN. |
 A
pretty good snap of I-26 in mountainous North Carolina. |
 There's
even a rest area with a scenic overlook, which I climbed up. It's a
pretty steep incline on that ramp to the right! |
 Looking
south (East I-26), we see a runaway truck ramp overhead. |
 A
more panoramic look to the south from the scenic lookout. |
 A
neat rock cut on I-26, looking north now. |
 That
cut is where I-26 passes. Looking north again. |
 Another
pretty good snap of the new I-26. Playing with cameras is fun! |
 More
brand-new I-26 photos. |
 I
think this is the cut we saw three pictures ago. |
 More
neat road scenes. |
 How
dare someone deface this Bucker Gap sign. Now I can barely make out
that we are 3,370 feet above sea level! |
 Starting
to get foggier out. |
 If
you're a roadgeek, you've most likely seen this picture on other sites.
The only difference here is that I took it. |
 Gasp!
We've entered the Twilight Zone. And by that I mean Tennessee. |
 Almost
to the big curves and hills on Tennessee's I-26. |
 Here
we go! |
 This
is one of the curviest interstates I've been on. Speed Limit 50
throughout the curves. |
 And
the obligatory runaway truck ramp. |
 Gosh,
I don't know what I'd do if James H. Quillen didn't have his parkway! |
 Not
only are the curves numerous here, they're freakin' sharp! |
 Another
I-26 scene. |
 Oooh,
look at the cool fog coming off the mountain! |
 Just
south of Johnson City, the road flattens out and eventually gets back up to
70 mph. |
 A
semi-urban area in Far-eastern Tennessee. |
 It
started raining like a mother right after this photo. Like a mother.
But here's US 11E... |
 I-26
ends here and I-181 begins here. This is at I-81. And I was
lucky to even get this pic. It started raining harder than a mother
north of I-81. |
 ...and
here's US 11W. This is like 2 miles south of the Virginia line, when I
stopped for gas and a county. |
|
It
seems we are too early to be on I-26 quite yet. Maybe if we wait some
more, it will be an interstate.
Thanks
to the genius of P.E. John Landsford, we have a nice interstate in western
North Carolina.
I
may be hopelessly wrong here, but I think all traffic used to exit here
while the new road was under construction.
Only
40 miles 'til Johnson City, TN.
A
pretty good snap of I-26 in mountainous North Carolina.
There's
even a rest area with a scenic overlook, which I climbed up. It's a
pretty steep incline on that ramp to the right!
Looking
south (East I-26), we see a runaway truck ramp overhead.
A
more panoramic look to the south from the scenic lookout.
A
neat rock cut on I-26, looking north now.
That
cut is where I-26 passes. Looking north again.
Another
pretty good snap of the new I-26. Playing with cameras is fun!
More
brand-new I-26 photos.
I
think this is the cut we saw three pictures ago.
More
neat road scenes.
How
dare someone deface this Bucker Gap sign. Now I can barely make out
that we are 3,370 feet above sea level!
Starting
to get foggier out.
If
you're a roadgeek, you've most likely seen this picture on other sites.
The only difference here is that I took it.
Gasp!
We've entered the Twilight Zone. And by that I mean Tennessee.
Almost
to the big curves and hills on Tennessee's I-26.
Here
we go!
This
is one of the curviest interstates I've been on. Speed Limit 50
throughout the curves.
And
the obligatory runaway truck ramp.
Gosh,
I don't know what I'd do if James H. Quillen didn't have his parkway!
Not
only are the curves numerous here, they're freakin' sharp!
Another
I-26 scene.
Oooh,
look at the cool fog coming off the mountain!
Just
south of Johnson City, the road flattens out and eventually gets back up to
70 mph.
A
semi-urban area in Far-eastern Tennessee.
It
started raining like a mother right after this photo. Like a mother.
But here's US 11E...
I-26
ends here and I-181 begins here. This is at I-81. And I was
lucky to even get this pic. It started raining harder than a mother
north of I-81.
...and
here's US 11W. This is like 2 miles south of the Virginia line, when I
stopped for gas and a county.