Filmed April 2009 Editied for Stability Oct 2011. Here is a short section of pristine brick road alignment, built in the early 1920's that was the main road until the late 1940's, complete with stone curbing, representing the earliest in auto transportation roads. This is located in the town of Star Junction, an old coal and coke town near Perryopolis, Fayette County Pennsylvania. Why this section is brick and the rest of the road is original narrow concrete is a mystery. Brick was a common building material in western pennsylvania in the early part of the century, as many coal patch towns needed brick factories to make beehive coke ovens. This section smells of the early alignment of the famous US 66 highway from Chicago to LA. Enjoy it while you can--visit more fun stuff that is gone or almost gone at www.stuffthatsgone.com
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