Where is this?

[pinelandpaddler]

Hard to tell, is that road over the bridge a paved major road or a dirt road? I thought Egg Harbor Lake

that's what I thought

 

[Teegate]

Hard to tell, is that road over the bridge a paved major road or a dirt road? I thought Egg Harbor Lake

You are correct. Well done!

 

[bobpbx]

Guess where this is.

 

[pinelandpaddler]

Guess where this is.

View attachment 21579

That be Lower Forge

 

[stiltzkin]

That be Lower Forge

Nice, beat me to it. I was just wondering about this the other day: how long since "Un-Bridge" at Lower Forge has actually been a bridge? Close to a century? It doesn't even seem to be there on 1930s aerials.

I did see this old front page article about it.

 

[Boyd]

No need to use the wayback machine, that article is still here on the site.
(or is something different about the old version?)

Lower Forge / Un-bridge Revisited – NJPineBarrens.com

www.njpinebarrens.com

 

[stiltzkin]

No need to use the wayback machine, that article is still here on the site.
(or is something different about the old version?)

Lower Forge / Un-bridge Revisited – NJPineBarrens.com

www.njpinebarrens.com

Link rot. I tried to access it from this thread and it appeared to be gone.

 

[Boyd]

Fixed that link, thanks. That's an oldie, from before the site was using SSL. Think we were on phpBB back then?

 

[bobpbx]

Alright Gabe! Did you have to dig for it, or did you recognize it.

 

[pinelandpaddler]

Alright Gabe! Did you have to dig for it, or did you recognize it.

I'm not that fast of a digger! I recognized it.

 

[Teegate]

All. At the hospital with Jessica. She is not feeling well. On IV and testing. Looks like a sinus infection. Seems better now.

 

[stiltzkin]

All. At the hospital with Jessica. She is not feeling well. On IV and testing. Looks like a sinus infection. Seems better now.

I am sorry to hear. Hope all will be alright.

 

[Teegate]

Where is the 2023 Piney Petting Zoo?

 

[bobpbx]

I dislike that kitschy stuff in the pines.

 

[bobpbx]

Where was this? Zoom-zoom.

 

[Rooftree]

Bob. That should be in the parking lot of Walmart off of Route 72 in Stafford Twp. BJ Warehouse is across the street.

 

[Boyd]

Kind of a sad "then and now" comparison....

https://boydsmaps.com/sync/#15/39.703768/-74.277996/pines2023/0/0/legacy24k/15/0/0

 

[bobpbx]

Bob. That should be in the parking lot of Walmart off of Route 72 in Stafford Twp. BJ Warehouse is across the street.

Good Ron, how did you find it, just looking around the topo?

 

[Rooftree]

Actually, it was easy. Just googled Lakeside Speedway NJ. Got a hit on Mapcarta site

 

[Rooftree]

Slight change to its location. The speedway was in the southeast corner what is now the Manahawkin Commons, near the Walmart. The locals called it the Manahawkin Speedway. It was a 1/2 mile dirt oval built in a gravel pit. It opened on 4/23/1950, but closed shortly in 1951.