Why a Bypass?

[Gibby]

Just for the sake of discussion, why would Highway 40 and Savoy Boulevard need a bypass at their intersection in 1940? Would there be a need to access the railroad before the bridge? What is the history of the highway during this time period and area?

http://www.historicaerials.com/aeri...923314032446&lat=39.847434384130885&year=1940

 

[Teegate]

They built the bridge after the road was built. There are a few threads or posts here where we discussed that before.

Guy

 

[Gibby]

Ah! It was late and I wanted to discuss something other than the storm. I now see the thread from a year ago that explains the bridge and its details in depth started by Bobpbx. I should have went with my other choice to question what was going on a short distance to the north of the bridge here with the network of roads and boxes.

http://www.historicaerials.com/aeri...281460324461&lat=39.868905271790545&year=1940

 

[dogg57]

Ah! It was late and I wanted to discuss something other than the storm. I now see the thread from a year ago that explains the bridge and its details in depth started by Bobpbx. I should have went with my other choice to question what was going on a short distance to the north of the bridge here with the network of roads and boxes.

http://www.historicaerials.com/aeri...281460324461&lat=39.868905271790545&year=1940

Come on Gibby ...share the old thread

 

[ecampbell]

Ah! It was late and I wanted to discuss something other than the storm.

Amen to that!

 

[dogg57]

Snowing now

 

[ecampbell]

Wet snow in Tabernacle.

 

[Gibby]

Sure, laugh it up! I thought you were my friends!!!

Here is the link to the thread that answers all the questions about the Route 72 railroad bridge started by Bobpbx.

http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/threads/rt-72-rr-bridge.7629/

 

[Teegate]

Ah! It was late and I wanted to discuss something other than the storm. I now see the thread from a year ago that explains the bridge and its details in depth started by Bobpbx. I should have went with my other choice to question what was going on a short distance to the north of the bridge here with the network of roads and boxes.

http://www.historicaerials.com/aeri...281460324461&lat=39.868905271790545&year=1940

I would say a good guess would be that the "County Club" at Woodmansie made those just like the state makes them today for hunters and deer.

http://maps.njpinebarrens.com/#lat=39.86702766391711&lng=-74.46860432624817&z=17&type=topo&gpx=

Guy

 

[Gibby]

There is a similar cut of roads and boxes not to far away on the far side of Lebanon Forest.

http://www.historicaerials.com/aeri...6819908324543&lat=39.89297143024938&year=1940

 

[Teegate]

Then there always is a possibility it is one of the many experimental lots of Silas Little which can be found throughout the pines, especially in that general area. I believe we discussed this last location before and Jessica and I visted there.

http://nrs.fs.fed.us/ef/locations/nj/silas-little/


Guy

 

[Gibby]

I wonder if the maze of roads and plots had something to do with studies done by the Northeastern Forest Experiment Station? I recall reading an article about the Civilian Conservation Corps helping with cultural operations during the 1930s and 1940s in southern New Jersey forests. Wasn't Lebanon an experimental forest?

Teegate, your thread about a development in the same area concluded with an experiment with forest fires.

-Teegate, you found the answer as I was typing a response.