National Road Enthusiasts Meet
Pittsburgh, PA, Aug. 10-12, 2006

These photos are from the various activities in which I participated as part of the first ever National Road Enthusiasts Meet, held in the Pittsburgh, Pa. area Aug. 10-12, 2006. The events included a tour of the Lincoln Highway with side trips to the Flight 93 memorial and the Quecreek mine rescue site, a visit to the Regional Traffic Management Center, a trip up the Monongahela Incline and a cruise aboard the Gateway Keystone Belle. This gallery was generated by Apple's iPhoto software. To view the full-sized photos, click on one of the thumbnails on this page. You will then be presented with navigation controls to view the images on individual Web pages as a slide show.

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The first day of the meeting involved a tour of the old Lincoln Highway. The route is well marked with trailblazers such as these.
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In Greensburg, not only is there a sign along old US 30 in downtown, but there is a painting of the symbol o the curb as well.
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A closeup of the painting, on a small bridge abutment.
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John, Jeff, Corey and Brian at an old alignment of US 30 east of Greensburg.
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Jeff and John at the dead-end alignment.
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The dead-end alignment.
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Looking west toward present-day US 30 and toward Greensburg.
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THe Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor office in Ligonier.
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A plaque at the Flight 93 memorial near Shanksville.
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Another memorial at the site.
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A memorial wall allows individuals and groups to post their tributes to the heroes of Flight 93 and the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
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Yet another memorial at the site.
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Another shot of the tribute fence.
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The American flag marks the actual site of the crash. The site is an old reclaimed strip mine.
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Another memorial to the heroes of Flight 93.
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Jeff Kitsko checks out the memorial fence.
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Corey and John photograph the crash site.
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Corey focuses on the American flag that notes the crash site.
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A tribute to the armed forces in Shanksville, which is a few miles away from the Flight 93 crash site.
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Historical marker at the Quecreek mine rescue site near Sipesville, north of Somerset.
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Another view of the historical marker.
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This statue greets visitors to the mine rescue site.
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The rescue shaft.
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A view of the rescue site.
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Jeff Kitsko at the rescue site.
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Another view of the rescue location.
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The airshaft drilled into the underground mine.
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Brian Reynolds checks out the rescue site.
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Brian, with his back to the camera, looks at a tree planted in honor of the rescued miners.
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The plaque shown on the rock in the previous photo.
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A second rescue shaft.
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This was an air lock that was part of the Plan B rescue effort.
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From another angle.
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Corey, John, Jeff and Brian.
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The actual rescue unit, donated to the museum by the MSHA.
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This is a portion of four-lane route that connects only to a couple of surface streets that the group checked out on Friday.
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The four-lane ends at the entrance to a concrete plant.
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Corey, Brian P., Brian R., Tom, Jeff, John and Angie at the end of the short four-lane.
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This short four-lane route carries a state route number of 3067.
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Angie, Billy, Brian R., John, Brian P. and Tom at the end of the four-lane.
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The convoy parked on the short stub of four-lane that leads to a concrete plant.
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Looking out of the concrete plant entrance.
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The opposite side of the SR 3067 inventory marker shown earlier.
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Another shot of the four-lane segment.
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Tom Dell.
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This is the opposite end of the four-lane.
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We visited this Penn DOT office to see the Regional Traffic Management Center.
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Dom Munizza shows the Traffic Management Center controls to Brian P. and Brian R.
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Brian R., Brian P., Tom, Corey, jeff, John and Billy watch. In the background is a Pittsburgh media traffic reporter, standing, talking to Angie Vegso of the Traffic Management Center.
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Angie, Billy, Jeff, John and tom watch the bank of monitors.
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Dominic shows Brian P. and Brian R. the workings of the traffic camera management controls.
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Billy watches Dominic adjust one of the cameras.
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This missing bridge beam was set to be installed on Friday night, necessitating a closure of I-79. The Traffic Management Center was planning for the closure the afternoon we visited.
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These unusually shaped US route signs, near our daily meeting spot on Old Steubenville Pike, were attention-getters.
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A nighttime view of Pittsburgh from the top of Mt. Washington and the Monongahela Incline.
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Another view of the skyline.
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Looking at the Fort Pitt Bridge and the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny Rivers to form the Ohio River at sunset.
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Yet another view of the Pittsburgh skyline.
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And another.
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And a zoomed-out view showing the Monongahela River.
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Here's another view.
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And yet another.
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C.C., Doug, Billy, Angie, Jeff and John at the observation deck.
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Another shot of the group. Brian R and Corey are visible in this shot.
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John, C.C. Jeff, Doug and Billy in the incline station.
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Brian R. and Angie wait to catch the incline down the hill.
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A nighttime view of the incline.
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Here's another view.
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I couldn't hold the camera steady enough for a shot of this one, so there is some motion blur.
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The Comfort Inn was our gathering place for the Thursday and Saturday events.
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The Fort Pitt Bridge as seen from the Station Square parking lot.
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The group heads down to the Gateway Clipper Fleet dock.
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The ducks know they'll be well-fed.
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And so do the carp!
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Looking at the Fort Pitt Bridge down the Allegheny River.
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A closer view fo the double-decker Fort Pitt Bridge.
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There were plenty of carp in the river at this location.
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Ordering lunch at the Red Star Tavern -- Corey, C.C., Jeff, Oscar, Brian R., Larry, Doug, Billy, Angela and John.
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Larry takes a picture of me taking a picture aboard the Gateway Keystone Belle.
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The group aboard the Keystone Belle, waiting to head upstairs to see the bridges on the cruise.
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This is an old bridge abutment for a former crossing of the Monongahela River, which connected to the Wabash Tunnel.
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Getting ready to sail under the Fort Pitt Bridge.
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Signage on the Fort Pitt Bridge, as seen from the river below.
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This is the point where the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers come together to form the Ohio.
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Looking at the point as the boat turns from the Monongahela to the Allegheny.
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A more distant view of the point. The Fort Pitt Bridge is at right and Fort Duquesne Bridge (both carrying I-279) is at left.
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Looking up the Allegheny River at the bridges.
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Looking back at the Fort Pitt Bridge and the portal to the Fort Pitt Tunnel.
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This is the Duquesne Incline. It is similar to the Monongahela Incline we rode the night before.
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A closer shot of the Fort Pitt Tunnel and connecting ramps to the Fort Pitt Bridge.
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Beneath the Fort Duquesne Bridge.
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Pittsburgh Police patrol the rivers as well as the highways.
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This is a double-decker railroad bridge. At one time it carried four lines but now the bottom deck is empty and the upper deck carries only two rail lines.
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This shows the end of the rail bridge in the previous photo.
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The Gateway Party Liner -- this was the cruise that we had planned to take, but the tour was sold out when we arrived to buy tickets.
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Signage on the Veterans memorial Bridge (I-579).
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Signage on the Veterans Memorial Bridge.
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This is the PA 8 bridge, nearing the Lock & Dam No. 2.
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Approaching the lock. The bridge in the background is the Highland Park Bridge.
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Approaching the lock to continue upstream.
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The dam is not very high at all. Notice the seagulls on the debris which is floating in the lower portion of the photo and the one in flight.
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These seagulls are a bit inland, aren't they?
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Entering the lock.
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The lock doors begin to open as we have reached the height of the water upstream of the dam.
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The lock doors are open and we are clear for exit.
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Looking back at the dock as we depart.
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This stucture was built in 1934.
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Pulling away from the lock, and getting ready to turn around and lock through again.
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One last look upstream on the Allegheny.
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Looking back upstream as we enter the lock for the trip back.
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Three smaller boats will be locking through with us.
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The lock doors close as we get ready to lock through.
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We have been secured to the lock wall for the descent.
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This shows the level of the water when it is level with the upstream level above the dam.

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