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The Center Leg Freeway is a 1.8-mile corridor which is located in the District of Columbia and presently signed as Interstate 395.  The Center Leg Freeway is aligned from the junction of what is presently signed Interstate 695 north to through the Mall Tunnel and 3rd Street Tunnel to US Route 50 at New York Avenue NW.  The Center Leg Freeway was part of the original path of Interstate 95 through the District of Columbia prior to it being realigned onto the eastern Capital Beltway.  During 1976 the Center Leg Freeway was reassigned as a segment of Interstate 395.  During 2021 the Center Leg Freeway was approved to for new designation of Interstate 195.  Featured as the blog cover is a view of Center Leg Freeway facing southward toward the Mall Tunnel from E Street NW. Part 1; the history of the Center Leg Freeway Note: much of the history of the Center Leg Freeway is sourced from dcroads.net: Center Leg Freeway (I-395) (dcroads.net) The origin of the Center Leg F...

Skyline Drive is a 105.5-mile highway which runs the entire length of Virginia's Shenandoah National Park.  Shenandoah National Park is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains and was formally created by Congress on December 26, 1935.  Construction of Skyline Drive began on July 18, 1931, with segments opening traffic incrementally over the following years.  The final segment of Skyline Drive opened to traffic on August 29, 1939.  Today Skyline Drive functions as a northern extension of the Blue Ridge Parkway.  Pictured as the blog cover is the Marys Rock Tunnel which was completed during 1932.   Part 1; the history of Skyline Drive Movement towards creating a National Park in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia was first proposed during 1901 by Virginia Congressman Henry Flood.  Ultimately legislation to create a National Park in Virginia failed to pass despite support from President Theodore Roosevelt.   During May 1925 President Calvin C...