You might have heard in the news the other day about the two people who were killed in the street races on I-70. Well, here’s where it happened, and you can see why they choose this place. This is the absolute easternmost point ot I-70. As we talked about during the post about the stack, the interstate was supposed to continue past this point into Baltimore proper.
Community action, which you can read about here, blocked the highway in the midst of its construction, partially in order to save Leakin and Gwynns Falls Parks. (Just a side note if you’ve read the book Homicide, David Simon essentially portrays those two parks as dumping grounds for dead bodies) The road then stops at the point where this picture was taken.
Now, from the stack to this point, there is a two mile stretch of interstate quality roadway that few people ever use. At night, when the make-shift park and ride visible in this picture is not needed for commuters, you can see how this stretch of road would appeal to street racers.
3 responses so far ↓
1 Jess // Jun 23, 2009 at 11:43 AM
So–are they dumping grounds for dead bodies? Or was it exaggerated for effect?
2 Jenny // Jun 23, 2009 at 9:10 PM
Pretty good post. I just found your blog and wanted to say
that I’ve really enjoyed reading your posts. In any case
I’ll be subscribing to your feed and I hope you write again soon!
3 Jeff // Jun 23, 2009 at 10:50 PM
Well I am not sure if it was exaggerated for effect or not. I’m guessing: Not.
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