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America is 20 Miles of Route 50

An appreciation of the highway as a linear place

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Addison Del Mastro
Jun 24, 2021
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It’s funny that despite my dislike of car dependence and my love of walkable places, the bread and butter of my work is road trips. Two of the pieces I’m proudest of, and had the most fun putting together, were this long drive down U.S. Route 11 through Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley (which yielded the logo for this newsletter!), and this drive on U.S. 50…

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