I drove 68 yesterday for the first time in several years. My trip from Columbus to Baltimore was a fun drive.
I began taking I-68 to D.C. after repeated, frustrating problems with the EZPass system on the PA Turnpike.
Amenities on that road are good, despite the fact that it passes through some very sparsely populated territory.
When I used to go between NYC and WV I would refer to the stretch from I-79 to I-81 as the "fun part of the trip."
I’m going to Annapolis at the end of September and I-68 will be part of the trip.
Interesting road.
I went to college in WV between 1976-1980. At that time what is now I-68 was designated US 48 (or Appalachian Corridor E) which had been completed From Morgantown to somewhere In western MD just a few months earlier I think in 1975. One of the first roads I ever drove on that had rain groves in the lanes.
It had been many years after completing college that I had the opportunity to travel that route, prolly about 15 years ago. Although I-68 is a huge improvement over US 48 the old road (US 48) in the WV section was fairly nice even back then. A huge improvement over Rt. 50 between Winchester VA and I-79 interchange in Clarksburg WV.
In MD where the road cuts thru Sideling Hill, was (if I remember right) part of old US 40 in MD and was two lanes with a true hairpin at the top. I couldn’t believe how much of the mountain was cut away to upgrade that section to interstate 68 standards. Completely changed the character of that pass thru the mountain.