Episode 186
Mount Washington Auto Road
Sun, 2017-Nov-05 21:47 UTC
Length - 1:53
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Our random article today is Mount Washington Auto Road.
The Mount Washington Auto Road — originally the Mount Washington Carriage Road — is a 7.6 mi (12.2 km) toll road that extends from New Hampshire Route 16 in Green's Grant, just north of Pinkham Notch, westward across Pinkham's Grant and Thompson and Meserve's Purchase to the summit of Mount Washington in the White Mountains of the US state of New Hampshire. The road climbs 4,618 ft (1,408 m) from an altitude of 1,527 ft (465 m) at the bottom to 6,145 ft (1,873 m) at the top, an average gradient of 11.6%. The road was completed and opened to the public in 1861.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 21:47 UTC on Sunday, 05 November 2017.
For the full current version of the article, go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Washington_Auto_Road.
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