<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_40_Alternate_(Keyser%27s_Ridge%E2%80%93Cumberland,_Maryland)" class="extiw" title="w:U.S. Route 40 Alternate (Keyser's Ridge–Cumberland, Maryland)">U.S. Route 40 Alternate</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Road" class="extiw" title="w:National Road">National Road</a>, and historic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumberland_Road" class="extiw" title="w:Cumberland Road">Cumberland Road</a> runs through the pass from and above <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumberland,_Maryland" class="extiw" title="w:Cumberland, Maryland">Cumberland, Maryland</a>, as did the historic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_and_Ohio_Railroad" class="extiw" title="w:Baltimore and Ohio Railroad">Baltimore and Ohio Railroad</a>'s tracks to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monongahela_Valley" class="extiw" title="w:Monongahela Valley">Monongahela Valley</a> in Pennsylvania passing through the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumberland_Narrows" class="extiw" title="w:Cumberland Narrows">Cumberland Narrows</a> pass above Cumberland, Maryland. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Maryland_Railroad" class="extiw" title="w:Western Maryland Railroad">Western Maryland Railroad</a> also ran track through the gap.
<br>• The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/anticline" class="extiw" title="w:anticline">anticlinal</a> structure of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuscarora_Formation" class="extiw" title="w:Tuscarora Formation">Tuscarora Formation</a> (sandstone layer at top and sides of the mountain) is apparent in this photo.
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