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Before interstate days (yep I’m that old) everyone traversed rat 52 up


And/or down that fancy gap to Mt Airy road. There were emergency ramps for truckers but it was so dangerous that they had posters of a babe (mostly undressed) that read something like “ I’m Fancy, beware of my curves!” My understanding is that it was posted in truck stops everywhere on east coast and was a major campaign. I hated going down that mountain cause traffic crawled and nowhere to pass. But going up was GRATE in my Alfa. I could blow by anyone.

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Posted: 04/18/2022 at 8:54PM



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