Old Alignment
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Roads, rails, and the places they left behind. Old Alignment is about the routes that built the United States — and the towns left behind when the traffic moved somewhere else. Every video follows one line on the map from end to end: a highway, a rail corridor, a border, a road that stops for no obvious reason. Where it came from, what it fed, who it made rich, and what happened when the country found a faster way. Geography, infrastructure, and industrial history across America. Contact: [email protected]
A Man Built a Railroad Over the Top of a Mountain Because He Could Not Afford to Dig Through It
Old Alignment · 152K views · 3 weeks ago
California Wiped US 40 Off Its Maps in 1964 — Then Kept Driving It for Sixty Years
Old Alignment · 100K views · 1 month ago
In 1956, Wyoming Told Washington Not to Build I-80 Here. It Opened in 1970 and Closed in Four Days
Old Alignment · 3.3K views · 4 hours ago
Henry Ford Killed a Michigan Highway So a Fishing Club With 50 Members Would Finally Let Him In
Old Alignment · 37K views · 2 weeks ago
Two Men Carved Their Names Inside an Oregon Highway Tunnel in 1921. Then Oregon Filled It With Rock
Old Alignment · 27K views · 2 days ago
A Pennsylvania Town Watched Its Dam Bend 32 Inches in 1910. In 1911 It Killed 78 of Them
Old Alignment · 20K views · 2 weeks ago
Pennsylvania Buried a Finished Highway in 1977, Then Rented It Out to Goat Farmers
Old Alignment · 79K views · 1 month ago
Laurel Hill: The Abandoned Tunnel Guarded Around the Clock
Old Alignment · 377K views · 1 month ago
Why Did North Carolina's Steepest Railroad Aim Every Train on the Way Down at a Runaway Ramp?
Old Alignment · 54K views · 10 days ago
America Promised North Carolina a Road in 1943, Then Paid 52 Million Dollars Not to Build It
Old Alignment · 96K views · 1 month ago
Richmond Sealed a Tunnel in 1926 With a Locomotive and Two Men Still Inside It
Old Alignment · 631K views · 4 weeks ago
Cumberland Gap: The Highway America Erased
Old Alignment · 229K views · 2 months ago
Engineers Wrote Down Exactly How This Bridge Would Fall in 2002. In 2003 It Fell That Way
Old Alignment · 113K views · 1 month ago
The Ridge Route: The Deadliest Road California Ever Abandoned
Old Alignment · 97K views · 2 months ago
Route 66: The Mountain Grade Cars Climbed in Reverse
Old Alignment · 32K views · 1 month ago
Highway 287: The Road Colorado Decided to Drown
Old Alignment · 70K views · 2 months ago
The Army Sealed This Tunnel in 1942 With 32 Men Buried Outside It and It Has Not Been Opened Since
Old Alignment · 73K views · 3 weeks ago