tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post3718208141922141272..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Old Route 28Assistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-7189992901761660792011-06-16T12:49:04.997-04:002011-06-16T12:49:04.997-04:00If you look at C. Road, S.B. Road and K.C. Road on...If you look at C. Road, S.B. Road and K.C. Road on a map, envision removing the new Rt 28. Then you can see the old Rt 28 curving back and forth. <br /><br />At the north end of Carpenter Rd, old Rt 28 would wind past the old Marden place on the left (now occupied by Randalls and about 100 yds of new 28) and curve back to the left on Swiggey Brook Rd. At the north end of Swiggey Brook rd, where it now curves hard right to intersect with 28, it went straighter up to the intersection with Websters Mill Rd. This short section (perhaps 50 yards)is where I used to mow my lawn. <br /><br />Going north After that the route was similar to New 28. At the intersection with Websters Mills it would bear left, threading between what is now the McCanney house (Pumpkin Hill Farm) on the right just before Websters Mill rd and the old Ryan place on the left (since burned down). <br /><br />Sometime in the late 80's or early 90's Clarks Grain Store moved off Kelly's corner to it's current location on new Rt 28. <br /><br />The same thing occurred at the north end of Kelly's corner rd. Where it used to continue on into Pittsfield, the new RT 28 bypasses Pittsfield. The old route is now Concord Hill Rd.Dubbahdeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00075702513873912334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-45085914469842464122011-06-15T12:03:20.711-04:002011-06-15T12:03:20.711-04:00Those three roads will indeed be figuring into lat...Those three roads will indeed be figuring into later posts. Did Squiggy Brook and Carpenter connect at any time? It looks as if they may have. I will also get your front-yard information before I make my final map. And explain why I didn't drop in when I was so near...Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-48931374397096905852011-06-15T11:31:10.551-04:002011-06-15T11:31:10.551-04:00I grew up right on Rt 28 in Chichester. It was the...I grew up right on Rt 28 in Chichester. It was the new 28, having just been finished perhaps a year or two before I was born. But I learned to ride my bike on a chunk of old Rt 28, now renamed Swiggey Brook Rd. The new route straightened things out, and left three sections of the old route intact. The other two nearby are Carpenter Rd and Kelly's Corner Rd. <br />Kelly's Corner was also marked by a stone mile marker painted with Mutt & Jeff characters pointing to Pittsfield and Chichester respectively. The paint was pretty faded when I was a kid, and I think someone restored it a few years ago and it's still there among the weeds. <br />The old route had actually traversed across what was my front lawn growing up. There was a large dirt pile that marked the end of the old route to prevent drivers from driving straight. The land was owned by the state (or so I was told) but we always mowed it and maintained it as if it were part of our front yard. <br />I suspect that route 28 is one of those old roads with lots of stories to tell. I shall have to pay more attention to telephone poles now.Dubbahdeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00075702513873912334noreply@blogger.com