A Geological Wonder: Pound Gap Road Cut In Jenkins
Posted by admin on 18 May 2013 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
The Pound Gap Road Cut in Letcher County, Kentucky, has been named a “Distinguished Geologic Site†by the Kentucky Society of Professional Geologists. Pound Gap is a natural pass through the Pine Mountain Ridge formation and has been used by travelers since Colonial times. A roadway was constructed through the pass in the early 1900s but this earlier road was replaced by a more up-to-date highway in 1998 to facilitate the modern traffic volume that traverses the pass. The Pound Gap Road Cut was made through hundreds of feet of solid rock and is visible along U.Confused?
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