Website Change Log - PENNWAYS

6-1-2004: Updated these articles - "DE Route 1 - Korean War Veterans Highway" - added 8 of my July 2003 photos of the highway and C & D Canal bridge, added traffic volume details, and added 3 more external links.
"DE Route 1 - Section Details" - a few minor date changes.
"C & D Canal Bridges" - a few cosmetic changes.
"Chesapeake and Delaware Canal (C & D Canal)" - added 3 of my July 2003 photos of the canal, railroad bridge, and the DE-1 and US-13 highway bridges, added details about the clearance and operation of the railroad bridge, and added 2 external links.
3-1-2004: - "Pennsylvania Turnpike - Abandoned Roadways and Tunnels" - updated external links, added new external links, and made keyword, cosmetic and 'new format' changes.
10-5-2003: "Center City Commuter Connection (Commuter Tunnel)" - made updates to this article, including links to external websites, plus new format and cosmetic changes. Matthew Mitchell of the Delaware Valley Association of Rail Passengers, provided more information about the Commuter Tunnel operations and the Philadelphia regional commuter rail system. They are in the new below article - "Center City Commuter Connection - Line Operations", which is linked from the top article.
8-10-2003: "I-76 Schuylkill Expressway" - when I developed this article back in 1998, I was planning on eventually developing a far more comprehensive article; but other highway private websites have since then developed comprehensive articles about it, so I have links to their sites. I added details of the widening project that was planned in the 1970s, to widen the 4 lane section of I-76 between US-1 City Avenue and I-476, a distance of 8 miles, to 6 lanes. I made cosmetic and format changes also.
8-10-2003: "I-676 Vine Street Expressway" - when I developed this article back in 1998, I was planning on eventually developing a far more comprehensive article; but other highway private websites have since then developed comprehensive articles about it, so I have links to their sites. I made cosmetic and format changes also.
7-6-2003: "Regional Commuter Rail" - when I developed this article back in 1998, I was planning on eventually developing a far more comprehensive article; but other rail transit private websites have since then developed comprehensive articles about it, so I've added links to their sites. I made cosmetic and format changes also.
7-5-2003: "Route 100 Light Rail Line (P&W RR)" - when I developed this article back in 1998, I was planning on eventually developing a far more comprehensive article; but other rail transit private websites have since then developed comprehensive articles about it, so I've added links to their sites. I made cosmetic and format changes also.
7-1-2003: "DE Route 1 - Korean War Veterans Highway" - this article was created with the title "The Relief Route (Delaware Route 1)" on 8-14-1997, and the article received major updates and the title was changed to "DE Route 1 - Korean War Veterans Highway" on 7-1-2003. The revised article has sub-links to
"DE Route 1 - Section Details" (new), and "C & D Canal Bridges" with 3 aerial photos (revised).
"Chesapeake and Delaware Canal (C & D Canal)" - new article about the 14-mile long sea-level canal which crosses the northern Delaware/Maryland peninsula, and which connects Chesapeake Bay to the Delaware River. Map and photos included.

9-28-2001: "Center City Commuter Connection (Commuter Tunnel)" - expanded the article with major additions, using a new source, "Philadelphia Finally Gets its Tunnel", an article in Mass Transit magazine, April 1979, by David C. Hackney, transportation reporter for the newspaper Philadelphia Bulletin. The new material is in these sections of my article - "Early Planning for Commuter Tunnel", " Mayor Frank Rizzo's Influence on Commuter Tunnel Project", "William Coleman Approves Federal Funding for Commuter Tunnel", and "Market Street East Redevelopment Area and the Gallery".

8-20-2000: I have obtained a new web hosting service for my "PENNWAYS" website, and I have completed moving all the articles. I have also obtained the domain name www.pennways.com. So my "PENNWAYS" main page is now at --- http://www.pennways.com. I made numerous small improvements also, updating old articles, fixing dead links, adding new links, adding new information. I've extensively tested all the links and files on the new website. IMPORTANT - for those who link directly to my articles, please check the pennways.com article link to make sure that you get the right address, because I changed some of the .html and .jpg file names to make them more intelligible. The overall logical layout, content and functions of the "PENNWAYS" website on pennways.com are very similar to that of the old website. [counter 13,002]

1-22-2000: Added links to Jeff Kitsko's articles about these highways from my articles on the same highways - I-76, I-676, and I-95. Added link to Steve Anderson's article about the Benjamin Franklin Bridge from my I-676 Vine Street Expressway article. Added link to I 676 Vine Street Expressway Pictures, by Alex Nitzman, from my I-676 Vine Street Expressway article.

1-13-2000: Added link to Steve Anderson's article about the I-76 Schuylkill Expressway from my article on the same highway. Added link to Steve Anderson's article about the Walt Whitman Bridge from my I-76 Schuylkill Expressway article. Added link to Steve Anderson's article about the I-95 Delaware Expressway from my article on the same highway.

10-23-1998: Moved these pages and photos to new webspace - "The Relief Route (Delaware Route 1)", "C&D Canal Bridges".

10-11-1998: Moved these pages and photos to new webspace - "I-476 Mid-County Expressway", "I-76 Schuylkill Expressway", "Route 100 Light Rail Line (P&W)".

8-21-1998: Moved "I-95 Delaware Expressway" pages and photos to new webspace.

5-26-1998: Revised/expanded article "Center City Commuter Connection (Commuter Tunnel)". I wove in some of the comments made by Philly folk.

3-28-1998: Article "The Relief Route (Delaware Route 1)" - added three aerial photos (large versions of previous 3 aerials) of C&D Canal bridges.

2-15-1998: Added another 1976 photo of West Conshohocken interchange construction. "I-76 Schuylkill Expressway" - added 1987 photo of Pencoyd Viaduct and PRR Schuylkill River bridge area near Belmont Ave.; added photos of "before" (1976) and "after" (1987) I-76 reconstruction near West Conshohocken. "I-95 Delaware Expressway" - added 1987 photo of completed I-95 near Philadelphia International Airport. "Route 100 Light Rail Line (P&W)" - added 1987 photo of relocated Old Gulph Road at Gulph Mills, with P&W station and Gulph Mills Viaduct of the I-76 Schuylkill Expressway. "The Relief Route (Delaware Route 1)" - added three aerial photos (small and medium of each) of C&D Canal bridges (compliments of DelDOT). The Relief Route link is on The Virginia Highwayman website too.

2-6-1998: Added a new page "I-476 West Conshohocken Interchange" linked from the I-476 page. It has 2 photos of the completed West Conshohocken interchange. Added new pages linked from the I-95 page: "I-95 Construction in Center City and South Philadelphia" with 5 photos of I-95 construction in Center City and South Philadelphia, and "I-95 Ride Through Center City and South Philadelphia" with 6 photos of just opened I-95 in Center City and South Philadelphia. Added a link to my The Virginia Highwayman article, "The Relief Route (Delaware Route 1)".

2-2-1998: Completed uploading first 8 articles and first 13 photos. Notified newsgroups. The articles are "I-476 Mid-County Expressway", "I-676 Vine Street Expressway", "I-76 Schuylkill Expressway", "I-95 Delaware Expressway", "Regional Commuter Rail", "Center City Commuter Connection (Commuter Tunnel)", "Airport High Speed Line", "Route 100 Light Rail Line (P&W)".

2-1-1998: Uploaded first part of website.

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By Scott M. Kozel, PENNWAYS