Here you go! Some corridor H eye-candy after the 5 minute mark you get the newly opened section.

Pretty cool
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6dbmN2YjOk

Catching up to the Future!..What a sweet cruise as you fly Higher up on the Mountain Column looking way down at the old road at times.
I can't help but think that the ride would have been a lot straighter if not for all the red tape involved...not to mention being completed by now!

Anybody know anything about those caves they found there and closed up?

Wondering why they closed them off. And where they were?

REDNECK AL QUEDA

Kris - I read some months back when an article was done on them in the local Moorefield Examiner, they were closed up for liability purposes. Basically the mouth of the caves was on state property, but the caves themselves went under private land and I believe it was a joint agreement between both private and the state landowners to gate them off for now.

Tested the new section today with great results.

I drove from the intersection of 93/42 (Scherr) to Petersburg, then up to Corridor H at Moorefield and measured it at 31 miles, and it took me 45 minutes (which was actually good because I was never slowed down and I'm sure I had timed that before at 50 minutes).

Anyway, from starting Corridor H at Moorefield all the way back to Scherr I measured 21 miles, and it took me about 22 minutes. Hence, a savings of 23 minutes because of the new section!!

And man is Greenland Gap Road beautiful -- just don't get distracted when you're driving it because there would be a treacherous fall off into the stream below!

Thanks for the "eyes on" report. How do you think the Greenland Gap Road would drive with snow?
The Colonel

I read some more about the caves after i asked this question.

They are Crystal caves. They had a couple of cave mappers go in and map them to make sure the road wasnt in trouble of caving in on top of them.

The cavers said it was the most beautiful cave they have ever seen.

Then they rushed them out and sealed it back up for some reason. There could be a lot of exploring to be done in there if they would open it up. Caving is like one of my other hobbies and I for one would love to see this cave.

I just dont understand why they closed it up? Just leave it open and dont say anything? Have a guy map it to make sure the road is safe, then just be quiet and let ppl explore it.

Just my opinion.

The road is fairly narrow (two tight lanes unmarked) but very recently paved (looks like in the last month). In snow it would be just a slower ride (of course), but a bit nerve-racking, because there are areas where if you went off the north side of the road you would fall straight down a great distance to a small stream below with no guard rail to protect you.

Luckily, this road is on the much less snowy side of the Allegheny Mountains.

For direction clarification, when you reach the end of Corridor H you are taken off the highway to a stop sign. Take a right at this stop sign (even though there is a sign that points left to reach 42) and continue less than two miles to Greenland Gap Road, where you take a left. After several miles on this beautiful road you will come to another stop sign -- take another left there and follow this to another stop sign (which is 93). Continue straight through this stop sign and you are at the stop sign for 93 in about 100 yards at Scherr where you take a right to head up the mountain to Bismark/Davis, etc.

This road is on the less snowy side of the divide, but still receives remnants of the blizzards that are roaring on top the divide. Although the elevation is much lower, being so close to the divide, you would be surprised how much remnant lake effects does fall.

I drive through Scherr and Greenland Gap quite often, in both summer and winter time. I recommend against driving through the Gap in winter, as the roads are typically very bad, even when there hasnt been recent snow. Being in the Gap, it does not receive much direct sunlight. THe snow tends to stick around for long periods of time and the freeze/thaw cycle turns the road very icy. Combine this with the narrow road, tight turns, and lack of guardrails and it becomes very tricky.

Driving through the Gap only saves about 5 minutes (versus taking 42 and driving through Maysville and Cosner Gap). I recommend taking the extra 5 minutes and using 42 to get to Scherr safely.

Okay so I made the trip this last weekend from Vienna Va.
From 66 & Nutley road 2 hours 35 minutes door to door both ways, never hit more than 10 miles over the limit.
Not only was the time to get there great but coming home i did not have exhausted drained feeling from the intense mountain switchback driving.

I can see this happening at some point on Corridor H--albeit with less cars.

Probably between Bismarck and Davis.

I-77 Pileup

I don't see that happening.

Perhaps involving cows and chickens?

I saved 10 minutes from Snowshoe to DC by avoiding Petersburg and Moorefield by driving up from the intersection of 55/42 outside of Petersburg and up Patterson Creek Road (55MPH) up to the entrance to the new highway. Loved it. No slow traffic, no traffic lights, and Patterson Creek Road is in much better shape than 55.

Interesting ... makes sense, as Moorefield-Petersburg is usually so pokey. Same would be true for traffic to/from CV via Seneca Rocks, although I think that with the new section open, Scherr is now the faster route.

Drove that way this weekend. Greenland Gap road was freshly paved from Knobbly Road to 93/42. I did not get off at 5 but took the 4 lane until the end.

I like the Moorefield/Petersburg route = gas stop/pit stop (Sheetz)/grocery stop (Food Lion - clean store and nice people). LOL stop in Petersburg (FoodLand) for everything we forgot at the Food Lion!

You can still do the Sheetz, as 42 from Patterson Creek Road intersects 28 literally 100 feet from Sheetz.

I also like the Food Lion. Still, if I pack well in DC and have all my groceries, I can avoid the slow drivers and the speed traps in both towns.