Interstate 68 (I-68) is a 112.9-mile (181.7 km) Interstate highway in the U.S. states of West Virginia and Maryland, connecting Interstate 79 in Morgantown to Interstate 70 in Hancock, and is also part of the Appalachian Development Highway System. In Maryland, it parallels the historic National Road between Keysers Ridge and Hancock. A road cut at one of the many mountain ridges it crosses, Sideling Hill, exposes geological features that have become a tourist attraction. From 1965 until the freeway's construction was completed on August 2, 1991, its segments were designated as U.S. Route 48. It crosses Allegany, Garrett, and Washington counties in Maryland, and Preston and Monongalia counties in West Virginia. The two largest cities connected by the highway are Morgantown and Cumberland, Maryland. Although the freeway serves no major metropolitan areas, it connects western Maryland and northern West Virginia and provides an alternative to the Pennsylvania Turnpike for westbound traffic from Washington, D.C. and Baltimore. US 219, US 220 and US 40 overlap in part with I-68.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

216 BC:

Second Punic War: Carthaginian forces led by Hannibal defeated a numerically superior Roman army, near the town of Cannae in Apulia in southeast Italy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cannae

1610:

English sea explorer Henry Hudson sailed into what is now known as Hudson Bay, thinking he had made it through the Northwest Passage to reach the Pacific Ocean. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_Bay

1830:

His hand forced by the recent July Revolution, Charles X of France abdicated the throne in favor of his grandson, Henry. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_X_of_France

1916:

An explosion sank the Italian dreadnought Leonardo da Vinci, which was blamed on Austro-Hungarian saboteurs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_battleship_Leonardo_da_Vinci

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

tiffin: (Britain, India) A light midday meal or snack; luncheon. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tiffin

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.   --James Baldwin https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_Baldwin