Either Rain Or Gloom Of Night

 

Motor Cargo Industries, Inc. is one of the largest less-than-truckload carriers. The Utah-based company provides transportation and logistics services to shippers primarily within the western region of the United States. Motor Cargo transports general commodities such as consumer goods, packaged food, electronics, computer equipment, apparel, hardware, industrial goods, and auto parts.

Dating back to a sparse 1922 Utah and only "two trucks and a guy," the Barton Truck Line was finally incorporated in 1954. During the 1950s and early 1960s, the firm shipped to several Utah cities. After Barton acquired Bonanza Trucking Company, it became a regional carrier. Upon close inspection of the fabulous 1959 illustration above for Goodyear Tire's Hi-Miler Cross-Rib tires, the trailer appears to have a Motor Cargo logo emblazoned. Odd, in that Barton did not change its name officially to Motor Cargo until 1973.

FWIW: The tractor depicted is a late 1950s Diamond T COE.

The Chesapeake Roller Coaster

 

On this date in 1964, the original 2-lane northbound Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (officially the Lucius J. Kellam, Jr. Bridge-Tunnel) was opened after 42 months of construction in the state of Virginia. The 2-lane southbound lanes were opened in 1999 making it a four-lane 20-mile-long vehicular toll crossing of the lower Chesapeake Bay, replacing the long-standing ferry system as the primary channel crossing. The crossing consists of a series of low-level trestles interrupted by two nearly one-mile-long tunnels beneath two Atlantic shipping channels, Thimble Shoals and the Chesapeake Channel. The manmade islands, each approximately 5.25 acres in size, are located at each end of the two tunnels. 

The Royal Gorge Bridge (1929)

 

The Royal Gorge Bridge and Park is a tourist attraction near Cañon City, Colorado that spans the gorge 956' above the Arkansas River. It held the record of the highest bridge in the world from 1929 until 2001. It remains the highest bridge in the United States. The 1,260-foot long bridge is primarily for foot traffic but service vehicles, and in special circumstances, automobiles and motorcycles are allowed. A walk across the bridge can be a bit unsettling as construction allows it to sway.

The project was financed by Lon P. Piper, president of the Royal Gorge Bridge and Amusement Company of San Antonio, Texas. It was built in six months at a cost of $350,000, over 20 million in today's dollars. An Incline Railway was added in 1931 to reach the bottom of the gorge. Most of the park structures on both sides of the gorge were destroyed by a wildfire in 2013. The bridge only needed minor repair and the park's buildings were rebuilt and reopened in a little over a year.