Loysburg Gap, Pennsylvania
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Loysburg Gap is a water gap
where Pennsylvania Route 36
and the Yellow Creek pass through Tussey Mountain
in near Loysburg
in Bedford County
, Pennsylvania
, United States
.
Water gap
A water gap is an opening or notch which flowing water has carved through a mountain range. Water gaps often offer a practical route for road and rail transport to cross mountain ridges.- Geology :...
where Pennsylvania Route 36
Pennsylvania Route 36
Pennsylvania Route 36 is a long state highway located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The southern terminus is at Pennsylvania Route 26 near the Hopewell Township community of Yellow Creek...
and the Yellow Creek pass through Tussey Mountain
Tussey Mountain
]Tussey Mountain is a stratigraphic ridge in central Pennsylvania, United States, trending east of the Bald Eagle, Brush, Dunning and Evitts Mountain ridges...
in near Loysburg
Loysburg, Pennsylvania
Loysburg is an unincorporated community in the Morrisons Cove area of South Woodbury Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States. It lies along Pennsylvania Route 36 and the Yellow Creek near the Loysburg Gap in Tussey Mountain...
in Bedford County
Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Bedford County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 49,762. The county seat is Bedford. It is part of the Altoona, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area.- History :...
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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