What did I see - large concrete statues on I-70/76

Submitted by labiokses t3_11kkp4l in Pennsylvania

About 2 summers ago, I was on a road trip that brought me across Pennsylvania. I was driving somewhere between Wheeling, WV and Harrisburg. Somewhere among the tunnels and the mountains, I distinctly remember seeing what were two ≈15-20 feet tall concrete statues, perhaps carved into the mountains themselves. The carvings were of workmen, in a very WPA-era art style. I have looked high and low to try and find/identify these statues, but can’t find anything. While I was tired after a long day of driving (STL->Harrisburg) I don’t think I imagined them. At this point I’m almost convinced they were the ghosts of workers who died making the tunnels or something. Does anybody know about what I saw?

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SquintyB t1_jb7wwtj wrote

I drive from Washington pa to Philly pretty regularly and I don't know what you're talking about. There's nothing like that I am aware of

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labiokses OP t1_jb7rn26 wrote

Looking back it could have been carvings inside the tunnels but I’m not sure.

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Optimal_Spend779 t1_jb80u0b wrote

Maybe above a tunnel entrance? I feel like that sounds vaguely familiar to me while driving through WV

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labiokses OP t1_jbakt5a wrote

Yeah that’s what I remember, outside the entrance to some tunnel

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Optimal_Spend779 t1_jbast12 wrote

I just did the drive through WV up through Pittsburgh like 6 months ago, I suggest researching along I-77 area in WV! I think it was somewhere in that area, maybe near Flatwoods.

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woodcuttersDaughter t1_jb7z3kf wrote

I’ve driven 70 to Wheeling from Pgh and Pgh to all points east on 76 dozens of times. I have never seen anything like you describe. There isn’t anything inside the tunnels on the turnpike.

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thehoagieboy t1_jb8kxe5 wrote

Is it possible that you were on the blue route and saw the hill griffin?

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IamSauerKraut t1_jb9vvrs wrote

Radnor is just a wee bit west of Hbg, non?

I think there may be something at the entrance to one of the tunnels. Now have this eyeworm...

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egJohn t1_jb9cgat wrote

there are some amazing wpa-style bas relief carvings on the George Westinghouse bridge on route 30 just east of Forest hills.

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labiokses OP t1_jbakngu wrote

It might have been something like this but we weren’t coming from Pittsburgh.

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SWPenn t1_jbdy8vt wrote

I was thinking of the sculptures on the Westinghouse Bridge, too. They are amazing. If you were going from Wheeling to Harrisburg, were you traveling on I-70 and then got on the turnpike at New Stanton? The Westinghouse Bridge would be route 30, which can get you to the turnpike, too.

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labiokses OP t1_jbexlr2 wrote

Honestly those look really familiar, but I remember having a conversation with my road tripping partner about going through Pittsburgh, and we decided against it. I don’t think we would have been that far north. But man those do look familiar, I wonder if there’s another set of those somewhere?

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Castor_and_Pollux123 t1_jb9z9dr wrote

There used to be two concrete sculpture towers visible on I-78, near Easton. You could see them when travelling west. I don't know if they're still there.

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labiokses OP t1_jbakoyt wrote

Interesting, but these were east of where we were.

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