3-748: New Market Gap is a wind gap in the Massanutten Mountain in Virginia . The 1,804 feet (550 m) gap is located approximately in the middle of the range, dividing it into north and south sections. U.S. Route 211 runs through the gap, connecting New Market in the Shenandoah Valley with Luray in the Page Valley . The Massanutten Visitor Center of the George Washington National Forest
6-473: Is off Rt. 211 in the gap. Wind gap (geographical feature) A wind gap (or air gap ) is a gap through which a waterway once flowed that is now dry as a result of stream capture . A water gap is a similar feature, but one in which a waterway still flows. Water gaps and wind gaps often provide routes which, due to their gently inclined profile, are suitable for trails , roads , and railroads through mountainous terrain. Examples of wind gaps in
9-671: The Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia include Swift Run Gap , Rockfish Gap , and Buford's Gap . The last was the original crossing of the Blue Ridge Mountains near Bedford for the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad , later the Norfolk and Western Railway , a precursor of today's Norfolk Southern Railway system. Another wind gap with substantial importance in U.S. history is the Cumberland Gap near
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