Manassas Gap
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Manassas Gap is a wind gap located in the Blue Ridge Mountains. At an elevation of 950 feet above sea level, it is the lowest crossing of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia between the Piedmont region on the eastern side and the Shenandoah Valley (or Great Valley of Virginia) to the west. The mountain ridge forms the border between Warren County and Fauquier County.
The Manassas Gap Railroad was completed through this pass in 1854, and today, the tracks form a part of the Norfolk Southern rail system. U.S. Route 55 and Interstate 66 also pass through Manassas Gap. The north-south Appalachian Trail also crosses the gap.
Virginia's independent cities of Manassas and Manassas Park derived their names from the railroad which was built through Manassas Gap.
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