 The gas station here has, when in service, long been a favorite stop for thru-hikers.A few miles further to the north, at the Indian Brook Road intersection, the highway passes through Nelson's Corner, a rare surviving early 19th-century country hamlet.Old Albany Post Road, a 6.6-mile (10.6 km) remnant of US 9's original and one of the oldest dirt roads still in use in the country, comes in from the right a mile on.