Tag: concrete
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Historic road infrastructure on Old State Road 37 and the Dixie Highway in Morgan County, Indiana
Concrete road and a concrete-arch bridge on Old SR 37/Dixie Highway in Morgan County, Indiana
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Old US 40/National Road alignment in Putnam County, Indiana
An old US 40 alignment, with a 1920s bridge and period concrete pavement, in Putnam County, Indiana.
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Is old road pavement worth preserving?
A 90+-year-old section of continuous concrete pavement was recently removed as Indiana State Road 37 undergoes conversion to Interstate 69.
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Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Canon PowerShot S95 2015
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Improving the rutted National Road in Ohio
Imagining what a road was like in years gone by draws me out to find the old alignments and the old pavement. This is why I’ve recently shared photos of left-behind brick and concrete segments of Ohio’s National Road with you – photos, I’m sure, that were interesting only to readers with a healthy inner roadgeek.…
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Concrete evidence of the National Road in Ohio
We take for granted that we can drive anywhere in the nation today, but such was not always the case. I have a book here that is a transcribed diary of a family driving from California to Indiana in 1913. Most roads were dirt; some were gravel. Out west, the family found many places were…
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Straightened, widened, and moved
My last post mentioned how the National Road and US 40 has been repeatedly straightened, leveled, widened, and outright moved. As I began this trip west down the National Road from Indianapolis, I came across three out of four of those right away. This image from Bing Maps shows the road around the Marion-Hendricks county…