Tag: Illinois
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Three abandoned bridges in a row
As you drive US 50 in Illinois, in several places you parallel an older alignment of the road. The state has intended at various times to build a four-lane expressway out of US 50, to the extent that new lanes have been laid down with the presumable intent of rebuilding the old lanes to carry…
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Where Lincoln first entered Illinois
Abe Lincoln’s family crossed into Illinois near a place that would later carry US 50.
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Madonnas of the Trail on the National Old Trails Road
Three Madonnas of the Trail, installed on the National Old Trails Road in 1928-9.
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The National Road revisited
“I know!” someone at the highway maintenance barn exclaimed. “Let’s get drunk and go stripe some road!” This and many other adventures, including an abandoned bridge, 10 miles of abandoned brick highway, and an 1830 stone arch bridge still carrying traffic, in my report on the Indiana and Illinois National Road, Revisited.
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The National Road in Illinois
A long trip down the National Road in Illinois, with plenty of old-alignment goodness. They built a new road and left the old one behind, right alongside!