Tag: Putnam County Indiana
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single frame: Hibbs Ford Bridge
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Puzzle solved: The National Road at Pleasant Gardens and Reelsville in Indiana
Thanks to some excellent research by Richard Simpson, the puzzle of the old National Road alignments at Reelsville, IN, is solved!
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Hibbs Ford Bridge Canon PowerShot S80 2010 Built 1906, restored 2006.
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Found: Hidden old National Road alignment
One of my favorite stretches of road anywhere is US 40 and the old National Road in Putnam County, Indiana. To get there, head west from Indianapolis or east from Terre Haute – it’s about in the middle. Indiana’s best old National Road alignments are all there, including a brief brick segment, a gravel segment,…
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17 bridges in Putnam County, part 2
Many wooden covered bridges still serve in Putnam County, Indiana.
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17 bridges in Putnam County, part 1
Putnam County, Indiana, is rich with old bridges. Here are several steel and iron truss bridges we found.
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A kink in the National Road
Last year I wrote on my Roads pages about a trip I took with a friend down US 40 and the National Road across western Indiana. We enjoyed finding forgotten and sometimes abandoned segments of the road’s original alignment. Since then, thanks to the gang at the American Road forum, I’ve discovered the Automobile Blue…