Tag: US 136
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The Dixie Highway in western Indiana: Old alignments in Hendricks County
A couple of old alignments as I wrap up this leg of my Dixie Highway journey in Hendricks County, Indiana.
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The Dixie Highway in western Indiana: Brick alignment at New Ross
US 136 bypasses the old Dixie Highway through New Ross – and leaves behind a short stretch of brick highway.
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The Dixie Highway in western Indiana: Waynetown, Crawfordsville, and Mace
Three Dixie Highway towns in Montgomery County, Indiana.
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The Dixie Highway in western Indiana: Covington, Veedersburg, and Hillsboro
A county seat and two small towns on the Dixie Highway in Fountain County, Indiana.
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The Dixie Highway in western Indiana: Crossing the Wabash River
The beginning of the western Dixie Highway in Indiana, as it crosses the Wabash River.
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The Dixie Highway in western Indiana
Introduction to my road trip along the Dixie Highway from the Indiana/Illinois line to Indianapolis.
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single frame: New Ross Road
A brick alignment of the Dixie Highway near New Ross, Indiana.
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single frame: Pony truss bridge on the Dixie Highway
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See it now
After exploring the Midwest’s old highways for the past seven years, this is the most important thing I’ve learned: See it now. The roadway’s built environment changes with time, and artifacts of the past disappear. It’s the natural order of things. These buildings in Crawfordsville houses Cornett’s Furniture. When I made my Dixie Highway trips…
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Fine-art road-trip photography?
Most photos I take when I’m on a road trip are documentary. I take care to compose them as well as I can so they’re pleasing, but my primary goal is to show the road and its context of landscape and built environment. Once in a while on the road I find something that creates…
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Are all Dixie Highway small towns in Indiana alike?
When I get home from a road trip, as soon as I can I transfer the photos from my camera to my computer and geotag them. If I wait too long, I’m likely to forget where I took some of the shots. It’s a darn good thing I didn’t delay after this trip, or I…
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Brick alignment of the Dixie Highway near New Ross, Indiana
The Dixie Highway originally cheerfully passed through New Ross about 12 miles southeast of Crawfordsville, but just southeast of town the road crossed a railroad track after a sharp curve. Indiana’s highway engineers devised a new route that crossed the tracks more safely, bypassing New Ross in the process. There’s not much to New Ross,…