One more old alignment of US 40 and the National Road lurks in western Indiana, and it takes us from West Terre Haute almost to the Illinois border. It’s highlighted in green on this image.
At one time, as best as I can piece together, the road curved south just before it crossed Sugar Creek (at [...]
A friend and I were cruising through southern Indiana one warm early-autumn day, skirting Camp Atterbury’s eastern boundary on an old alignment of US 31, when we came upon a narrow bridge with obvious and unattractive guardrail repair.
This bridge matters because it is on the Madison State Road, completed in 1824 to link the Ohio [...]
A friend and I went to Madison for the day last Saturday and we drove the Michigan Road home. When we got to the stone bridge just inside Ripley County, we found that the creek had gone dry. Seeing an opportunity for a much closer look at this old girl, we stopped.
We know nothing about [...]
I was in South Bend over the long weekend. I went for a drive one afternoon and wound up following Northside Blvd. its entire length along the St. Joseph River. I hadn’t driven that way in more than 20 years, back when I didn’t have enough experience to appreciate what the city had to offer. [...]
What never fails to make you smile? Here are my top five.
5. An abandoned road.
4. A twisty road I have all to myself.
3. A Studebaker.
2. A steel truss bridge.
1. A dog’s head poked out of a moving car’s window, its ears flying in the breeze.
If you’ve been reading my blog for long, I’m sure none [...]
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