This winter has been rough on all of us in the Midwest. It has also been rough on stretches on the old Lincoln Highway. We're thinking of renaming our area The Land of the Pothole.
The town of Ogden in Iowa has a historic four block stretch of the Lincoln Highway between First and Fifth streets, but the stretch between 2nd and 4th is in especially bad.
This stretch was paved in 1929 and because of its historical significance, is not on the usual rotation for resurfacing. Some of it has been repaved, except for a small patch where someone crossed it before the concrete had a chance to set. (Sort of like Route 66's infamous Turkey Tracks in Illinois.)
They are facing two options. 1. Grinding down the asphalt curb-to-curb and overlaying it with new asphalt, or 2. Digging out the old concrete and repaving.
Right now, they are looking into cost comparisons.
After reading the article in the Ogden Reporter, March 12th, I hope for the latter. It sounds like the pavement is too far gone to continue as the road for the heavy use on Main Street. Dig it up and put it down on a lesser used street or even a park.
Save that Old Pavement. --RoadDog
RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
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