Oldest Concrete Street in America : Marker #1-46
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N 40° 21.631 W 083° 45.577
17T E 265668 N 4471428
Located on the Logan County courthouse lawn along Court St. in Bellefontaine, OH
Waymark Code: WM1MPK
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 06/03/2007
Views: 130
America's first concrete streets were those which surrounded this court house. Concrete was first used in 1891 to provide an 8-foot strip along Main Street where horses were hitched. Two years later Court Avenue was paved with concrete made from native marl supplied by the Buckeye Cement Company, 8 miles to the northeast. This marker was erected in 1968 at the 75th anniversary of the paving of Court Street.
Marker Number: 1-46
County: Logan
Significance of Location: Place
Website address: [Web Link]
Additional Coordinate: Not Listed
Additional Coordinate description: Not listed
Bicentenial Mark: Not Listed
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