Indiana and Illinois National Road Revisited |
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It was exciting to follow the old National Road again and find things I overlooked on past trips. We made only a few stops on this trip, but we spent a lot of time exploring at each one. To retrace our steps, click the Next button below and at the bottom of each page. To go right to a place that interests you, click its name below. |
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Created 12 February 2008. |
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On Armistice Day, November 11, 2007, I headed west on US 40 to pick up my old
friend Michael for a day exploring bits of the National Road in western Indiana
and eastern Illinois that I had overlooked on earlier trips. My 1916 Automobile
Blue Book described a National Road routing over Big Walnut Creek near
Reelsville, IN, that I had not known about. Michael wanted to explore the old
brick road in Illinois as far as Marshall because he drove US 40 to work that
way for several years and was curious about it. I had heard about an original
stone culvert still in service on Marshall's west side, and I wanted to explore
an possible alternate National Road route in Effingham. Finally, I wanted to
revisit a bypassed segment of the old road west of Effingham that had been used
for line-painting practice. 