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JIM: Improved pike to Campbellsville cut time to 1 hr 10 min

Jim writes:

This recent photo of work on the Heartland Parkway near Columbia brought to mind an entry from the "Locals" column in the Adair County News just over 100 years ago (March 22, 1916):
"The pike from [Columbia] to Campbellsville is in better condition than for many years in the past. Autos make the trip in one hour and ten minutes."
In 1916, the Columbia-Campbellsville pike was still privately owned and maintained. The speed implied in the passage above -- some 17 miles an hour -- surely seemed like the wind itself to travelers. The same trip via nonmotorized hack lasted three hours under the best of conditions and generally took longer, sometimes considerably longer. --Jim

Comments re photo 65802 Heartland Parkway work underway in Adair




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