Sermons on the Second Readings
On U.S. Route 40 just west of New Concord, Ohio, stands an S-shaped bridge spanning a creek on the old National Road. Standing uphill from that bridge a traveler can simultaneously observe five historic transportation links that helped to build a nation:
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The original trail blazed by Ebenezer Zane, also known as "Zane's Trace."
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The brick roadbed of the old "National Road" that followed.
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The train tracks of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, which nearly made that early highway obsolete.
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