Scrapped, Not Saved: Why Historic Bridges Keep Losing
Last year, the McPherson's Ford Bridge in Alleghany County, Virginia, came down for scrap.
Dispatches from the road — personal essays, travel stories, and observations from two decades of exploring America's overlooked corners.
Last year, the McPherson's Ford Bridge in Alleghany County, Virginia, came down for scrap.
Explore the historic National Road through Ohio, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania, from Zane’s Trace and Ohio’s surviving S bridges to Wheeling’s suspension bridge and…
Planning for a highway around Cincinnati shaped the development of several Ohio River crossings.
Construction is scheduled to begin this year to reconstruct the underutilized Madison Avenue Expressway in Indianapolis.
On a chilly winter afternoon, I explored the remnants of the Cincinnati & Whitewater Canal in Ohio with historian Jeffrey Jakucyk.
Some of the last remaining Color Position Lights (CPLs) along CSX's Indiana Subdivision are being replaced in Indiana.
The Coalfields Expressway (US 121) is a proposed 108-mile highway that will connect Interstates 64/77 in West Virginia, to US 23 in Virginia.
During a visit to Charleston, West Virginia, I took a walking tour of two notable bridges.
In late April, Todd Wilson, an award-winning transportation engineer and author of BridgeMapper, visited Charleston, West Virginia, for work. I joined Todd to capture…
Jackson County, West Virginia boasts a rich history, especially when it comes to its iconic covered bridges: The Staats Mill Covered Bridge and the…
Akron, Ohio's Innerbelt is a partly abandoned and demolished freeway that was built between 1970 and 1987.
Seventeen historic covered bridges span West Virginia’s rivers and streams, and most are still in use by motorists or are open to pedestrians. In…