Built To Last - America's Oldest Concrete Street Bellefontaine, Ohio - Episode 16

What if roads could be Built To Last? In the late 1800s, America’s roads were a mess-muddy bogs in the winter, dusty nightmares in the summer. But in 1891, a chemist named George Bartholomew had a radical idea: what if concrete, a material once dismissed for paving, could revolutionize road construction?
Bartholomew put everything on the line-his time, his money, even a personal bond-to prove his concrete pavement could withstand the wear and tear of horse-drawn traffic. And he got it right. 134 years later, Court Avenue in Bellefontaine, Ohio, remains America’s oldest concrete street, still open to traffic today.
His success sparked a nationwide movement, earning him recognition at the" 1893 Chicago World’s Fair" and paving the way (literally) for the highways we rely on today. But here’s the real question-if Bartholomew's road has lasted over a century, why do modern concrete roads struggle to make it 25 years?
Join me on this episode of Built To Last as we explore how one man’s determination changed the way America travels-and what we can learn from his enduring legacy.
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