An expected 75 concrete engineers and researchers will pay a visit Monday to Court Avenue, the country’s oldest concrete street still in use, to recognize the 125th anniversary of George Bartholomew’s experiment which laid the foundation for the nation’s road system.
“The more I research this the more significant it becomes,” said Mark Pardi, a professional engineer with Ohio Concrete. “It shows the importance of pharmacists then. They were the scientists that experimented and created new formulas.”
Monday’s 4 p.m. visit to Bellefontaine is a precursor to a four-day annual conference in Columbus of researchers and professional engineers from 30 states.
Some work in private industry while others are with state departments of transportation or universities.
It has been several years since Columbus hosted such an event, Mr. Pardi said, and it seemed appropriate to pay a visit to Bellefontaine.
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Concrete professionals from around the United States will converge Monday on Court Avenue, shown in this February file photo, to pay homage to the first concrete streets in America on the landmark’s 125th anniversary year. (EXAMINER FILE PHOTO | REUBEN MEES) |
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