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Floorplan of Circus Maximus. This design is typical of Roman circuses. The performance space of the Roman circus was normally, despite its name, an oblong rectangle of two linear sections of race track, separated by a median strip running along the length of about two thirds the track, joined at one end with a semicircular section and at the other end with an undivided section of track closed ...
The Dublin Link is a pedestrian and bicycle bridge over the Scioto River in Dublin, Ohio.The bridge is the only single-tower S-shaped suspension bridge in the world. [1] The bridge connects Dublin's historic district and downtown on the west bank with the Bridge Street District partially complete, on the east bank.
The track hosted 200-mile events during the 1912 and 1913 AAA Championship Car seasons, won by Spencer Wishart and Ralph Mulford, respectively. [3] The community of Driving Park at one time was a small one, consisting of employees of the racetrack. Even though the racetrack was abandoned in the 1930s, the community continued to grow.
Aerial view of the facility in 1994. Beulah Park opened in Grove City, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus, in 1923.It was the first thoroughbred racetrack in Ohio.At its close it was one of only three tracks in Ohio to offer live thoroughbred racing, the others being Thistledown in North Randall and River Downs in Cincinnati.
Born on April 27, 1921, in nearby Versailles, Ohio, Baltes had stumbled onto a race at New Bremen Speedway and was so impressed by the big, enthusiastic crowd that he decided to build a race track. Baltes had purchased the Eldora Ballroom from "Ma" Shoes two years earlier, offering weekly dances and musical performances.
The Rich Street Bridge is a bridge in Columbus, Ohio, United States, spanning the Scioto River and connecting downtown's Rich Street to Franklinton's Town Street. It carries U.S. Route 62 (US 62) and Ohio State Route 3 (SR 3). The bridge was completed in 2012. [1] The bridge replaced the Town Street Bridge (1917-2009).
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In 1945, John Nuckles and Robert Roseberry purchased 50 acres (200,000 m 2) of land for site of the future race track. The track opened in 1946 as a dirt track for motorcycles. In 1950 the track was given lighting and in 1957, the track was paved for the first time as car racing, specifically stock car racing, became more popular.