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  2. Court Avenue - Wikipedia

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    Court Avenue. /  40.36056°N 83.75917°W  / 40.36056; -83.75917. Court Avenue is a small street in downtown Bellefontaine, Ohio, United States, located adjacent to the Logan County Courthouse. First paved in 1893, it is known for being the first street in the United States to be paved with concrete. [ 2]

  3. Bellefontaine, Ohio - Wikipedia

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    The street sign's undersign reads "Shortest Street In America" as of May 2, 2020. Court Avenue - A small street in downtown, located adjacent to the Logan County Courthouse. It is known for being the first street in the United States to be paved with concrete. [31] Holland Theater - This theater is listed on the National Register of Historic ...

  4. George Bartholomew (inventor) - Wikipedia

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    George Bartholomew (inventor) George Bartholomew was an American inventor who is credited with the invention of concrete pavement. In 1886, Bartholomew moved to Bellefontaine, Ohio, after having learned about cement production. Bartholomew found a good source of limestone and clay in the area; from this, he hoped to create an artificial stone ...

  5. Street - Wikipedia

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    A street is a public thoroughfare in a built environment. It is a public parcel of land adjoining buildings in an urban context, on which people may freely assemble, interact, and move about. A street can be as simple as a level patch of dirt, but is more often paved with a hard, durable surface such as tarmac, concrete, cobblestone or brick.

  6. 33 Thomas Street - Wikipedia

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    33 Thomas Street (formerly the AT&T Long Lines Building) is a 550-foot-tall (170 m) windowless skyscraper in the Tribeca neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States. It stands on the east side of Church Street , between Thomas Street and Worth Street .

  7. Pervious concrete - Wikipedia

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    A pervious concrete street in 2005. Pervious concrete (also called porous concrete, permeable concrete, no fines concrete and porous pavement) is a special type of concrete with a high porosity used for concrete flatwork applications that allows water from precipitation and other sources to pass directly through, thereby reducing the runoff from a site and allowing groundwater recharge.

  8. Curb cut - Wikipedia

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    A pram ramp with tactile paving that connects an off-street walking trail to a road. A curb cut (U.S.), curb ramp, depressed curb, dropped kerb (UK), pram ramp, or kerb ramp (Australia) is a solid (usually concrete) ramp graded down from the top surface of a sidewalk to the surface of an adjoining street. It is designed primarily for pedestrian ...

  9. Concrete, Washington - Wikipedia

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    360. FIPS code. 53-14380 [2] GNIS feature ID. 1518004 [3] Website. Town of Concrete. Concrete is a town in north-central Skagit County, Washington, United States. It is part of the Mount Vernon - Anacortes, Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area, and had a population of 801 at the 2020 census.