Franklin County Engineer's Office

"A tradition of excellence"

"Working to Provide the Highest Quality Transportation, Drainage, Surveying, and Land Record Keeping Services"

Dean C. Ringle, P.E., P.S., County Engineer

Road and Bridge History

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Chapter I: Native American Paths Serve as Early Roads

Chapter II: Columbus is Established as New Ohio Capital

Chapter III: National Road is First Cross-Country Route

Chapter IV: Original Franklin County Highways are Built 

Chapter V: Population Blossoms, County Surveyor Adopts Road Duties

Chapter VI: Demands for Better Travel Lead to Road Alternatives

Chapter VII: New Pavement Techniques are Celebrated

Chapter VIII: Streetcars Provide Reliable Mud-Free Travel

Chapter IX: Auto Age Arrives, Ohio Highway Department Established

Chapter X: Legislators Lay the Foundation for State and Federal Highways

Chapter XI: Post-War Road Construction Boom Shapes the Way We Travel

Chapter XII: Today's Thoroughfares Carry the Pulse of Our Modern Society

Franklin County Road and Bridge History

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Updated: September 3, 2010

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