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Highway Transforms Faces Of Two Towns
Route 13 relocation project from Rendville to Burr Oak reshapes two towns and nearby countryside. Shelly Sands holds a 2.1 million contract to realign 5.9 miles finishing in September 1972 with two new bridges and flood level clearance. Homes and businesses are being razed and a coal refuse pile in Corning will be removed as traffic grows toward Lake Burr Oak and Ohio University.
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Roy Cross
Rendville
Corning
Burr Oak
Sunday Creek
Cal Country
Glouster
Trimble
Jacksonville
Shelly Sands
Tom Jenkins
Perry
Athens
Lake Burr Oak State Park
Ohio University