04/16/2025

Ohio Historic National Road Association Receives Award

The National Scenic Byway Foundation gives out the award each year

The Ohio Historic National Road Association (OHNRA) recently received the 2025 Byway Leveraging Resources Award, celebrating its collaborative educational program that brings history to life for local students through an immersive Blaine Bridge Day annual event.

“I think one of the main reasons was because we do work with a lot of different groups,” said OHNRA President Cathryn Stanley. "There's our Historic National Road Association, the Tourism Office, the Pease Township, Bridgeport schools, the Ohio Department of Transportation and the Belmont County Engineer. And what I think the National Scenic Byway [Foundation] people really liked was the bridge itself that we preserved with the original brick, it looks so great and that we bring the students there to see it."

The program is the result of a partnership between the Ohio National Road Association, Pease Township Park District, Bridgeport Exempted Village School District and the Belmont County Tourism Office. With support from local educators, volunteers and government officials such as the Belmont County Engineers Office and Ohio Department of Transportation District 11, students learn firsthand about the construction, restoration and historical impact of the bridge and the road it serves.

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