That was then (1953).
From chapter 27:
In western Ohio the red line representing U.S. 40 on the highway-map shows two curious jogs. Near Taylorsville and again near Englewood, the road turns sharply south, west again, then as sharply north, back to the original line of the National Road.
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These jogs are caused by two dams of the Miami Conservancy District, erected after th great flood of March 1913, which inundated the city of Dayton, took 361 lives, and caused damage amounting to more than a billion collars.
The Taylorsville Dam, shown here, is more than half a mile long, 415 feet wide at the base, and broad enough on top to accommodate U.S. 40 as a two-lane highway.
This is now.
Google Maps
Taylorville Dam is located 10 miles north of Dayton.
Photo by Retiring Guy: 1952 Rand McNally Road Atlas (arrow added)
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Chapter 6. Bush River. (8/5/2024)
Chapter 7: Baltimore rows. (8/6/2024)
Chapter 8: Ellicott City. (8/7/2024)
Chapter 9. Frederick. (8/8/2024)
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Chapter 12. Mount Prospect. (8/17/2024)
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