St. Joseph, Champaign County, IL | Meaning one lane is concrete (where the slab comes from, and the other half tar and chip (at least around here)?
There were a couple around here, and those roads still get referred to as “xxxxx slab.* The 2 lane between St. Joseph and Sidney, IL, is one such road. Depending on where you live it’s either the St. Joe/ Sidney slab, or the Sidney/ St. Joe slab.
I’m not old enough to remember it when it was just the one lane of concrete, with gravel/ dirt shoulders. I only remember it as half concrete, half tar and chip. It’s since been converted to 2 lanes of asphalt, but needs to be redone in the worst way. It’s a state road, and some of the state 2 lanes are the worst roads in the county. |