On August 12, a ribbon cutting
ceremony was held to commemorate the grand re-opening of County
Road 250 North, as it is better
known, Ship-Middlebury road.
County Commissioner George
by Justin Geigley
Bachman offered his sentiments
on the occasion by saying, “It’s
been a long hard project and it’s
taken many years. Three million
dollars of Major Moves money was
spent to speed it up, otherwise the
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Above (left to right): Officials/town employees pictured are Tom
Sheline, Jerry Rice, Jerry Ankney, Marlin Stutzman, George
Bachman, Roger Yoder, Garry Heller, Ryan Riegsecker, and Larry
Miller. Right: On the lighter side of things, this picture was taken
as one of several cars passes through the ribbon cutting area before
the ribbon was cut and the road opened. The shared sentiment was
that this nicely summed up the project from the beginning.
project would have gone for about
another year.”
The project was indeed a long
one ... it was conceived in 1999 but
construction didn’t get started until
2008, nine years later.
September 2011
Country Road 250 North Officially Open To Public
Agents: Brent Hoober & Regina K. Yoder
8015 W US 20 • Shipshewana, IN • 260-768-4547
NW Corner of SR 5 & US 20
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