Editing Bellefontaine, Ohio (section)

===Automotive transportation===
[[File:OldestConcreteStreet.JPG|thumb|right|Court Avenue, looking East from South Main St.]]
In 1891, Bellefontaine became the location of the first [[concrete]] street in America. [[George Bartholomew (inventor)|George Bartholomew]] invented a process for paving using [[Portland cement]], which until then had been used in stone construction. A small section of Main Street, on the west side of the [[Logan County Courthouse (Ohio)|Logan County Courthouse]], was the first to be paved using that process. When that proved successful, [[Court Avenue]], which runs along the south side of the courthouse, was paved with concrete. While Main Street is now paved with asphalt, Court Avenue has retained its original concrete pavement for more than 100 years. At its centennial, the street was closed to vehicular traffic and a statue of Bartholomew placed at its Main Street end; it became a pedestrian way. Since then one lane has been reopened for eastbound traffic.

In 1979, [[Honda]] began [[Marysville Motorcycle Plant|manufacturing motorcycles]] in the nearby city of [[Marysville, Ohio]]. Since that time, Honda's operations in the Bellefontaine area have greatly expanded. Bellefontaine is a central location among Honda operations in Marysville, [[East Liberty, Ohio|East Liberty]], [[Russells Point, Ohio|Russells Point]], [[Anna, Ohio|Anna]], and [[Troy, Ohio]]. Honda is Bellefontaine's largest employer in the early 21st century.

[[U.S. Route 68]] intersects with State Routes [[Ohio State Route 47|47]] and [[Ohio State Route 540|540]] in Bellefontaine. [[U.S. Route 33]], a [[freeway]] that has [[interchange (road)|interchanges]] with US 68 and SR 540, skirts the northern edge of the city.