Before the ford was closed
The 10 acres for Kennedy Park in Shelbyville, Indiana were bought and donated to the city in 1929 by Fred Kennedy. Among the features of the park included a concrete ford that crossed the Little Blue River to East Franklin Street. For years it was a place to drive across the river by car or bike. It was also a place to wash your car, which of course you couldn’t do today.
The video pans from East to West and shows the last complete concrete section of the old ford. You can also get a glimpse of the recently completed steel pedestrian footbridge over the river.
Roadtirement 
I think it was a good idea to close that crossing down for safety, I wonder how many cars and folks were washed away over the years?
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Ironically the ford was closed because the maintenance was to high, or so they say.
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That seems a bit fishy! Pun intended…
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😁😁😁
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It’s sad that they closed it.
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I remember that it was closed because maintenance costs were becoming too high. I remember wading across the ford. I also as a kid entered the fishing contests they had. There were kids side by side along the bank that you see at the beginning of the video…
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