Anyone who’s been in Great Bend for long has undoubtedly encountered Railroad Avenue, from Main to Washington.
For those who grew up here and learned to drive in the community, there was surely the first time they swerved onto the street, only to wonder if they had somehow wandered off the beaten path, as they saw the pavement slope into the center and the familiar curbing disappear.
But there’s a reason for all that.
There are no curbs on the road because of the heavy truck traffic that has to exit the road into businesses all along the ...
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