Progress is what killed all the small towns along the Ohio River. All we heard growing up was how much business Route 7 would bring to the area buy having the Highway run along the river. What it did in fact is kill all the small towns. Before the Highway all traffic went right down main street. People stopped at the gas stations, stores, restaurants, etc, etc. Once the Highway was finished everybody just flew by the towns at 75 MPH by passing the towns and hurting businesses.
