SCENIC BYWAY INVENTORY ALONG HWY 68 & 80 (click on any community on the map above for scenic byway information)
TODD COUNTY
Left Side of Highway
Right Side of Highway
MILE MARKER 80
Historic Hwy 68/80. Located right on the Christian/Todd County Line.
Historic home of General Ralston which is beautiful from a distance, but the brick from the fireplace has been removed and the house in general needs work and money to preserve it.
MILE MARKER 81
Hwy 68/80 Bypass. Complete loop through Fairview on Hwy 68/80. Brings travelers out just east of Fairview on the Hwy 68/80 Bypass. Need sign as one travels west on bypass to turn south (left) onto Historic 68/80.
White fence and farm on north side of bypass
MILE MARKER 82 - 83. (Bypass)
Beanfields and Knob Hills Creek
Light commercial
Auto dealer, mobile home
Quarry, some residential
Small billboard
White fence and red barn in the beanfield on south side of bypass
Beanfields
Junkyard
Old mobile homes
Rolling hills, partially wooded
MILE MARKER 84 - 85 (Bypass)
Cornfields
Rolling hills and hardwoods
NOTE: Need signs both directions to turn off Bypass onto Historic Hwy 68/80 into Elkton.
Hardwood
Rolling hills
Historic Elkton Welcome Sign
MILE MARKER 86 Historic Hwy 68/80 (2 Lane)
Residents A few homes
Junkyard Cornfields
Salvage yard Churches
Beanfields Cemetery
Dollar Store Motel
MILE MARKER 87
Light commercial
Industry
Dairy Mart
Historic Home
Dairy Queen
Billboard
Residential/Homes
Middle School
MILE MARKER 88
Historic Community House
Historic Homes
MILE MARKER 89
Historic Downtown Elkton Square
A couple of restaurants, city halls, shops.
Courthouse in center of square converted into a community building
MILE MARKER 88
Looking down Historic Hwy 68 from the Elkton Square.
2 lane road
MILE MARKER 89
Church
Church
Antique Dealer in Historic Home
Creek/Woods
Wonderful Historic home
MILE MARKER 89.5
Farmland
More Farmland
Beautiful vistas of beanfields and barn
Farms on both sides of the road
MILE MARKER 90
Getting back on Hwy 68/80 Bypass
Need signs directing travelers off the bypass and take historic Hwy 68/80 into historic Elkton
MILE MARKER 90.5 - Bypass
Cornfields backed by wooded hills
Black barn and hay rolls
Cornfields
MILE MARKER 91 - Bypass
Beanfields
Light residential
Full Gospel Tabernacle
MILE MARKER 92 (Bypass)
Black barn in middle of beanfield
with tobacco hanging in it - beautiful
Cornfields backed by woods
MILE MARKER 93
Farmland backed by wooded area
Red barn with hay
MILE MARKER 94 (Bypass)
Tobacco fields
Cornfields
Tobacco fields being harvested
Picked tobacco on trailer beds covered with black tarps
MILE MARKER 94 - (Bypass)
Tobacco harvesters
MILE MARKER 95 (Bypass)
Farm on the edge of the Todd County/Logan County Line
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