Anyone know if there are still any existing shell roads along the coast. My grandparents used to live on one but I have not seen one in years.
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Shell Roads?
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Last: 16 yr ago by Thisjeffguy07
You mean like loose white shell?
Yes. They used to harvest it from dredges and such and used it to build a lot of roads along the gulf coast. I am sure that it is no longer used because of envionmental regulations now. Not sure what the past practices did to the eco system, but it had to have had an effect.
There's one going through our place. Probably installed by oilfield/pipeline companies but I'm not sure.
The county road got paved over w/ asphalt
The county road got paved over w/ asphalt
Pencil, what county are you located?
the place to which I'm referring is in Jackson Cty.
My Grandparents were in Matagorda Co.
everything around matagorda used to be shell. not that way anymore.
brings back memories. We had about a 500 yard long driveway into our place in Beaumont and about every 5 years, my dad would get a freah topping of oyster shell trucked-in.
I used to stand on it for hours hitting the oyster shells with an old wooden baseball bat
I used to stand on it for hours hitting the oyster shells with an old wooden baseball bat
the street i grew up on used to have shells in it, but it wasn't just shells left out to dry. They were mixed in the concrete
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