The National Road, which led thousands of early Hoosier settlers of all cultures westward, cuts across the southern section of Hendricks county. Plainfield, an early Quaker community located on the National Road, saw the establishment of the Islamic Center of North America in 1983.

This particular piece depicts a strip of numbered black highway that stretches across the countryside. Route 40—the old National Road—is set in the sidewalk and oriented parallel to the very road it represents. Rustic terrazzo—a cousin to concrete—is used to capture the artist’s original creative vision.

Designers Jeff Laramore and David Jemerson Young of 2nd Globe, an Indianapolis–based artistic company, designed all 92 of the county sculptures featured on the outside of the Indiana State Museum. Their designs narrate the counties’ famous natives, historically significant events, or their cultural heritage, and were fabricated and installed by various Indiana sculptors, carvers, glassworkers, metal workers, and other artisans.