United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
2023-06-01
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Excerpt about a Gala celebration honoring the officials who played a major role in the development and implementation of the Interstate Program. Some of the guest features were Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Senator Albert Gore Sr., Congressman T. Hale Boggs and Administrator Frank Turner.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Tribal Transportation
2023-06-01
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The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, otherwise known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), represents a once-in-a-generation investment in our nation’s infrastructure, competitiveness, and communities and provides approximately $550 billion in new Federal infrastructure investment. This includes historic and critical investments in Tri
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2023-06-01
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Profile on Rex Whitton conducted by Dr. Thomas D. Larson (Federal Highway Administrator (1989-1993) which discusses Whitton’s role as the Administrator from 1961 to 1966. His work with the Federal Highway Administration along with his experience before assuming the role as administrator is presented and the impact, he had with the Bureau of Public
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
2023-06-01
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Memorandum on several topics related to the Interstate Highway Program such as cost, and further economic implications from the program itself. Factors such as congressional input, federal aid, are also discussed as well as discussion of an earlier report that is reviewed within this memorandum. Topics covered are considerations for stricter criter
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2023-06-01
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"The Interstate era had begun with consensus across the spectrum of transportation interests and political shadings, on building the Interstate System. Over 40 years of accomplishment and controversy, that consensus had disappeared. Transit had gone from a private industry to a public utility, with its own demands for Federal funding. The environme
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2023-06-01
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Overview of General Lucius D. Clay and his involvement with the Interstate design and implementation during Former President Eisenhower’s Administration. Review of the committee he headed, and the actions taken to ensure that the Interstate Highway was efficient in construction, cost and implementation is described within the context of the 1950’s
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
2023-06-01
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Brief reflection by former President Harry S. Truman on good roads, and the highway programs being developed throughout the United States. Discussions on the progress, overall benefits for citizens and commerce, and Truman’s own experience with highways and roads during his political career.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
2023-06-01
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Report on the costs and economic factors for the construction of the interstate highway program and the amount it would cost to pay of the debt. Recommendations are made moving forward with financing the interstate program and considering future considerations for paying off the debt for the construction of the interstate system.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
2023-06-01
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President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s reflection on the need for improvement to highways and interstates for travel, and safety. He discusses the progress made, and why it is necessary to always travel on roads by developing new highways and maintaining existing ones.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
2023-06-01
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Excerpt on the meeting between Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower from the end of World War Two, to the early 1950’s. Their differences are discussed as well as their presidential term and campaigns.
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Center for Accelerating Innovation
2023-06-01
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Innovator, published by the FHWA Center for Accelerating Innovation, advances implementation of innovative technologies and processes in the highway industry. Its audience is transportation professionals in highway agencies, trade and research groups, academia and the private sector, and the driving public.
2023-06-01
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This article is about the creation of the National Highway System authorized under the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) of 1991.
2023-06-01
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Overview of the interstate programs that had been conducted and operated since 1944 with a brief description of their characteristics. Their cost of operation and other economic factors are considered as well as the implications for future interstate programs.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
2023-06-01
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Memorandum on key statements made by Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower towards General John S. Bragdon about the Interstate Highway Program on funding.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
2023-06-01
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Document discussing the standardization and implementation of highway signs and shields used for the interstate. The origins of their first test and being implemented is discussed as well as a test conducted by motorists to see which type of sign worked well.
2023-06-01
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In February and March 1998, John T. Greenwood interviewed Francis C. "Frank" Turner for the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials' 1988 Interstate Highway Research Project. Turner, who had joined the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads in 1929, rose through the ranks to become Federal Highway Administrator (1969-1972). In the 1
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology
2023-06-01
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Officials identified several safety and mobility challenges on the three roadways that serve the village center of the city of La Quinta: Calle Tampico, Eisenhower Drive, and Calle Sinaloa (also known as 52nd Avenue or Avenue 52).
2023-06-01
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Document on the origins of the interstate highway maintenance program and the development of the operations needed for it. The history of the program is discussed as well as the legislation passed in support for it.
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