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Mardi Gras? Fats Domino? Gris-gris? The Rambler couldn't care less. As far as The Rambler is concerned, the only point about New Orleans is its transportation history. So, anyone looking for a travel guide to the best bars in New Orleans-look elsewhere!
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From 1926 to 1929, when the United States Highways were designated with numbers, U.S. Route 52 in North Carolina was not one of them. Highway 52 is a two-lane mountain road entering the state at a 3,000-foot elevation from the north at the mountainous Fancy Gap, Virginia. Route 52 later becomes a four-lane roadway where it flows into the more level
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I-76 goes through Philadelphia, where the Founding Fathers crafted and signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Surely it's no coincidence that I-76 happens to go through the city where the United States was born. It's a nice thought. The Rambler thought so, too, and then he did some research.
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A look at a road atlas from the early 1920's would reveal a complete network of named trails crisscrossing the country. The Lincoln Highway, from New York City to San Francisco, was the best known road of its day. Other well-known routes included the: Dixie Highway (Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, to Miami, Florida), Meridian Highway (Winnipeg, Canada,
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The transporting of letters and postcards by mail has been going on for years. Stamps required for this activity have pictured every conceivable topic imaginable-overing the unique heritage of America. Narrowing the subject to highways and bridges points up a pictorial view of history. In a postage stamp there is a particular kind of art-a small-si
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The U.S. numbering plan was developed in the mid-1920's by the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads and the State highway agencies. The Joint Board on Interstate Highways, consisting of Federal and State highways officials, developed the numbering plan in 1925. The plan was as follows: East-west routes were assigned even numbers, with the transcontinental o
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If you've read an anti-sprawl book, you've read the horror story: the evil Highway Lobby (motto: Let's Pave Over America) tricked Congress in 1956 into building Interstate highways instead of providing aid to transit as Congress otherwise would have done-thereby forcing people who longed for transit to buy cars instead. The question is: was Congres
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Despite this irrational unwillingness to get on a bicycle, the Rambler has to admit the bicycle has sparked several revolutions in transportation since its popularization in the 1880's. These revolutions include the improvement of roads, contributions to the automobile era, and an impact on aviation pioneers, the Wright Brothers.
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The Rambler tells the history of two California Bridges, the Golden Gate Bridge and the San-Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. These histories include the planning, design, construction, and response to each bridge.
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The Highway History page recently received an inquiry about where the first Walk/Don't Walk sign was installed. This question has come up before, but we've never been able to find the answer. Our research helped pin down the time frame (late 1930's), but not the location. The Highway History page does not like to fail, but here's a summary of the r
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Since the beginning of time, creeks, rivers and other bodies of water have flooded their banks for a variety of reasons: steady and/or torrential rains, hurricanes, melting ice and other natural occurrences. Flash floods, caused by breaking dikes and dams are the most dangerous as there is little time for escape. Pathways, roads, and subsequently s
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