2023-06-30
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A brief history of Mississippi State highways, including information about road construction, key legislation and funding sources, and the impact of the Civil War on the highway system.
2023-06-30
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Following Steve Hachenberger's donation of the original 1936 Number 25 license plates that belonged to Charles Henry Davis in his Good Roads Everywhere campaign, the State of Montana reproduced the license plates for him.
2023-06-30
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In 1925, at the request of the State highway agencies, the Secretary of Agriculture appointed the Joint Board on Interstate Highways to develop a plan for marking the Nation's interstate highways. The Joint Board, which included 21 State highway officials and three officials of the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads, met with State road officials around t
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2023-06-30
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A brief history of road construction throughout world history and description of modern road building practices and materials in the United States, with a focus on asphalt concrete.
2023-06-30
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Fifty-seven miles of rustic carriage roads weave around the mountains and through the valleys of Maine's Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island. John D. Rockefeller Jr. worked with the National Parks Service to create this system of auto-free horse roads which are today maintained by the National Park Service.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
2023-06-30
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When the Joint Board on Interstate Highways released its report on the proposed U.S. numbered highway plan in October 1925, the report identified U.S. 2, the northernmost east-west route, from Houlton, Maine, to Bonners Ferry, Idaho. (U.S. 2 was used instead of U.S. 0 for this major route.) The route listings included only one branch of U.S. 2, des
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2023-06-30
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Fortunately, we rarely hear of traffic accidents involving buses, trains, or other highway public transportation vehicles. However, we sometimes hear of snowstorms and other extreme weather conditions where a bus is involved in a multiple car pile-up with injuries and even fatalities, or a train that has derailed. Although the pioneers didn't have
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2023-06-30
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This is the story of a highway that couldn't make up its mind--the Pikes Peak Ocean to Ocean Highway (PPOO), one of the early transcontinental highways of the named trail era (about 1910-1926).
2023-06-30
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In 1928, 4.6 million automobiles were sold. When the stock market crashed in October of 1929, many of those cars could not be used as gasoline prices increased and gas was soon rationed. Many of these motorists removed the heavy engines, the windshields, windows, and other parts to lighten the weight of the vehicle. Then they hitched it to the team
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2023-06-30
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Let's get something straight: Baltimore was not the terminus of the National Road! The initial road went from Cumberland, Maryland, to Wheeling, Virginia (later West Virginia). It was eventually extended west to Vandalia, Illinois. It didn't go east to Baltimore. The Rambler wishes to put that myth to rest right here and doesn't want to see it in a
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2023-06-23
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The Weekly Gasoline Product Supplied Report offers insight on weekly fluctuation of the gasoline product supply, which is an important part of any analysis of construction trends, materials and operating costs associated with highway repair and construction, and changes in traffic volume. These data come directly from the Energy Information Adminis
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2023-06-23
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Final location of the United States System of Highways consisting of approximately 80,000 miles of the most important roads in the country was made known to-day by the Bureau of Public Roads of the United States Department of Agriculture. The system was given final approval by the American Association of State Highway Officials at its annual meetin
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2023-06-22
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Special Issue - Weekly Motor Fuel Report
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The Weekly Gasoline Product Supplied Report offers insight on weekly fluctuation of the gasoline product supply, which is an important part of any analysis of construction trends, materials and operating costs associated with highway repair and construction, and changes in traffic volume. These data come directly from the Energy Information Adminis
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This report brings together the challenges of connecting with rural communities and implementing virtual tools under the shared umbrella of public involvement. It synthesizes existing research and practices pertaining to the overlap of rural issues in virtual public spaces, acknowledging that public transportation projects sometimes need to seek in
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
2023-06-14
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Vermont's Renewable Energy Standard supports the State of Vermont's goals to develop markets for renewable energy and reduce environmental impacts associated with conventional energy production. To comply with the standard, electric distribution utilities in the State may implement "energy transformation projects" that reduce fossil fuel consumptio
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Policy Information
2023-06-14
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Special Issue - Weekly Motor Fuel Report
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The Weekly Gasoline Product Supplied Report offers insight on weekly fluctuation of the gasoline product supply, which is an important part of any analysis of construction trends, materials and operating costs associated with highway repair and construction, and changes in traffic volume. These data come directly from the Energy Information Adminis
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This document summarizes pavement management, a significant component of highway infrastructure asset management. This involves using data, methodologies, and procedures to plan maintenance, preservation, rehabilitation, and renewal actions. This work relies on different types of data: Inventory data: The physical elements of a road system. Pavemen
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
2023-06-08
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The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) manages the State’s 39 parks, which are popular destinations for bicycling and contain 449 miles of trails open to cyclists. This case study focuses on Virginia DCR's development of a policy allowing class 1 and class 2 electric bicycles (e-bikes) on trails or paths designated for traditi
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