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Frederick W. Cron, an engineer with the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads from 1928 to 1969, was also a historian of highway design. While living in retirement in Colorado, he saw a letter in the Denver Post advocating a scenic design for Interstate highways. Mr. Cron wrote the following letter that was published on November 25, 1973.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration (2023). Frederick W. Cron on Highway Design Under Evolution. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75783
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Frederick W. Cron on Highway Design Under Evolution. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75783.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration Frederick W. Cron on Highway Design Under Evolution. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75783.
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In American, covered bridges were first built in the 1800s as a free alternative to merchant run ferries for travelers looking to cross rivers and creeks. These bridges have a rich history. All over America concrete and steel have replaced instead of repaired the structures that are so vital to our historical past. Down from 3,500 to approximately
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Longfellow, R. (2023). Back in Time Ohio's Vanishing Covered Bridges. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75755
Longfellow, Rickie. Back in Time Ohio's Vanishing Covered Bridges. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75755.
Longfellow, Rickie Back in Time Ohio's Vanishing Covered Bridges. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75755.
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South Carolina's section of I-85 is 106 miles long, part of a route from Montgomery, Alabama, to Petersburg, Virginia. The first contract on I-85 in the State was awarded September 21, 1956, for a bridge over the Broad River in Cherokee County at a cost of $280,665. This was also the first contract in South Carolina's Interstate Program following P
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Rambler, T. (2023). I-85 The Boom Belt, South Carolina. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75832
Rambler, The. I-85 The Boom Belt, South Carolina. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75832.
Rambler, The I-85 The Boom Belt, South Carolina. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75832.
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Ohio plays an important role in the 50th anniversary of our Nation’s Interstate. Harvey Firestone, founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, was born in Columbiana, Ohio, in 1868. In 1904 he joined Henry Ford to make rubber tires for the newly invented automobile. In 1919, Lieutenant Colonel Dwight D. Eisenhower led that famous military con
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Longfellow, R. (2023). Back in Time Ohio's Harvey Firestone and the Transcontinental Motor Convoy. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75744
Longfellow, Rickie. Back in Time Ohio's Harvey Firestone and the Transcontinental Motor Convoy. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75744.
Longfellow, Rickie Back in Time Ohio's Harvey Firestone and the Transcontinental Motor Convoy. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75744.
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A 1915/1916 map of the stretch of the Pikes Peak Ocean to Ocean Highway from Eaton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration (2023). Eaton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76400
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Eaton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76400.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration Eaton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76400.
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The Blue Star Memorial Highways are a tribute to the armed forces that have defended the United States of America. The National Garden Clubs, Inc., is the parent organization for Blue Star Memorial Highways. The idea dates to 1944 when the New Jersey State Council of Garden Clubs beautified a 5½-mile stretch of U.S. 22 from Mountainside to North Pl
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Weingroff, R. F. (2023). Blue Star Memorial Highways. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76509
Weingroff, Richard F.. Blue Star Memorial Highways. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76509.
Weingroff, Richard F. Blue Star Memorial Highways. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76509.
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In the late 1920's, the Bureau of Public Roads (BPR) issued a series of news releases on the major U.S. highways. The releases described the routes, including road conditions and tourist opportunities along the way. The following memorandum on U.S. 11 was prepared for the series, but the BPR did not issue a release on the route. The following is pr
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration (2023). Bureau of Public Roads Memorandum to Mr. Rose From Mr. Mills. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76482
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Bureau of Public Roads Memorandum to Mr. Rose From Mr. Mills. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76482.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration Bureau of Public Roads Memorandum to Mr. Rose From Mr. Mills. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76482.
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All forms of transportation are risky. Stagecoaching was no exception. The condition of the roads-and the drivers-ensured that. Two famous 19th century writers left accounts of their own perils on travels around the United States.
Rambler, T. (2023). Literary Stagecoaching: Famous Victims. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75853
Rambler, The. Literary Stagecoaching: Famous Victims. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75853.
Rambler, The Literary Stagecoaching: Famous Victims. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75853.
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These photographs from a 1923 dictionary show early twentieth century road construction and the vehicles and equipment of the day. The photographs were entitled as "Newest Methods in Good Road Construction." One photograph is captioned as a "U.S. Object Lesson Road." But what exactly is an object lesson road? In a nutshell, beginning in the 1800s,
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Longfellow, R. (2023). Back in Time The Object Lesson Road. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75742
Longfellow, Rickie. Back in Time The Object Lesson Road. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75742.
Longfellow, Rickie Back in Time The Object Lesson Road. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75742.
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The National Scenic Byways Program of the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, has been in full swing with 309 projects in 45 States chosen in 2006 to receive $25.5 million in grants. The program, established in 1991, has provided funding for 2181 State and nationally designated byway projects in 50 States, Puerto Rico
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Longfellow, R. (2023). Back in Time Lower Valley Pike Scenic Byway. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75705
Longfellow, Rickie. Back in Time Lower Valley Pike Scenic Byway. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75705.
Longfellow, Rickie Back in Time Lower Valley Pike Scenic Byway. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75705.
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Ohio has been celebrating its Bicentennial all year. Many barns were painted with the Bicentennial logo. (See photographs below.) A Wagon Train left Martin's Ferry, Ohio, on June 20, and will cross Ohio on the National Trail. It arrived in Reynoldsburg, an adjoining city to Columbus, Ohio's capital and home of the FHWA Ohio Division, on July 4th at
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Longfellow, R. (2023). Back in Time Ohio Celebrates Bicentennial-1803-2003. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75743
Longfellow, Rickie. Back in Time Ohio Celebrates Bicentennial-1803-2003. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75743.
Longfellow, Rickie Back in Time Ohio Celebrates Bicentennial-1803-2003. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75743.
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As the country mourned the death of former President Ronald Reagan on June 5, 2004, the FHWA recalled his role in our program.
Weingroff, R. (2023). In Memory of Ronald Reagan. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75774
Weingroff, Richard. In Memory of Ronald Reagan. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75774.
Weingroff, Richard In Memory of Ronald Reagan. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75774.
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Blaine, a small community in Belmont County eight miles from Wheeling, West Virginia, is home to Ohio's oldest sandstone bridge. The historic Blaine Hill "S" Bridge was built in 1828 as part of the National Road project, the first road funded by the federal government. Not only is it the oldest bridge at nearly 178 years, but the longest at 345 fee
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Longfellow, R. (2023). Back in Time Ohio's Historic Blaine Hill Bridge. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75754
Longfellow, Rickie. Back in Time Ohio's Historic Blaine Hill Bridge. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75754.
Longfellow, Rickie Back in Time Ohio's Historic Blaine Hill Bridge. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75754.
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As you travel toward the historic city of Cumberland, Maryland on I-68 from either direction, you will see a mountain ahead in the distance that makes you question if the highway will go over it or around it. As you travel, you strain to see the roadway for your answer. Upon approach you will see that there is a cut in the mountain and you will hav
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Longfellow, R. (2023). Back in Time Sideling Hill Mountain, I-68-Are We Going Over It or Around It?. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75760
Longfellow, Rickie. Back in Time Sideling Hill Mountain, I-68-Are We Going Over It or Around It?. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75760.
Longfellow, Rickie Back in Time Sideling Hill Mountain, I-68-Are We Going Over It or Around It?. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75760.
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The word pioneer has a flavor of something belonging to "ye olden days," but when applied to the motor car, it might almost be used regarding matters of yesterday. The men who crossed the United States in a motor car only five short years ago encountered conditions to overcome which required a courage and ingenuity not surpassed by that evidenced b
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Westgard, A. L. (2023). Motor Routes to the California Expositions. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76576
Westgard, A. L.. Motor Routes to the California Expositions. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76576.
Westgard, A. L. Motor Routes to the California Expositions. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76576.
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Route 66 was built in the early 1900s and linked hundreds of rural communities from Chicago to Kansas to Los Angeles. Route 66 was popular for transporting goods and for tourists taking cross-country road trips. By 1970, much of the original road had been replaced and its popularity declined.
Longfellow, R. (2023). Back in Time Route "66" the Mother Road. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75759
Longfellow, Rickie. Back in Time Route "66" the Mother Road. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75759.
Longfellow, Rickie Back in Time Route "66" the Mother Road. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75759.
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In early colonial times, letter writers sent their correspondence by friends, merchants and Native Americans via foot or horseback. Most of this correspondence, however, was between the colonists and family members back home in England. In 1633, the first official notice of a postal service in the colonies appeared. Mail was originally carried on h
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Longfellow, R. (2023). Back in Time Transportation in America's Postal System. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75763
Longfellow, Rickie. Back in Time Transportation in America's Postal System. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75763.
Longfellow, Rickie Back in Time Transportation in America's Postal System. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75763.
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Over the years, the Rambler has come across quotes that he wanted to save for a future book series on the history of highways after he retired. Because of other very important activities in his life, he never got around to writing the books. But recently, while retrieving his DVD set of the ten seasons of "Smallville," the Rambler came across the i
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Rambler, T. (2023). The Rambler's Quote File. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75826
Rambler, The. The Rambler's Quote File. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75826.
Rambler, The The Rambler's Quote File. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75826.
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The Jefferson Highway and Pikes Peak Ocean to Ocean Highway intersect in St. Joseph, Missouri. The two highways together intersect all North and South and East and West transcontinental routes. The image includes a 1920 map.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration (2023). The Cross Roads of the Nation Serve All Latitudes and Longitudes. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76513
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. The Cross Roads of the Nation Serve All Latitudes and Longitudes. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76513.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration The Cross Roads of the Nation Serve All Latitudes and Longitudes. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76513.
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County Highway S-2 is a desert road in south-central California with a fascinating history. Beginning at California Highway 79 near Warner Springs, the road leads south through the Anza-Borrego Desert in the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Known as the San Felipe Road, it is also known as Sweeny Pass, Imperial Highway and Great Overland Stage Route
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Longfellow, R. (2023). Back in Time California's Desert Highway S-2. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75671
Longfellow, Rickie. Back in Time California's Desert Highway S-2. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75671.
Longfellow, Rickie Back in Time California's Desert Highway S-2. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75671.
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