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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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Larson, T. D. (2023). Rex Whitton--the Man from Missouri. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68656
Larson, Thomas D.. Rex Whitton--the Man from Missouri. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68656.
Larson, Thomas D. Rex Whitton--the Man from Missouri. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68656.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
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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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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration (2023). Bragdon-DDE Meeting - Nov. 30, 1959. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68649
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Bragdon-DDE Meeting - Nov. 30, 1959. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68649.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration Bragdon-DDE Meeting - Nov. 30, 1959. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68649.
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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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Weingroff, R. F. (2023). President Ronald Reagan and the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1982. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68527
Weingroff, Richard F.. President Ronald Reagan and the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1982. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68527.
Weingroff, Richard F. President Ronald Reagan and the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1982. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68527.
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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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Weingroff, R. F. (2023). General Lucius D. Clay: The President's Man. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68637
Weingroff, Richard F.. General Lucius D. Clay: The President's Man. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68637.
Weingroff, Richard F. General Lucius D. Clay: The President's Man. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68637.
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). Harry S. Truman on Good Roads. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68643
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Harry S. Truman on Good Roads. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68643.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration Harry S. Truman on Good Roads. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68643.
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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). Statement by Hon. Harry F. Byrd, of Virginia, Relative to the Clay Commission Highway Report. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68662
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Statement by Hon. Harry F. Byrd, of Virginia, Relative to the Clay Commission Highway Report. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68662.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration Statement by Hon. Harry F. Byrd, of Virginia, Relative to the Clay Commission Highway Report. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68662.
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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). President-Elect Dwight D. Eisenhower on Good Roads. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68655
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. President-Elect Dwight D. Eisenhower on Good Roads. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68655.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration President-Elect Dwight D. Eisenhower on Good Roads. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68655.
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Biographical article of Dr. S.M. Johnson and his proposal for the Zero Milestone Monument.
Weingroff, R. F. (2023). Dr. S. M. Johnson: A Dreamer of Dreams. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68603
Weingroff, Richard F.. Dr. S. M. Johnson: A Dreamer of Dreams. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68603.
Weingroff, Richard F. Dr. S. M. Johnson: A Dreamer of Dreams. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68603.
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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. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration (2023). Truman and Eisenhower: When the Man Who Loved Roads Met the Man Who Changed America. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68674
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Truman and Eisenhower: When the Man Who Loved Roads Met the Man Who Changed America. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68674.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration Truman and Eisenhower: When the Man Who Loved Roads Met the Man Who Changed America. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68674.
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Center for Accelerating Innovation
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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.
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Center for Accelerating Innovation (2023). Innovator - May/June 2023 - Volume 16, Issue 96 (Report No. FHWA-23-CAI-004). United States. Federal Highway Administration. Center for Accelerating Innovation. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/74744
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Center for Accelerating Innovation. Innovator - May/June 2023 - Volume 16, Issue 96. Report no. FHWA-23-CAI-004. United States. Federal Highway Administration. Center for Accelerating Innovation, 2023. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/74744.
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Center for Accelerating Innovation Innovator - May/June 2023 - Volume 16, Issue 96. United States. Federal Highway Administration. Center for Accelerating Innovation, 2023, Report no. FHWA-23-CAI-004, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/74744.
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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.
Weingroff, R. F. (2023). National Highway System: Imagining the Future. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68524
Weingroff, Richard F.. National Highway System: Imagining the Future. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68524.
Weingroff, Richard F. National Highway System: Imagining the Future. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68524.
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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.
Weiss, M. H. (2023). How Many Interstate Programs Were There?. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68644
Weiss, Martin H.. How Many Interstate Programs Were There?. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68644.
Weiss, Martin H. How Many Interstate Programs Were There?. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68644.
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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). The Quotable Ike. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68671
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. The Quotable Ike. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68671.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration The Quotable Ike. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68671.
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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.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration (2023). Shields and Signs. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68661
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Shields and Signs. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68661.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration Shields and Signs. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68661.
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Article on the creation of the Lincoln Highway Association.
Weingroff, R. F. (2023). The Lincoln Highway. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68600
Weingroff, Richard F.. The Lincoln Highway. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68600.
Weingroff, Richard F. The Lincoln Highway. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68600.
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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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Weingroff, R. F. (2023). U.S. 11 and I-81: Location Difficulties in Virginia. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68612
Weingroff, Richard F.. U.S. 11 and I-81: Location Difficulties in Virginia. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68612.
Weingroff, Richard F. U.S. 11 and I-81: Location Difficulties in Virginia. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68612.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology
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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).
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology (2023). Complete Streets Construction Cost Case Study: Village Center in the City of La Quinta, CA (Report No. FHWA-HRT-23-059). United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/67872
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology. Complete Streets Construction Cost Case Study: Village Center in the City of La Quinta, CA. Report no. FHWA-HRT-23-059. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology, 2023. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/67872.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology Complete Streets Construction Cost Case Study: Village Center in the City of La Quinta, CA. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology, 2023, Report no. FHWA-HRT-23-059, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/67872.
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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.
Weingroff, R. F. (2023). Origins Of The Interstate Maintenance Program. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68653
Weingroff, Richard F.. Origins Of The Interstate Maintenance Program. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68653.
Weingroff, Richard F. Origins Of The Interstate Maintenance Program. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68653.
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Conditions and performance on the interstate system structural features and their overall economic impact in their cost. Includes a description for financial need to maintain then current costs for operations for areas such as bridges, and pavement.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration (2023). Interstate System Conditions and Performance. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68646
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Interstate System Conditions and Performance. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68646.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration Interstate System Conditions and Performance. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68646.
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Meeting notes between Bertram Tallamy and General Bragdon on several issues regarding the interstate highway program such as labor employment. Economic commerce conditions were also discussed in relation to the progress of the Interstate Highway program.
Bragdon, J. S. (2023). Notes on Cabinet Meeting - January 24, 1958 by General John S. Bragdon. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68652
Bragdon, John S.. Notes on Cabinet Meeting - January 24, 1958 by General John S. Bragdon. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68652.
Bragdon, John S. Notes on Cabinet Meeting - January 24, 1958 by General John S. Bragdon. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2023, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68652.
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