A Moment in Time: The Day Logan Page Died
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A Moment in Time: The Day Logan Page Died

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  • Creators:
    Weingroff, Richard
  • Corporate Creators:
    United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
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    FHWA Highway History Website Articles
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  • Right Statement:
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  • Geographical Coverage:
    United States
  • Corporate Publisher:
    United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
  • Abstract:
    Great achievement is sometimes overshadowed by greater achievement. Logan Waller Page is an example. As Director of the Federal road agency for 13 years (1905 to 1918), he advanced the science of road building and promoted the Federal-aid highway program he helped create in 1916. However, his successor, Thomas H. MacDonald, headed the agency for 34 years (1919-1953) and became the towering figure of 20th century highway development by taking the country from the get-the-farmer-out-of-the-mud mindset to the dawn of the Interstate era, all while bolstering the Federal-aid highway program he helped put on the right track in 1921. In December 1918, Director Page of the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads (BPR), as the agency was renamed on July 1, 1918, went to Chicago for a conference to debate the future ‐ if any ‐ of the Federal-aid highway program established by the Federal Aid Road Act of 1916. He went with ideas for answering those who wanted to abandon the Federal-aid concept and instead create a Federal Highway Commission that would build and maintain a national highway system for long-distance travelers. At this moment in time, Page died in his Chicago hotel room on December 9, 1918. The battles he had fought would have to be won by his successor if the Federal-aid concept was to survive. And they would be.
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