Highway History Articles from Public Roads by Richard F. Weingroff
A Peaceful Campaign of Progress and Reform Autumn 1993
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Bibliography, 50th Anniversary Interstate Highway System
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER NATIONAL SYSTEM
OF INTERSTATE AND DEFENSE HIGHWAYS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Compiled by
Richard F. Weingroff
BOOKS
Altshuler, Alan, and...
50th Anniversary Interstate Highway System - Highway Articles
Highway Articles
Compiled by
Richard F. Weingroff
The following are selected from the Federal Highway Administration's Highway History Web site. In addition, ...
Urban Design Principles
To help the authorities, Interregional Highways included a 16-page section on "Principles of Route Selection in Cities" and followed it with a 4-page section on "Illustrations of Principles of Route Selection." The principles (quoted here with minimal ellipses for ease of...
Our Cities Their Role in the National Economy
The following information is from W. Lee Mertz' "Origins of the Interstate System," which can be found elsewhere on this website. This excerpt describes the 1937 report Our Cities:
In setting the background for the Interstate System, there was yet another activity going on in...
Naming the Interstate System
The following is an expanded version of a sidebar accompanying "The Genie in the Bottle" (Public Roads, September/October 2000).
The proper name for the proposed expressway system came up unexpectedly when Thomas H. MacDonald, Chief of the Bureau of Public...
Designating the Urban Interstates
by Richard F. Weingroff
The urban Interstates proved to be the most difficult to build. They would have been difficult in any event because of the physical challenge of building freeways on new locations in an urban setting. However, they also proved...
Interstate Highway System - Art Gallery Text
1808—GALLATIN'S ROAD CANAL REPORT
Albert Gallatin, Secretary of the Treasury Department, on April 4,1808, presented a report “respecting roads and canals,” at the request of the United States Senate, which became the mold from which was cast our subsequent national...