NHI Celebrates 40 Years of Service
When the National Highway Institute (NHI) first opened its doors in 1970, the Nation was at...
History of FHWA
Ted Holmes on Thomas MacDonald and Herbert Fairbank
On April 2, 1971, Associate Administrator for Planning E. H. "Ted" Holmes retired after 43 years of service with the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads (BPR) and the Federal Highway Administration. A graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he had joined the BPR in 1928...
Thomas H. MacDonald on Toll Roads
Thomas H. MacDonald, who headed the FHWA's predecessor agencies from 1919 to 1953, and his top assistant, Herbert Fairbank, were recognized as highway authorities internationally. During the 1920s and 1930s, they helped the State highway agencies to create the Nation's first "interstate system"...
Good Roads Work for the New Century: General Roy Stone
former Special Agent and Engineer for Road Inquiry
Office of Road Inquiry
U.S. Department of Agriculture.
("as told to Richard Weingroff")
INTRODUCTION: In October 1993, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) celebrated its 100th anniversary in...
General Roy Stone and The New York Times
stone_ny.pdf (977.55 KB)
By The Rambler
Ted Holmes on Thomas MacDonald and Herbert Fairbank
On April 2, 1971, Associate Administrator for Planning E. H. "Ted" Holmes retired after 43 years of service with the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads (BPR) and the Federal Highway Administration. A graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he had joined the BPR in 1928...