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Metric Conversion: How Soon?

When guillotines fell during the French Revolution, their blades were measured in a new unit of length, centimeters, not inches.

Crossing the Delaware!

The Chesapeake and Delaware (C&D) Canal Bridge is the featured structure of state Route 1, a 74-kilometer (km) limited access highway in central Delaware.

In Commemoration

Lucio Aleman, Jr., 33, from the Technical Operations Staff. Oklahoma Division. Lucio began his career with FHWA in 1989 as a highway engineer trainee in the Highway Engineering Training Program. Upon his successful completion of the program, he moved to Oklahoma City where he has served as the safety program engineer since February 1994.