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Highways and The New Wave of Economic Growth

Transportation improvements have preceded every stage of industrial development in human history. As Dr. John Kasarda at the University of North Carolina has noted, transportation was a critical ingredient in the four major waves of industrialization:

Living Up to A Landmark

Building a bridge that will overlook Hoover Dam—and enhance it—is a once-in-a-lifetime engineering challenge.

Policy and Legislation

Along the Road is the place to look for information about current and upcoming activities, developments, trends, and items of general interest to the highway community.

Pothole Patchers Demonstrated in California

Nothing can mess up an automobile wheel alignment and a motorist's disposition quite as quickly as a "good" pothole. Perhaps, we should say a big pothole because there's no such thing as a good pothole, and that's why state and local highway agencies throughout the county spend millions of dollars every year to fill and repair potholes.