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By Rickie Longfellow
In early colonial times, letter writers sent their correspondence by friends, merchants and Native Americans via foot or horseback. Most of this correspondence, however, was between the colonists and family members back home in England. In 1633, the...
By Rickie Longfellow
Fortunately, we rarely hear of traffic accidents involving buses, trains, or other highway public transportation vehicles. However, we sometimes hear of snow storms and other extreme weather conditions where a bus is involved in a multiple car pile-up with injuries...
By Rickie Longfellow
South Dakota-named for the early inhabitants, the great Dakotah (later Dakota) Sioux Indians-has more than 83,000 miles of roadway and 5,900 bridges. In 1982, it became one of the first states to complete its Interstate System. This vast network of...
By Rickie Longfellow
As you travel toward the historic city of Cumberland, Maryland on I-68 from either direction, you will see a mountain ahead in the distance that makes you question if the highway will go over it or around it. As you travel, you strain to see the...
By Rickie Longfellow
Get your kicks on Route 66! At one time or another most of us have heard this 1946 song written by Bobby Troup and sung by the unforgettable Nat King Cole. But many of us also remember the theme song composed by Nelson Riddle that...
By Rickie Longfellow
By Rickie Longfellow
On February 13, 2003, Cheryl Cattledge, Civil Rights Specialist and member of the FHWA Black History Committee, sponsored a Luncheon Program entitled The ALCAN (Alaska-Canada) Highway, Built by World War II Black Regiments. The committee members who...
By Rickie Longfellow
By Rickie Longfellow
By Rickie Longfellow
The history of covered bridges can be traced as far back as 780 B.C. in ancient Babylon. In America the first covered bridge was built in Connecticut in 1804 by Theodore Burr. Named the Waterford Bridge, it spanned the Hudson River in New York and...