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UNE 29, 1956
A DAY IN HISTORY
by
Richard F. Weingroff
Federal Highway Administration
June 29, 1956, was just another Friday, filled with the usual mix of national, international, feature, sports, and cultural activities as reported in...
Motion pictures have frequently portrayed the American highway as well as the allure of the open road. Many of these were produced by the Bureau of Public Roads—the predecessor to the Federal Highway Administration.
Some of these programs require the use of a...
By Rickie Longfellow
Colonel Ebenezer Zane, beginning with Zane's Trace, played a major role in the social and economic development of Ohio, placing it on the path to statehood.
By Rickie Longfellow
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...