Map of the Transcontinental Trails of the USA, 1923
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U.S. 666: "Beast of a Highway"?
On May 31, 2003, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials approved a new number for the remaining segments of U.S. 666 in Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. At the request of State transportation officials, the route became U.S. 491, a spur of U.S. 191....
U.S. Route 80 The Dixie Overland Highway
by
Richard F. Weingroff
Federal Highway Administration
U.S. 80 Map | Dixie Overland Highway Map
A look at a road atlas from the...
Zero Milestone - Washington, DC
by Richard F. Weingroff
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Dr. S. M. Johnson - A Dreamer of Dreams
by Richard F. Weingroff
The Lincoln Highway
by Richard F. Weingroff
On July 1, 1913, a group of automobile enthusiasts and industry officials established the Lincoln Highway Association (LHA) "to procure the establishment of a continuous improved highway from the Atlantic to the Pacific, open to lawful traffic of...
Good Roads Everywhere: Charles Henry Davis and the National Highways Association
by Richard F. Weingroff
The idea of a system of national highways is almost as old as the Good Roads Movement of the 1890's. One of the early advocates was Charles Henry Davis, an enthusiastic good roads man whose central idea went from being ahead of...
William T. Coleman, Jr. - 1920-2017
By Richard F. Weingroff
Former Secretary of Transportation William T. Coleman, Jr., passed away on March 31, 2017. He served as Secretary from March 1975 to January 1977.
Born in Philadelphia, Coleman was an attorney who worked with Thurgood Marshall of the NAACP...
In Memoriam: Alan S. Boyd The First Secretary of Transportation
Alan S. Boyd 1922 - 2020
A Moment in Time: February 2, 1938
By Richard F. Weingroff
The idea of a network of superhighways was discussed long before the Interstate System came about. Often, the vision was of a single straight-as-an-arrow toll transcontinental superhighway, or a network of such highways, and wide right-of-ways...