W. Lee Mertz Biography
by Kevin E. Heanue
General
Legacy ID
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The Bragdon Committee
by Lee Mertz
In the late fifties, General J. S. Bragdon, working for the President, made some very serious charges against the Bureau of Public Roads' (BPR) stewardship of the Interstate highway program and recommended far-reaching changes in the program. Among other...
Harry S. Truman on Good Roads
May 1955
On March 18, 1955, Senator Stuart Symington of Missouri submitted comments that appeared in the Congressional Record:
Mr. SYMINGTON. I should like to make a few comments on another subject.
Mr. President, knowing of the great interest in the various...
Memories of 499
by Lee Mertz
499 was 499 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., where I used to work. Many things happened there and these are my recollections.
499 was the headquarters of the Regional Highway Planning Committee, an operation funded and directed...
Wildlife Crossings Program
Program Overview
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Gallery
Welcome To The Interstate Photo Gallery
The Highway History site wishes to thank Ms. Sonquela "Sonnie" Seabron of the Office of Program Administration in the FHWA's Office...
Visionaries of the Interstate Honored at Gala Celebration
(The following material is from Celebrating America's Highways: A Commemorative Scrapbook published by the American Highway Users Alliance and is used with permission.)
On a perfect June evening, in a large tent at a lovely setting on the Ellipse, 450 people joined...
Address of Vice President Richard Nixon to the Governors Conference Lake George, New York July 12, 1954
Governor Thornton, distinguished Governors of the States of the Union, the distinguished First Ladies of the States of the Union, guests of the Governors Conference:
I want you to know, first of all, that it is a great privilege for me to have had the opportunity to attend this...