The article reports on the interstate highway system in the United States. Not only was the building of the Interstate Highway System the largest single public works project in U.S. history, it was argu...
…the rivers of the eastern United States. Colonial transportation had mainly taken place by water, either on the surfaces of coastal bays and sounds or on fairly broad rivers as far upstream as the lowest falls or rapids. Up to the beginning of the 19th century a system of coastal… Read...
In January 1950, Bernard Gray was elected President of the Asphalt Institute. Previously Engineer Economist for the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads and Chief Engineer with the West Virginia Road Commission, Gray’s research writings and promotional efforts were a milestone in launching the use of asp...
International law is an independent system of law existing outside the legal orders of particular states. It differs from domestic legal systems in a number of respects. For example, although theUnited Nations(UN) General Assembly, which consists of representatives of some 190 countries, has the ...
The creation of unified states and a federal government created the ability to conduct interstate commerce without taxation. Alexander Hamilton became the first Secretary of the Treasury and vastly expanded the authority that the federal government had to establish its credit as a nation and repay ...
Gore has become the point man in the Clinton administration's effort to build a national information highway much as his father, former Senator Albert Gore, was a principal architect of the interstate highway system a generation or more earlier. ...
“A lot of time, the interstate would come in and all the services would still be located on Route 66, on the main drag through town. So traffic would have to exit to go to hotels, motels, gas stations, all that stuff, especially when the interstate system first went in. It took a...
As the interstate system developed over the past two decades, the demand for arterial roads, bridges, and other ancillary structures continued to increase. Erdman Anthony put its stamp on downtown Rochester’s pedestrian and motorist traffic by providing services for the I-490 Inner Loop, routing...
interstate highway right there is only two lanes, one lane in each direction. It’s the only place I think in the 55,000-mile interstate system in America where there are only two lanes. The reason for the two-lane exemption was because of the Old Man and the narrowness of the notch...
Pre-Interstate highwayroutes history Freeway system history History of theUS 281/Loop 410 interchange History of localmilitary roads History ofCulebra/Grissom Roads Historic Humble OilService Station Historical photos Several years ago, I digitized a trove of photos TxDOT's San Antonio office discover...