Highway History

Articles from Public Roads by Richard F. Weingroff

• A Peaceful Campaign of Progress and Reform Autumn 1993

• Milestones For U.S. Highway Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration Spring 1996
  
  
• Federal Aid Road Act of 1916: Building the Foundation Summer 1996
  • A Progressive Leader - Logan Waller Page
  • Father of Good Roads in the U.S. Senate - Sen. John Hollis Bankhead
  • President Woodrow Wilson - Motorist Extraordinaire
• From 1916 to 1939: The Federal-State Partnership at Work Summer 1996
  • Man of the Century - Thomas H. MacDonald
  • The Concept Man - Herbert S. Fairbank
• Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956: Creating the Interstate Summer 1996
  • The Inside Man - Francis V. Du Pont
  • Steady Hand in Control - Charles D. "Cap" Curtiss
  • Agent of Change - Francis C. "Frank" Turner
  • Co-author of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 - Sen. Albert Gore, Sr.
  • Co-author of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 - Rep. George H. Fallon
  • The Highway Trust Fund
  • The Last Piece of the Puzzle - Rep. Hale Boggs
  • The Catalyst Who Changed America - President Dwight David Eisenhower
  • The Edge City
  • Address of Vice President Richard Nixon to the Governors Conference Lake George, New York July 12, 1954 On line only
• Three States Claim First Interstate Highway Summer 1996
• Artists Look at Roads Summer 1996
• Engineering Marvels Summer 1996
• Road Movies Summer 1996
• Poetry of the Open Road Summer 1996
• Visionaries of the Interstate Honored at Gala Celebration On line only
  • Gala Photo Gallery
    
    

• From Dense Ignorance and Otherwise November/December 1997

• Vol. I, No. 1 - The First Issue of Public Roads, May 1918 May/June 2000
• One Mile in Five May/June 2000
  • Frank Turner on 1-in-5 Online only
    
    
• The Genie in the Bottle September/October 2000
  • Designating the Urban Interstates
  
  

• For the Common Good March/April 2001

• Creating a Landmark: The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 November/December 2001
  • Idea Champions Online only
  • Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan on the Signing of ISTEA Online only
  • A Bush at Both Ends: Before and After the Interstate Era Online only
  • President Ronald Reagan and the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 Online only
  • Elizabeth Parker on Major Proposals to Restructure the Highway Program
    
    
• The Man Who Loved Roads May/June 2002
  • Harry S. Truman on Good Roads Online only
    
    
• The Man Who Changed America, Part I March/April 2003
  • Icky Online Only
  • Eisenhower's Army Convoy Notes 11-3-1919 Online Only
  • The Reichsautobahnen Online Only
  • GM's Better Highways Award
  • President-Elect Dwight D. Eisenhower on Good Roads Online Only
  • Truman and Eisenhower: When the Man Who Loved Roads Met the Man Who Changed America Online Only
  • Promoting Highway Improvement: Project Adequate Roads & GM'S Better Highway Award Online Only
  • Address of Vice President Richard Nixon to the Governors Conference Lake George, New York July 12, 1954 On line only
  • General Lucius D. Clay - The President's Man Online only
    • General Lucius D. Clay's Testimony Online only
    • Statement of General Lucius D. Clay Chairman, President's Advisory Committee on a National Highway Program Online only
    • The Governors' Special Highway Committee Summary and Recommendations Online only
    • Target: $27 Billion - The 1955 Estimate Online only
  • Senator Harry Flood Byrd of Virginia - The Pay-As-You-Go Man Online only
    • Statement by Hon. Harry F. Byrd, of Virginia, Relative to the Clay Commission Highway Report. Online only
  • Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks Online only
  • Civil Defense, 1955 Online Only
• The Man Who Changed America, Part II May/June 2003
  • Interview with General Bragdon on Study of the Road Program Online Only
  • Eisenhower's Meeting with General Bragdon, 4/6/60 Online Only
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway Online Only
  • Eisenhower Memorial Bore Online Only
  • The Eisenhower Expressway Chicago, Illinois Online Only
  • President Eisenhower's Big Day June 29, 1956 Online Only
  • B. D. Tallamy Reports on Highway Program During First Year Online Only
  • DDE Instructions to Bragdon - 1959 Online Only
  • Notes on Cabinet Meeting January 24, 1958 Online Only
  • Bragdon-DDE Meeting - Nov. 30, 1959 Online Only
  • The Quotable Ike Online Only
  • We Can Take Pride In The Progress Online Only
    
    
• The Year of the Interstate January/February 2006
  
  
• Essential to the National Interest March/April 2006
  
  
• The Battle of Its Life May/June 2006
  
  
• A Noteworthy Year November/December 2006