Origins and Construction of the Interstate System by W. Lee Mertz

• W. Lee Mertz Biography
• Origins of the Interstate explores the critical years in the conceptualization of the Interstate System culminating in the 1956 Highway Act
• Building the Interstate issues that affected the early years of construction
• The Bragdon Committee an interesting footnote to the Eisenhower years
• Memories of 499 Recollections from Mertz's work at the Regional Highway Planning Committee on 499 Pennsylvania Avenue

Back in Time

• The Kampsville River Ferry
• Montana Resident Donates Charles Henry Davis' 1936 Montana License Plates 
• Plank Roads

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Articles from Public Roads by Richard F. Weingroff

• The Battle of Its Life May/June 2006
• Essential to the National Interest March/April 2006
• The Year of the Interstate January/February 2006

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Other Articles

• Some Road Songs Updated 10/15/08
• U.S. 82 
• U.S. 95 and Idaho's North and South Highway 
• Transportation's Role Leading the Way in Transforming the Nation's Capital 
• A Maximum of Good Results: Martin Dodge and the Good Roads Trains
• The Environmental First Lady by Kathleen A. Bergeron
• How Many Interstate Programs Were There?
• U.S. 2 Houlton, Maine, to Everett, Washington
• Introducing the Rambler, Semi-Retired
  • The Rambler: Don't Blame the Future

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