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In the News (Tue 10 Nov 09)

  
 Federal Highway Administration Home Page
A Technical Advisory has been issued strongly advising that State Departments of Transportation and other bridge owners to immediately re-inspect bridges that are of similar type to the I-35 Bridge in Minneapolis.
Two of the numerous priorities that State Departments of Transportation must address are the need to perform in-depth environmental reviews and the need to prepare high-quality environmental documents through a streamlined project development process.
Join a group of your peers throughout the highway community to discuss, collaborate, and exchange ideas and practices on a wide range of interesting and timely topics on one of the FHWA Knowledge Communities.
www.fhwa.dot.gov   (771 words)

  
  Baja California @ WestCoastRoads - Mexico 1 and Mexico 1-D
This is because much of the land in the United States adjacent to the border is part of Border Field State Park.
The state park encompasses the Tijuana River Valley, which is mostly wetlands and foothills as well as coastal estuary.
The signage to the left is a rarity: the use of highway gothic font (lowercase) on a highway sign in Mexico.
www.westcoastroads.com /baja_california/mx-001.html   (757 words)

  
  U.S. Highway 26 - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
As of 2004, the highway's eastern terminus is in Ogallala, Nebraska at an intersection with Interstate 80.
Its western terminus is south of Seaside, Oregon at an intersection with U.S. Highway 101.
The segment, starting at its intersection with Oregon Highway 35 near Government Camp, Oregon and continuing westward to Sandy, Oregon, which closely follows the route of the Barlow Road, has served to define was is sometimes called the Mt.
www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/u/s/U.S._Highway_26_9e07.html   (717 words)

  
 NPC Online Library: Highway Traffic Noise in the United States: Problem and Response
State highway agencies either use the FHWA model for highway traffic noise analysis or a model based upon the same methodology as that contained in the FHWA model.
Highway construction noise should generally be addressed in a qualitative rather than quantitative manner that is commensurate with the scope of the highway project.
Highway traffic noise research has been guided and continues to be guided by representatives of State highway agencies, other State government agencies, local government agencies, Federal agencies, and the academic and private sectors.
www.nonoise.org /library/highway/probresp.htm   (4294 words)

  
 U.S. Highway Ends: maps and terminus photos
Highways highlighted in pink are 3-digit routes with numbers that I consider to be major violations of the US route numbering system.
I realize that's subjective, but the point is I'm not inclined to waste bandwidth by posting photos of statelines where a highway happened to end for a few years, or of "incremental" endpoints that were just temporary while a route was in the process of being truncated or extended to another location.
All highways are shown in the context of their "route family" (in other words, 3-digit branch routes are shown on the same map as their 2-digit parent route).
www.geocities.com /mapguy_denver/HwyEnds   (1125 words)

  
 History of the US Highway System   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Before the Interstate Highway system brought fast, limited access highways to the United States, there was, and still remains, another nationwide system of highways that enabled travelers to follow standardized routes to any part of the nation.
Giving highways throughout the United States a standard numerical designation was a radical idea but at the same time fit in with other innovations at the time.
It appears the original plan was for the Interstate Highways to be co-signed and routed with their corresponding US highway and from about 1960 to 1964 this is exactly what the Division of Highways did.
gbcnet.com /ushighways/history.html   (1800 words)

  
 U.S. Highway 79 - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
Directonal assembly for U.S. Highways 64, 70, and 79 in Memphis, Tennessee
As of 2004, the highway's northern terminus is in Russellville, Kentucky at an intersection with Business U.S. Highway 68.
Its southern terminus is in Round Rock, Texas at an intersection with Interstate 35, 10 miles (16 km) north of Austin.
www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/u/s/U.S._Highway_79_9db5.html   (160 words)

  
 Highway 1
The coastal highway joining Australia's mainland state capitals is also termed Highway 1 (though it is not always the primary route between them).
Highway 1 circumnavigates the entire Australian continent, making it the longest numbered highway in the world.
Some stretches across the Nullarbor Plain and along the north-western coastline are quite isolated, with roadside settlements supporting the passing traffic the only human activity for thousands of kilometres.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/hi/Highway_1.html   (184 words)

  
 United States Numbered Highways Information
As these highways were coordinated among the states, they are sometimes referred to as Federal Highways, but they have always been maintained by state or local governments since their initial designation in 1926.
This grid is the opposite of the Interstate Highways, which increase from west to east and south to north.
For the most part, the U.S. Highways remained the primary method of intercity travel; the main exceptions were toll roads such as the Pennsylvania Turnpike and parkways such as the Merritt Parkway.
www.bookrags.com /wiki/United_States_Numbered_Highways   (3377 words)

  
 History of the US Highway System
Before the Interstate Highway system brought fast, limited access highways to the United States, there was, and still remains, another nationwide system of highways that enabled travelers to follow standardized routes to any part of the nation.
Giving highways throughout the United States a standard numerical designation was a radical idea but at the same time fit in with other innovations at the time.
It appears the original plan was for the Interstate Highways to be co-signed and routed with their corresponding US highway and from about 1960 to 1964 this is exactly what the Division of Highways did.
www.gbcnet.com /ushighways/history.html   (1800 words)

  
 U.S. Route 1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As of 2005, the highway's northern terminus is in Fort Kent, Maine at the Canadian border, where it crosses the Saint John River and intersects Provincial Highway 205.
From that point north, the highway travels through rural areas to the Pennsylvania border, on a stretch which includes crossing the Susquehanna River atop the Conowingo Dam, which in 1928 was the first dam to have a highway routed on its top.
U.S. Highways in the District of Columbia
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_Highway_1   (4631 words)

  
 HISTORY ROAD | Workers Carefully Place | Route Rome to Greece | Early 1900s, Roads United States | Highway System in ...
In the western hemisphere, road building evidently reached a high state of development in the 15th and 16th centuries under the Aztecs in Mexico, the Maya in Central America, and the Incas in South America.
By 1930 the principal population centers of the United States were connected by a system of all-weather, two-lane roads.
This highway construction project in Florida was part of a massive expansion of the country's interstate highway system in the 1950s.
www.auuuu.com /cars/road/13.html   (2415 words)

  
 Highway 89 - U.S. highway in Western Mountain states Sunset - Find Articles
But to see the highway as just that simple line is akin to describing a Charlie Russell painting as dabs of oil on a piece of stretched canvas.
Highway 89 is the glamour of Jackson Hole, Wyoming the pious probity of the Latter-day Saints temple that dominates Logan, Utah, the historic meeting of two cultures exemplified in the Cameron Trading Post in Arizona.
From Great Falls, the highway leads through loping range country--captured on canvas by Charlie Russell, who lived here for 46 years (and who is honored in a museum in Great Falls)--south to White Sulphur Springs.
findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1216/is_6_206/ai_75262034   (892 words)

  
 U.S. Route 80 The Dixie Overland Highway   (Site not responding. Last check: )
At the request of the State highway agencies, the Secretary of Agriculture appointed the Joint Board on Interstate Highways in April 1925 (the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads (BPR) was in his Department).
Without this highway the homeseeking and tourist interests of the coastal South are split in a sharply defined line represented by the lack of roads and impossible river and bay crossings in southern Alabama and western Florida.
One of the activities of the United Daughters of the Confederacy was the placement of three terminal markers, in Virginia, Fairview, and San Diego.
www.fhwa.dot.gov /infrastructure/us80.htm   (12666 words)

  
 Caltrans :: Interstate Highway 50
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), which represents the state departments of transportation in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, wants to “Celebrate the Interstate!” both nationally and in individual states.
The Lake Tahoe Wagon Road, California’s first state highway, which officially became Highway 50 in 1927, is also known as the “backbone of America” and is commemorated as such by the Highway 50 Association.
The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1925 created this system as a response to the confusion created by the more than 250 named highways, such as the Lincoln Highway and the Lake Tahoe Wagon Road, which were identified by names and colored bands on telephone poles.
www.dot.ca.gov /hwy50   (2992 words)

  
 Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1938 directed the chief of the Bureau of Public Roads (precursor to today's Federal Highway Administration) to study the feasibility of a six-route national toll road network.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike opened on October 1, 1940 and was the first limited-access, divided highway in the country.
Milestones for US Highway Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration This is a time line of significant events in the history of highway transportation in America from 1892.
www.eisenhower.utexas.edu /highway.htm   (1154 words)

  
 United States Numbered Highways - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As these highways were coordinated among the states, they are sometimes referred to as Federal Highways, but they have always been maintained by state or local governments since their initial designation in 1926.
This grid is the opposite of the Interstate Highways, which increase from west to east and south to north.
For the most part, the U.S. Highways remained the primary method of intercity travel; the main exceptions were toll roads such as the Pennsylvania Turnpike and parkways such as the Merritt Parkway.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_highway   (3408 words)

  
 MileByMile.com Site Map
State 34, Junction Interstate #8 to Highway 74,
State 12, Route 12 Highway of Legends (Junction of route 160 to Trinidad)
United States 24, State Highway 24 Colorado Springs to Vail (Junction of I-70)
www.milebymile.com /site_map.html   (1015 words)

  
 Major Roads of the United States
A route that is part of the United States Interstate Highway System or other similar expressway, and that goes through a tunnel and where a travel fee is collected.
A major United States-numbered highway or one of the most important State-numbered routes that goes through a tunnel, and where a travel fee is collected.
Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the Outlying Areas of the United States, and Associated Areas, FIPS 5-2.
nationalatlas.gov /metadata/roadtrl020.faq.html   (1821 words)

  
 U. S Highways: From US 1 to (US 830)
All US highways past and present are listed here, with their length in miles and (historical maximum extent), if different from current length.
Also listed are the states the roads pass or passed though (with links to other sites), length of the highway (current and/or historic), the roads that replaced it, and other notes, such as years of commissioning and decommissioning and major extensions and truncations.
Table includes present and former routes, termini, states passed through, roads that replaced the routes, years of commissioning and decommissioning along with major extensions and retractions, along with the numbering convention for US Highways.
www.us-highways.com   (3589 words)

  
 Drive the Coast of California on Highway 1!
California’s scenic Highway 1 is a state highway that runs along the spectacular Pacific coast, showcasing some of the most beautiful terrain the state.
Designated as one of only 27 All-American Roads in the country, Highway 1 is famous for a variety of features that you won’t see anywhere else in the United States.
Highway 1 is a twisting two-lane road, bordered by dense pine forests and steep rock cliffs, making it an exciting and challenging driving experience.
www.stayatmonterey.com /highway-1-attractions-pkg.asp   (955 words)

  
 Highway Inn Titusville, Florida, United States - Highway Inn Group Booking Reservation Meetings Meeting Planning ...
The Highway Inn is the perfect place to hold a corporate event such as; team building, sales meetings, board of director meetings, or just corporate hospitality.
A Highway Inn conference center is one of many conference centers in Titusville, Florida, United States.
A Highway Inn wedding reception is a party where guests come to celebrate the marriage of the bride and groom.
www.meetingforce.com /highway-inn-hotel-67h662.html   (690 words)

  
 United States Highways in 2045 images
The United States highway system had its beginnings in 1916 when congress responded to the need for roads suitable for the modern automobile with the Federal Aid for Highways Act.
The new interstate system was to a large degree a replacement of the former highway system with controlled access, divided highways designed for the new demands.
Beside their historic significance, the U. Highways are still an important access to many parts of the country, especially in the west where the interstates are more widely spaced.
www.untraveledroad.com /Categories/Highways.htm   (269 words)

  
 U.S. Highway 40 travel guide - Wikitravel
U.S. Highway 40 (also US 40) is a United States highway route extending from Atlantic City, New Jersey in the east to a junction with Interstate 80 north of Park City, Utah in the west.
The segment of the highway between Denver and Salt Lake City is a scenic route providing access to several ski resorts and to recreational areas such as Rocky Mountain National Park and Dinosaur National Monument.
The 24-mile stretch of highway travelling west and north between the Interstate and the city of Winter Park passes through Arapaho National Forest.
wikitravel.org /en/U.S._Highway_40   (459 words)

  
 Texas Department of Public Safety - Courtesy, Service, Protection
The governor shall designate a division of the governor's office or a state agency to establish and administer an all-terrain vehicle operator education and certification program.
The purpose of the all-terrain vehicle operator education and certification program is to make available courses in basic training and safety skills relating to the operation of all-terrain vehicles and to issue safety certificates to operators who successfully complete the educational program requirements or pass a test established under the program.
The designated division or state agency by rule may temporarily exempt the residents of any county from Section 663.015 or from Section 663.031(a)(1) until the appropriate education and certification program is established at a location that is reasonably accessible to the residents of that county.
www.txdps.state.tx.us /msb/atvcode.htm   (1250 words)

  
 Elizabeth B. Thomsen: U.S. Highway 1   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The American Highway: The History and Culture of Roads in the United States by William Kaszynski
U.S. Highway 1, is one of the oldest and most well-known roads of the United States Highway system.
Since its inception in 1926, U.S. Highway 1 has begun at the Canadian border, on the United States side of a bridge crossing the St. John River, in town of Fort Kent, Maine.
www.ethomsen.com /ushighway1   (521 words)

  
 Highway Kick-Off Page @ AARoads: Your Link to the Best Highways on the Web
Abandoned and lost highways (Marty Blaise) This is a discussion group for people interested in abandoned highways, roads and bridges and the fascinating stories behind them.
Fictional Highway Corridors (Carter Buchanan) This is a group for those interested in sharing ideas for future freeways, interstates, US highways or even two lane routes that may deserve a US highway designation.
Highway Aggravation: The Case for Privatizing the Highways (Peter Samuel).
www.aaroads.com /kick-off/highway.html   (2415 words)

  
 Highway 1, California (Drives)
Although the continuous highway along the California coast is Highway 101, there are many places where no high speed, high volume road is possible.
When this happens, Highway 101 follows an inland route and the highway that follows the shoreline is Highway 1.
North of San Francisco, Highway 1 begins near Leggett and follows the coastline through Fort Bragg and Mendocino, rejoining Highway 101 just north of the Golden Gate Bridge.
www.ohwy.com /ca/h/hwy1.htm   (184 words)

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