Tag Archive for: Highways

1939 Toll Roads and Free Roads Report

The 1939 report by the Bureau of Public Roads determined that toll funding would not work for transcontinental roads but the traffic and route studies in the report, and its master plan for free road…

America’s Highways, 1776-1976: A History of the Federal-Aid Program

The best and most comprehensive history of the federal role in building roads prior to 1976. Published by the Federal Highway Administration as part of the national Bicentennial activities.