America's Highways 1776–1976: A History of the Federal-Aid Program/Index
INDEX
Accidents, 115, 127–129, 135, 149, 246, 262, 278, 279, 337, 342, 344–348, 352, 391–392, 401–403, 406, 408, 440, 459, 460, 484, 485
Agricultural Appropriation Act of 1893, 44
Agricultural Appropriation Act of 1894, 200
Agricultural Appropriation Act of 1905, 52
Agricultural Appropriation Act of 1928, 138
Agricultural Appropriation Act of 1936, 125
Alaska Highway, 149, 530–536
American Association of State Highway Officials (A.A.S.H.O.), 79, 86, 96, 98, 101–102, 104, 106–108, 120, 145, 148, 152, 158, 163, 165–166, 172, 202, 207–208, 296–297, 326, 334, 341
American Automobile Association, 60–61, 74, 76, 84–85, 102, 106
Army Corps of Engineers, 21, 31, 107, 138, 498
Automobiles, 52, 54–57, 60, 115, 123–124, 147, 154, 162, 238, 247, 370, 382, 384, 390, 411, 414 (also see Registration)
Bankhead Act 1916, 107
Barnett, Joseph, 188–190
Beautification, (see Highway Beautification Act 1965)
Bridwell, Lowell K., 194
Bridges, 19, 240, 331–332, 418–442
Bureau of Public Roads, 102–110, 120–121, 124–126, 129, 132, 134, 137–140, 150, 156, 163, 169–173, 208–209, 214, 218, 267–268, 271, 281–282, 298, 327, 330, 337, 339, 341, 352, 368, 431, 448–151, 453–454
Capper-Cramton Act, 139
Congestion, 115, 154, 165–166, 171, 261, 281, 300, 370, 466
Construction, (see Roads)
Cumberland Road, (see National Road)
Curtiss, Charles D., 172, 193
Defense, (see Roads)
Defense Highway Act 1941, 150, 249, 269, 275
Design, 337–341, 349, 381–382, 384–398, 401, 411, 476
Dodge, Martin, 46–50, 52, 64, 191, 235
Department of Transportation, 297, 298, 318, 319
Department of Transportation Act 1956, 218
Department of Transportation Act 1966, 221
Department of Transportation Act 1974, 372
DuPont, Francis V., 170, 192
Eldridge, Maurice O., 46, 50, 215–216, 519
Emergency Relief & Construction Act 1932, 124
Emergency Relief Appropriation Act 1935, 125, 130
Environment, 221, 223, 314, 349–352, 366, 378, 396, 459–460
Expressways, 150, 152, 160, 163, 169, 171, 397–467
Federal-Aid Highway Act 1934, 268–269, 467
Federal-Aid Highway Act 1938, 134, 278, 368
Federal-Aid Highway Act 1940, 249, 275, 369
Federal-Aid Highway Act 1944, 153, 156–158, 214, 249, 269, 274, 276, 321, 456, 468, 493
Federal-Aid Highway Act 1948, 165, 288
Federal-Aid Highway Act, 1950, 165, 221, 252, 258, 494, 528
Federal-Aid Highway Act 1952, 166, 254, 469, 528
Federal-Aid Highway Act 1954, 166, 171, 254, 292, 294, 358, 469, 528
Federal-Aid Highway Act 1956, 159, 174, 222, 228, 234, 254, 256, 259–260, 292, 303, 317, 358, 362, 396, 472, 476–477, 494
Federal- Aid Highway Act 1958, 478–479
Federal-Aid Highway Act 1959, 255, 479
Federal-Aid Highway Act 1961, 259, 481
Federal-Aid Highway Act 1962, 211, 269, 299, 305, 315, 321, 363
Federal-Aid Highway Act 1966, 305
Federal-Aid Highway Act 1968, 262, 299, 315, 317, 363, 364, 442, 472, 477
Federal-Aid Highway Act 1970, 223, 237, 262, 315, 317, 358, 364, 376, 442, 495
Federal-Aid Highway Act 1973, 202, 262, 302, 377
Federal-Aid Highway Act 1976, 226, 230
Federal Aid Road Act 1916, 83, 86, 93, 100, 103, 108, 113, 144, 202, 204, 219, 240–242, 244
Federal Aid System, 108–109, 113–114, 116, 125–126, 136, 140–142, 156, 160–161, 164–165, 167, 170 (also see Roads)
Federal Highway Act 1921, 108–109, 113, 121, 126, 136, 138, 142, 205–206, 214, 220, 242, 244, 246, 321, 357–358
Federal Highway Administration, 210, 219, 222, 226, 231, 233, 236–237, 256, 298, 315, 352, 359, et al.
Finance;
bonds, 41, 73, 89, 101–102, 114, 137, 151–152, 163–173, 239, 243–244, 247, 248, 252, 256, 282, 431, 470–471;
Federal aid, 198–214, 220, 227–235, 240, 243, 245–247, 253–255, 259–260, 266–267, 270, 273, 282, 289, 431–432, 470;
State aid, 43–44, 50, 57, 64, 76, 155, 199–200, 239, 249, 260;
taxes, 37–39, 41–42, 50, 57, 74, 84, 114, 118, 122–125, 131, 148, 157, 163–164, 166–167, 169–173, 238, 242, 245, 247, 250–251, 254–255, 267, 271, 295, 473;
tolls, 7–11, 14, 18, 20–23, 30, 116, 136–137, 164–167, 169, 244, 271, 290–291
Forest Roads, (see Roads)
Gallatin, Albert, 17
Good Roads Association (see Good Roads Movement)
Good Roads Movement, 41–44, 46–50, 57, 67, 75, 124
Good Roads Train, 48–50, 76
Grade Crossings, 125, 128–130, 136, 159, 165, 246–247, 393–394
Hayden-Cartwright Act of 1934, 124–125, 130, 134, 139, 156–157, 167, 171, 247, 265, 270, 321
Hewes, L. I., 489–491
Highway Access, (see Right-of-Way)
Highway Beautification Act 1965, 367–369
Highway Related Legislation, 546–547
Highway Research Board, (see Research)
Highway Revenue Act 1956, 174, 228, 254, 472–474
Highway Trust Fund, 173, 211, 227–230, 254–256, 262, 276, 301, 473–475, 481
Historic Preservation, 373–374
Holmes, Edward H., 283–286
Hubbard, Prevost, 117, 322
Inter-American Highway, 139–140, 150, 522–530
International Roads (see Roads)
Interstate (see Roads)
James, Edwin W., 73, 108, 110, 520, 526–527
King Drag Laws, 22
League of American Wheelmen, 42–43, 56, 76
Lincoln Highway Association, 83, 95, 109, 135
Long Distance Roads, (see Roads, Transcontinental)
Maintenance, (see Roads)
Mass Transit, 262, 301–302, 312
McAdam, John L., 12–13, 21, 52, 117–118
MacDonald, Thomas M., 103, 105–107, 108, 113, 114, 121, 123, 126, 135–136, 138, 142, 144, 147–148, 161, 170, 176–179, 192, 206–208, 233, 257, 268, 271, 273–274, 277, 289, 367, 467, 500, 520
Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, 134, 139, 394, 405
National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933, 125, 130, 139, 156–157, 246–247, 493
National Roads, (see Roads)
National Road, (or National Pike, Cumberland Road), 10, 14, 16–17, 19, 21–22, 24, 26, 29, 32, 109, 198–199, 201, 273, 382
National Good Roads Association, 48–50, (also see Good Roads Movement)
Normann, O. K., 338–341
Object Lesson Roads, 45–48, 64–66, 72–75, 83, 320, 515–516 (also see Good Roads Movement)
Office of Public Roads, 37, 52, 62, 64–69, 72–76, 80, 82–84, 86–87, 89, 235, 240–241, 266, 367, 519
Office of Public Roads and Rural Engineering, 87, 95–96, 100–101, 118, 204
Office of Public Road Inquiries, 46–50, 52, 88
Office of Road Inquiry, 44–46
Page, Logan W., 47, 52, 57, 64–65, 67, 72–76, 80, 82–83, 87, 89, 96, 98, 101–102, 114, 117, 191, 206, 323, 329
Parkways, 56, 86, 133–134, 137–139, 154, 159–160, 163, 167–169, 368–369, 396–397, 507–512
Pioneer Freighter, 62, 83
Planning, 264, 265–271, 276–286, 294, 295, 299, 303, 304, 306, 316–319, 351
Pneumatic Tires, 42, 54, 119, 145, 384, 394, 454
Post Office Appropriation Act 1912, 84, 240
Post Office Appropriation Act 1913, 81, 201
Post Office Appropriation Act 1919, 102, 103, 107
Post Office Appropriation Act 1922, 108
Post Office Appropriation Act 1923, 206, 227
Post Roads, (see Roads)
Public Roads Administration, 142–145, 147–151, 156–158, 160–162, 165–166, 168–169
Railroads, 13, 14, 23–24, 26, 29–34, 36, 39, 44, 49–50, 76, 84, 90–93, 97–99, 113, 117, 127, 145, 150, 154, 250, 257, 259, 420
Registration, 57, 60, 109, 114, 123, 124, 126, 143, 146, 154, 161, 169, 239–242, 245, 248, 251, 262, 263
Relocation, 363–365
Right-of-Way, 9, 12, 20–21, 24, 37, 56–57, 87, 102, 114–115, 117, 126, 132–137, 139, 149–150, 152–153, 159–160, 163, 165, 168, 199, 249, 294, 364–365, 473
Remote Sensing, 326, 389, 394
Research, 208–210, 277, 320–352, 439
Road Signs, 61, 78, 109–110, 1–5, 130, 343, 404–410, 477
Roads;
construction, 2, 9–13, 24–25, 37, 39, 45, 47–48, 50, 56–57, 64–67, 87, 89, 98, 100, 104–106, 113–114, 117–118, 121, 137, 147, 161, 171, 324, 325–329, 332, 333, 335, 385, 388, 394, 395, 444–464, 495, 498, 519;
defense, 18–19, 24, 26, 30–31, 62, 94–100, 138, 142, 153, 166, 241, 249, 267, 275, 357, 468, 469, 513, 514, 524, 525, 531–536;
Federal aid, 16–24, 26, 44, 47, 80–89, 98, 113–115, 143–147, 155, 157–160, 165–167, 169–173, 295, 296, 300, 302, 447–448, 494, 542–545;
forests, 75, 126, 137–139, 170, 242, 247, 487–507;
other nations’, 139–140, 149–150, 152, 518–536, 539, 540;
Interstate, 83, 96, 102, 107–110, 116, 136–137, 152–153, 156–159, 165–166, 168–174, 211, 213, 228, 230, 243, 249, 252, 254, 256, 259–260, 263–264, 271, 273–277, 281–292, 295–296, 303, 341, 343, 345, 354, 466–485, 543–544;
maintenance, 6, 8, 12–15, 20, 30, 36–37, 41, 43–44, 47, 65, 68, 78, 80–81, 83, 93, 95, 98, 105, 118, 134, 147, 161–163, 165, 249, 330, 331, 336, 444–464;
national, 47, 62, 84–85, 95, 101–102, 106, 108, 137, 151, 153, 173;
post, 16, 22–23, 26, 80–87, 100–102, 106, 108, 114, 201–202, 240;
rural, 36–37, 41, 48, 50, 56–57, 64, 66, 72, 80–81, 85–86, 89, 102, 114–118, 128, 132, 151–152, 156–157, 160–162, 238, 240–241, 262–264, 381–382, 384, 414, 415, 468;
toll, 8–12, 14, 21, 36, 50, 117, 135–137, 142, 150–152, 165, 171, 247–248, 252, 256–257, 263, 272, 274, 294, 466–467, 469;
transcontinental, 62, 83, 85, 101, 107–109, 113, 136, 138, 152–153, 272, 277, 498;
urban, 34, 39, 41, 47, 56, 66, 103, 125, 135–136, 151–152, 154, 156–158, 160, 163, 169–172, 263
Safety (see Accidents)
Settlements, 16, 26, 29, 32, 34
Signs (see Road Signs)
Shirley, Henry G., 106
State Aid (see Finance)
Statute Labor, 7, 10, 12, 36–37, 41, 238
Steamboats, 29–31
Stone, Roy (General), 44–47, 83, 191, 206, 213, 444
Suburbs, 39, 133, 154
Taxes (see Finance)
Tiemann, Norbert T., 195
Trade, 10–12, 14, 18, 20, 24, 38–39, 44–45, 49, 57, 84–86, 98–100, 102, 115, 121, 126, 166, 247, 257–259, 274
Tresaquet, J.P.M., 12, 13, 20, 52, 117
Trucking, 92–95, 97–99, 102, 114, 117–119, 122, 132, 137, 145–147, 163, 169, 171, 241–242, 248, 250, 257–259, 288, 295
Tunnels, 442
Turner, Francis C, 185–187, 195
Turnpikes, 8–16, 22–24, 29–31, 36, 136–137, 150–151, 159, 166–169
Turnpike Companies, 8–13, 15, 22–24, 36
Uniform Relocation Assistance & Real Property Acquisitions Policy Act 1970, 211, 221, 363–364
Volpe, John A., 193
Wheelmen (see League of American Wheelmen)
Whitton, Rex M., 194
Zane’s Trace, 16
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