Route 66

Route 66: How the Mother Road helped connect America

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FreightWaves Classics: New Mexico’s State Highway Commission is created

Leaving NM and entering AZ in the movie "The Grapes of Wrath", they are at Lupton. Route 66

New Mexico became an organized, incorporated territory of the United States on February 24, 1863. It was a territory for nearly 62 years, the longest period of any territory in the contiguous nation. New Mexico became the 47th state on January 6, 1912. 

Just over five months later, a range of bills recently passed by the state legislature still awaited approval or rejection by the governor. One of the bills that was signed into law on June 10, 1912 (110 years ago today) by Governor William C....

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FreightWaves Classics/Infrastructure: I-40 is a key east-west highway

Signs for I-25 and I-40 in New Mexico. (Photo: alpsroads.net)

This is the latest in an intermittent FreightWaves Classics series about the U.S. Interstate Highway System (IHS). The series began with a profile of Interstate 2 (I-2) and has covered each interstate in numerical order. Today’s article profiles Interstate 40 (I-40), which runs from North Carolina in the East to California in the West. Earlier articles can be found on FreightWaves.com.

Overview

I-40 is one of the interstate highways that was in the original IHS plan. Spanning eight states, it is...

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FreightWaves Classics: Bridge over the Mississippi River rededicated

The McKinley Bridge provides a Mississippi River crossing between Missouri and Illinois. (Photo: Nathan Holth/historicbridges.org)

Fourteen years ago today, a “rededication ceremony” was held for the McKinley Bridge, which links St. Louis, Missouri, with Venice, Illinois by crossing the Mississippi River. The bridge had first been dedicated 100 years earlier, on November 17, 1907.

Background

President William McKinley (Photo: The White House)President William McKinley
(Photo: The White House)

President William McKinley had been assassinated just a few years before (on September 14, 1901), and many believed then (and now) that the bridge was named for the fallen president....

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FreightWaves Haul of Fame: Navajo Freight Lines prospered for 40+ years

A Navajo tractor and two trailers parked under the Navajo sign. (Photo colorized by George Murphey)

The story of Navajo Freight Lines began in 1934 when Red Arrow Trucking was founded. Four years later, Red Arrow was rebranded as the Kansas City Los Angeles Flyer Transport Company. The Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) granted the company routes from Kansas to Los Angeles, and by 1938, the company serviced New Mexico as well. 

Early years

However, in 1940, the ICC revoked all routes given prior to the New Mexico lanes. This was a huge blow to the company, and its story might have ended...

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