This is Part 4 of a four-part article. To read the earlier parts of this article, follow the links to Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3.
Changes requested by various entities expanded the network of U.S. numbered highways to 96,626 miles. AASHO had to act, adopting the Joint Board’s proposal (as modified) before additional changes took place. Over the 18-month period of...
In Part 1of this article, a trip by two officials of the American Automobile Association (AAA) led to problems due to the practice of naming major roads during the first 25 years of the 20th century.
In Part 2, FreightWaves Classics detailed actions that were taken to move the country toward numbering its highways in a uniform manner.
In Part 3, actions by state and federal highway officials are highlighted.
A road sign for the Trail of the Padres auto trail. (Photo: eBay.com)
The U.S. is thawing out this week from back-to-back storms that covered large areas of the country. Airports were forced to close for periods of time, railroads were slowed or stopped and the nation’s trucking fleet was sidelined for various lengths of time in different areas.
While the storms slowed the movement of goods and people, they could not stop movement entirely. In part, this is due to the work of those dedicated to keep the...