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Just fine the way they are : from dirt roads to rail roads to interstates / by Wooldridge, Connie Nordhielm.(CARDINAL)376213; Walz, Richard.(CARDINAL)522787;
Includes bibliographical references.Follows the development of roads in the United States--and the new forms of transportation that used them--from the National Highway of 1805 through railroads and paved roads for bicycles and automobiles to the interstate system.AD1030LAccelerated Reader (AR)Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Roads; Roads; Technological innovations; Technological innovations; Transportation; Transportation; Transportation; Transportation; Travel; Travel;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Divided highways : building the interstate highways, transforming American life / by Lewis, Tom,1942-author.(CARDINAL)204213;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-365) and index.The chief -- Mastering nature -- The dreamway -- The GI and the general -- A grand plan -- The great puzzle -- Lines of desire -- Revolt -- Busting the trust -- New rules -- Continental drift -- The greatest of improvements -- Buried desires.In this updated edition, Lewis brings his story of the Interstate system up to date, concluding with Boston's troubled and yet triumphant Big Dig project, the growing antipathy for big federal infrastructure projects, and the uncertain economics of highway projects both present and future.
Subjects: Roads; Transportation, Automotive;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Eisenhower [large print] the White House years / by Newton, Jim,1963-(CARDINAL)479793;
Includes bibliographical references.The Dwight Eisenhower of popular imagination is a benign figure armed with a putter. The Eisenhower of journalist Jim Newton's rendering is shrewd and tempestuous. Mocked as a blunderbuss, he was a meticulous manager. Admired as a general, he was a champion of peace. Eisenhower enforced desegregation, built an interstate highway system, ground down Joseph McCarthy - and was the last president until Clinton to leave the country in the black.
Subjects: Biographies.; Large print books.; Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.; Presidents;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Transportation : invest in our future. by American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.(CARDINAL)138446;
Governments at all levels must fund their share of transportation investment -- The commission: great opportunity for new policy direction -- Key findings for America's future -- Executive summary -- For our grandchildren's future, global competition, not revenue, is the real challenge -- Future surface transportation system needs -- Demographic trends affecting transportation -- The future of the Interstate Highway System -- Potential for expansion, upgrades, and other changes to meet surface transportation needs.Congress created the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission to examine "future surface transportation system needs, expected demographic and economic changes that will shape traffic demand, the future of the Interstate System, and the potential for expansion, upgrades, and other changes to the surface transportation system to meet the nation's needs." The Commission was directed to consult with representatives of State departments of transportation. This report is the first of six that AASHTO plans to provide to assist the Commission. It contains a comprehensive assessment of transportation needs today and in the future, and the demographic and economic changes that will shape that future.
Subjects: Bridges; Express highways; Infrastructure (Economics); Local transit; Railroads; Railroads; Roads; Transportation; Transportation; Transportation;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
On-line resources: http://financecommission.dot.gov/Documents/Background%20Documents/tif2-1.pdf;
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Rough roads ahead : fix them now or pay for it later. by American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.(CARDINAL)138446; Road Information Program.(CARDINAL)315772;
Includes bibliographical references (page 40).Executive summary -- Introduction: highways to everywhere -- Rough roads--facing the facts -- Investing to save America's highways -- The Interstate system--an aging economic engine -- Trucks and highways--working together to move freight -- Managing highways as an investment -- Rebuilding for the future -- Appendices -- Endnotes.This report was developed by AASHTO in conjunction with TRIP, a national transportation research group. It documents the preservation needs of the nation's highways and the solutions that can be applied.
Subjects: Roads; Pavements;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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North Carolina inventory of outdoor advertising signs and junkyard, federal-aid primary and interstate system / by United States.Bureau of Public Roads.(CARDINAL)140366; North Carolina Highway Commission.(CARDINAL)166720;
[v.1] Summary of data -- [v. 2] Map and description of sections -- [v. 3] Junkyards."A field inventory of outdoor advertising signs and junkyards was made during the period January 18-May 10, 1966, on [4,224 miles of] highways and streets in North Carolina ... in both rural and urban areas. The final statewide report ... is in three parts"--Pref. v. 1.
Subjects: Advertising, Outdoor; Automobile graveyards; Billboards.; Signs and signboards.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Built to last : building America's amazing bridges, dams, tunnels, and skyscrapers / by Sullivan, George,1927-(CARDINAL)140168;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 122-123) and index.Introduction -- Early republic 1790-1850: Erie Canal -- Hoosac Tunnel -- United States Capitol -- Invention and discovery 1850-1910: Brooklyn Bridge -- Flatiron Building -- Transcontinental Railroad -- Hard times 1920-1940: Empire State Building -- Fort Peck Dam -- Hoover Dam -- Golden Gate Bridge -- Cascade Tunnel -- Golden Age 1950-1965: U.S. Interstate Highway System -- Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel -- Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Arch -- Sears Tower -- Megaprojects 1990-present: Central Artery/Tunnel Project -- City Tunnel No. 3 -- Further reading -- Web sites -- Index.Americans didn't let mountains stand in the way of trade with the American West--they tunneled right through them to make the Cascade Tunnel and Hoosac Tunnel. When water and power were needed, they built huge dams, such as the Fort Peck Dam and the Hoover Dam. Faced with water to cross, they built beautiful bridges, such as the Brooklyn Bridge and the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. And the American character is best reflected by the building it invented, the skyscraper. Built to last profiles 17 architectural and engineering marvels, from the Erie Canal to Boston's Big Dig.950LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Civil engineering; Civil engineering; Civil engineering;
Available copies: 24 / Total copies: 25
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Chicago : history, people, landmarks : the World's Fair, Wrigley Field, Frank Lloyd Wright / by Orr, Tamra,author.(CARDINAL)345748;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 38) and index."Today, Chicago, Illinois is a busy modern metropolis, but it wasn't always that way. Native Americans hunted elk and bison and made permanent paths through that land with their trade routes that eventually became an interstate highway system. Early immigrants built a town on the swampy mud, then raised or moved most of its buildings to install a sewer system. Find out how everyday people from all over the world helped build Chicago or as Carl Sandburg called it, the 'City of the Big Shoulders.'"--
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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America's highways, 1776-1976 : a history of the Federal-aid program. by United States.Federal Highway Administration.(CARDINAL)139839;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Pt. 1. [History]: The colonial legacy -- Early turnpike era -- Early Federal aid for roads and canals -- The age of steam -- The good roads movement -- Dawn of the motor age -- The beginning of scientific roadbuilding -- The drive for Federal aid -- Planning a highway system -- The highway boom -- Roads for national defense -- Events leading to enactment of the 1956 Federal-Aid Highway Act -- Pt. 2. [Operations]: Administration of the Federal-Aid Program -- Finance and economics -- Planning -- Research -- Right-of-Way and environment -- Design -- Bridges -- Construction and maintenance -- Development of the interstate program -- Construction in the Federal domain -- International operations.
Subjects: Federal aid to transportation; Roads;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Across median accident study / by North Carolina.Traffic Engineering Branch.Traffic Safety Systems Management Unit.(CARDINAL)208685;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Statistics.; Traffic accidents; Highway engineering; Wrong-way driving; Traffic safety;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
On-line resources: Suggest title for digitization;
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