America's Highways 1776–1976: A History of the Federal-Aid Program/Index

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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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