Finding the unexpected in the everyday.
Nearly a decade before the official authorization of the U.S. Numbered Highway System nationwide, the state of Wisconsin played a groundbreaking role in the establishment of such routes within its own boundaries. By 1917, an ever-increasing number of Wisconsin residents recognized the need for changes to be made to state trails and roads that were... Continue Reading →
July 22, 1926 In what was widely believed to be a new record for America’s National Pastime and a notable “first” in aviation, sports legend Babe Ruth (1894-1948) caught a baseball from a plane flying well above Mitchel Field airport in Garden City, Long Island. “Babe Ruth Catches Ball from Skies,” announced a headline in that... Continue Reading →
US Route 66 (US 66), known far and wide today as simply Route 66, was one of the original routes of the United States Numbered Highway System to be approved by the American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHO) in 1926 and formally authorized and announced by the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads early the... Continue Reading →
July 20, 2016 In the Canadian province of British Columbia, the soft launch of a public bicycle-sharing system in the city of Vancouver began. A bicycle-sharing system is mobility service in which bicycles are available for shared short-term use on a low-cost basis. The version of this system in British Columbia’s most populous city is Vancouver... Continue Reading →
July 17, 2006 A light rail system serving Newark, New Jersey, and surrounding communities was inaugurated. The Newark Light Rail (NLR) is owned and operated by NJ Transit Bus Operations, a division of the state-owned New Jersey Transit Corporation. NLR was developed from a combination of Newark City Subway, which had been launched in 1935,... Continue Reading →
In April 1925, the first full-fledged meeting of the Joint Board on Interstate Highways was held at the headquarters of the U.S Bureau of Public Roads (BPR) in Washington, D.C. This two-day meeting took place just a few weeks after the board was formally established to work on developing what ultimately became the U.S. Numbered... Continue Reading →
U.S. Route 1 (US 1) was one of the major north-south routes of the of the newly created United States Numbered Highway System to be officially authorized by the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads (BPR) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on New Year’s Day in 1927. US 1 – also known extensively early... Continue Reading →
This is part of a series of posts commemorating the centennial of the United States Numbered Highway System. Less than a month before the 10th anniversary of the organization’s founding in Washington, D.C., the American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHO) held its 1924 annual meeting in San Francisco. This meeting specifically took place in... Continue Reading →
July 8, 1916 With momentum continuing to take firm shape across the United States for the Federal Aid Road Act of 1916, International News Service (INS) issued an update on this landmark legislation. “The new bill proposing federal aid to road building has gone to President Wilson for his signature,” reported INS. Along with providing... Continue Reading →
This is the first in a series of posts commemorating the centennial of the United States Numbered Highway System. U.S. Route 40 (US 40) was one of the transcontinental routes of the newly created United States Numbered Highway System to be officially approved by the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads in January 1927. US 40... Continue Reading →
