Finding the unexpected in the everyday.
A major milestone for the portion of U.S. 10 (US 10) in North Dakota took place when the segment of that east-west route between the cities of Fargo and Mapleton in Cass County was fully paved. This paving project brought about the Flickertail State’s first hard-surfaced, all-weather section of US 10, which had been one... Continue Reading →
September 8, 2008 A large-scale parking garage in Anchorage, Alaska, was officially opened for use. Construction on this 10-story building, which encompasses a total of 368,830 square feet (34,265 square meters), began on February 1 of the previous year. The upper nine stories of this structure are used for parking, while the first story contains... Continue Reading →
Only about two years after being built and opened along U.S. Route 66 (US 66) in the settlement of Grants Station (now the city of Grants) in the west-central part of New Mexico, a Standard Oil Company gas station was moved approximately 29 miles (46.7 kilometers) southeast to the community of Thoreau in the state... Continue Reading →
August 31, 1954 Dedication ceremonies were held for an arch bridge crossing the Delaware River between the hamlet of Narrowsburg in Sullivan County, New York; and the village of Darbytown (within the township of Damascus) in Wayne County, Pennsylvania. Construction on this bridge began on April 16, 1953. Approximately 200 people showed up for the... Continue Reading →
August 28, 2010 Three weeks after it first went into service, a railway station in the city of Umeå in northeastern Sweden was formally opened. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden presided at the inaugural ceremony for this station, which is in the eastern area of the city and close to both Umeå University and... Continue Reading →
It would be an understatement to say that John C. Nicholson (1862-1942), a lawyer residing in the city of Newton, Kansas, was a big fan of highways. A longtime advocate for well-paved, high-quality roads, Nicholson ultimately focused much of his time and enthusiasm on promoting U.S. Route 50 (US 50). As president of the U.S.... Continue Reading →
August 18, 1957 An arch bridge in the municipality of Fredrikstad in southeastern Norway was opened. The Fredrikstad Bridge crosses the river Glomma and connects the eastern and western parts of the municipality. Crown Prince Olav (1903-1991) officiated at the inaugural ceremony for this bridge. At the time, he had been serving as the country’s... Continue Reading →
August 17, 1923 A vertical-lift bridge crossing the Piscataqua River and connecting the city of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, with Badger’s Island in the town of Kittery, Maine, was formally inaugurated. This bridge was dedicated to the memory of American soldiers and sailors who had lost their lives during World War I just a few years... Continue Reading →
August 13, 1955 Nearly four months after it first went into service, the Canso Canal Bridge in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia was formally opened. C.D. Howe (1886-1960), who served as Canada’s minster of trade and commerce from 1948 to 1957, presided at the inaugural ceremony for that rotating swing bridge. This structure crosses... Continue Reading →
August 12, 1991 Guelatao station of the Mexico City Metro, the rapid transit system serving the metropolitan area of Mexico’s capital, first went into service. This station was one of 10 constituting Line A of the system to be opened on the same date. Line A, which is also known as the Purple Line, became... Continue Reading →
