Spanning 3,719 miles, the Yellowstone Trail stretches coast to coast from Seattle, Washington to Plymouth, Massachusetts, passing right through northern Indiana. Wikimedia Commons/John W. Ridge. It is known as the first transcontinental automobile highway in the United States. Established in 1912, it is named for Yellowstone National Park as it ...
Read MoreHistoric Construction Materials & Techniques The evolution of building materials and ... poles, bark, tall grass, stone, mud, logs, even the sod underfoot. In Manitoba, all of these materials were employed by Aboriginal groups and settlers before 1880. The actual techniques used to …
Read MoreThe Delaware Canal: From Stone Coal Highway To Historic Landmark|Marie Murphy Duess, Decentralization and Local Democracy in the World: First Global Report by United Cities and Local Governments 2008|United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), Genuine memoirs of the lives of George and Joseph Weston, who were executed September 3, 1782. The first for forgery the latter for …
Read MoreAccessibility and state highway projects. All MnDOT projects--both new construction and rehabilitation projects-- must include an evaluation to ensure compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. This project is a rehabilitation of the Historic Stone Arch Bridge and does not include any ADA accommodations. Contacts. CJ Johnson
Read MoreLocated on Highway 64 spanning the Prairie River, this National Historic Landmark was built in 1904. The bridge is 130 feet long and 54 feet wide. Each arch displays a decorative pattern of alternating, single and double ring stones with tapered keystones about 30 inches in height. It is the only remaining three-arch stone bridge in Wisconsin.
Read MoreIndian Grinding Rock State Historic Park (IGR) is located in the Sierra Nevada foothills 12 miles east of Jackson, CA. The park nestles in a little valley 2,400 feet above sea level with open meadows and large valley oaks that once provided the Native Americans of this area with an ample supply of acorns.
Read More100 historic stone highway culverts across the state. This project follows the work of the NHDOT Stone Culvert Inventory Project (see Section 6.2 below) undertaken to locate and document stone culverts and then assess their National Register eligibility. This manual is a companion document to the document produced by the Inventory
Read MoreGeneral information about the historic BMRR culverts. NOTE: Photographs and location information for the culverts follows this descriptive information. Purpose of the culverts: When the BMRR roadbed was originally constructed beginning in 1884 and as it crossed low places containing small streams or wet-weather flows, cut-stone culverts (usually rectangular) were built into the railroad roadbed.
Read MoreThe Generals Highway Stone Bridges Historic District contains two stone and concrete highway bridges erected in 1930-1931. The bridges, which cross the Marble Fork of the Kaweah River and Clover Creek, are both a part of the grade of the Generals' Highway. Structurally, they are quite similar. The heart of each is a reinforced concrete barrel arch.
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Read MoreIn this short video for Travel Oregon, we are introduced to the King of Roads, the historic Columbia River Highway. Originally opened in 1916 the highway lin...
Read MoreA Hard Earned Victory. The Battle of Stones River began on the last day of 1862 and was one of the bloodiest conflicts of the Civil War. The battle produced important military and political gains for the Union, and it changed forever the people who lived and fought here.
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Read MoreThe Historic 66 website provides free information for all those who want to learn more about the legendary Route 66. While officially Route 66 no longer exists, the majority of it remains to be driven and enjoyed. The turn-by-turn road description will guide you on your journey through all eight states from Chicago to Los Angeles.
Read MoreStone highway culverts, being small structures located beneath the roadway and out of sight of the motoring public, have received scant attention from the historic preservation community. This inventory and study of Vermont's stone highway culverts is a direct outgrowth of a project
Read MoreThis scenic bike tour begins at Lions Park and takes you through 48 miles of the charming countryside of southern Price County to see four unique and historic stone bridges including a single arch showing Swedish stonework, a single arch showing German stonework, a double arch, and a single arch showing Finnish stonework. For detailed tour information, visit, click on the ...
Read MoreHISTORIC HIGHWAY BRIDGES IN MARYLAND: 1631-1960: HISTORIC CONTEXT REPORT Prepared for: Maryland State Highway Administration Maryland State Department of Transportation 707 North Calvert Street ... Stone Arch Roadway and Turnpike Bridges..... 57 2. Stone Arch Railroad Bridges ...
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Read More18S E 280690 N 4299680. Quick Description: The historic stone house was used as a hospital for both Union and Confederate soldiers during the both Battles of Manassas. It is near the intersection of Sudley Road and Lee Highway, in the Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA. Location: ia, United States.
Read MoreFor example,The King's Highway Historic District in New Jersey covers U.S. Route 206 and New Jersey Route 27 that connect Lawrenceville with Kingston through Princeton. There are five National Historic Landmarks, just on that piece of road: Lawrenceville School, Morven Museum and Garden, Maclean House, Nassau Hall, and the Joseph Henry ...
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Read MoreFrom Stone Coal Highway to Historic Landmark. Marie Murphy Duess. $12.99; $12.99; Publisher Description. Vault aboard a hinge boat with Marie Duess as she nimbly navigates the historic waters of the Delaware Canal. Any ramble along the now-serene Pennsylvania waterway will show you why its beauty inspired so many famous brushstrokes. But only ...
Read MoreHIGHWAY" Condition: Worn Date placed: 11/17/1923 Material: Stone Inscription: The milestone indicates: "PACIFIC MILESTONE DEDICATED BY OUR BELOVED PRESIDENT CALVIN COOLIDGE NOV. 17, 1923" On another side it indicates: "OLD SPANISH TRAIL ST. AUGUSTINE FLORIDA TO SAN DIEGO CALIF." A third side again repeats that it is the Pacific Milestone,
Read MoreOn inland highway routes (New Hampshire's Routes 121 & 121A) a similar system was used but with less elaboration. A milestone in the center of Sandown, NH on Route 121A reads "2 / Mil s. To / Ch r. M.H. / 14m. Ext r." It means, 2 miles to Chester, where the highway joins modern Route 121, an old highway between Manchester & Haverhill, MA.
Read MoreThe Lincoln Highway Association, incorporated in 1913, promoted the use of concrete in construction of a coast-to-coast roadway system. The goal of the Lincoln Highway Association and highway advocate Henry B. Joy was to educate the country in the need for good roads made of concrete, with an improved Lincoln Highway as an example.
Read MoreNative Stone Scenic Byway K-4 and K-99. The beauty of the Flint Hills and a variety of structures constructed from its native limestone are among the attractions of the Native Stone Scenic Byway. This byway traverses parts of western Shawnee County and Wabaunsee County along K-4 and K-99. The 48-mile route passes through Alma, Eskridge, Keene ...
Read Moreconcrete or a mixture of crushed stone sealed with tar or asphalt. Construction of the Dixie Highway began in 1915 by a loose confederation of counties. That changed in 1916, when Congress passed the Federal Aid Road Act. States wishing to receive the limited funding provided by the act were required to create a state highway agency, and in
Read MoreHistorical highway markers. You can find interpretive historical highway markers along state highways and scenic byways throughout Washington. Use the map and list below to find marker locations. Click on each marker's picture to enlarge. ...
Read MoreThe Yellowstone Trail was the first transcontinental automobile highway through the upper tier of states in the United States, established on May 23, 1912. It was an Auto Trail that ran from the Atlantic Ocean in Plymouth, Massachusetts, through Montana to Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, to the Pacific Ocean in Seattle, Washington. [citation needed] The road slogan was "A Good Road from ...
Read MoreFrom this international border, it is 200 miles/322 km to Delta Junction, AK (Historical Mile 1422), the official end of the Alaska Highway, and 298 miles to Fairbanks, the unofficial end of the highway, at Historical Mile 1520. Watch for wildlife—like these Stone sheep—along the Alaska Highway.
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