Celebrating 75 Years of Better Roads

Each month we will post amusing and interesting items from past issues of Better Roads throughout the 75 years the magazine has been published.

Perhaps we can find a way to learn from the past.

Click below for the monthly installments:

  1. From 1931 Issues
  2. World War II era
  3. The Interstate - How it all began
  4. The Sixties: Turbulent times and the decade of mobility

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Be sure to see these articles in our special section
 Interstates at 50 -- Changes and Challenges
They Modernized America
The Now and Future Interstate System
How Interstate Design Has Evolved Since 1956
Interstate Bridges — How They’ve Changed

 

The ARTBA Transportation Development Foundation proudly invites you to join us:
at a Reception and Dinner recognizing the 50th Anniversary of the Interstate Highway System
Thursday, June 29, 2006
Cocktail Reception: 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Dinner, Program & Entertainment: 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
The Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center, Washington, D.C.

Black Tie Optional

The event will honor the nation’s leading contractors, engineering firms, equipment manufacturers. safety and materials companies, labor organizations, and state transportation departments for their roles in building the Interstate Highway System.  Go to:  http://www.artba.org/50th/GD/index.htm  for more information.

 
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