Vertical File Relating to Minnesota Highways in General


Book Description

A list of Minnesota highways by number and route system (printout, undated), an explanation of the state trunk highway control system, and articles on a few miscellaneous Minnesota highways.










Vertical File Relating to the History of the Highway Department and Mn/DOT


Book Description

Pamphlets and miscellany on the history of the Minnesota Department of Highways and Department of Transportation. They include: bibliographic citations to Mn/DOT history resources available at Mn/DOT and in local libraries; pamphlets explaining Amendment No. 1 (Highway Amendment) to the Minnesota Constitution and the Babcock Good Roads Plan (1920s); articles on the plan and its history, and an accompanying button, "Let Us Pave the Highways Now"; "1921-1951: 50th Anniversary, Minnesota Department of Highways" (April 1971); chapters 2-4 of Michael T. Morris, Before the Interstate, covering the 1920s to 1960; brochure, "Introducing Minnesota Department of Transportation"; Mn/DOT strategic plan, "Making the System Work" (Jan. 1989); brochure on the 2003 Mn/DOT strategic plan; "Revised truck rental schedule," 1927 and 1938 (2 volumes); articles, chronologies, and miscellany on the department and its history; two compilations of "Weekly Clips" (Dec. 31, 1999; Aug. 31, 2001).




Vertical File Relating to Minnesota Highway 62


Book Description

Several newspaper articles (1967, 2001) on plans to reconstruct the "Crosstown Commons" (Minnesota Highway 62).




Vertical File Relating to Interstate Highway I-394 in Minnesota


Book Description

Proposal and related data for a public relations campaign on the construction of I-394 (1986); photocopy of Federal Highway Administration schematic and data sheet for I-394 (1989); report on the I-394 interim HOV lane (1986); Minnesota Real Estate Journal articles on construction issues (1992-1993); newspaper articles on the I-394 express lanes (1997).




Vertical File Relating to Minnesota Transportation Statistics in General


Book Description

"Minnesota Transportation Trivia" cards (1994-2010, incomplete); statistical brochures from the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics; Mn/DOT, "Transportation Funding Information 1992-1993"; Mn/DOT, "1999 Statewide Transportation Tracking Study"; Office of Investment Management, "General Transportation Information" (May 1999, apparently a version of General Transportation Facts Minnesota); and newspaper articles, memoranda, notes, and compilations providing statistics on many miscellaneous topics, including various mileage figures, Minnesota highways, road construction costs, commuter statistics and costs, drivers and licenses, roadway mobility, mass transit, transportation and the Minnesota economy, and related subjects.




Vertical File Relating to Interstate Highway I-35 in Minnesota


Book Description

Newspaper and journal articles on an I-35 tunnel extension in Duluth and its effect on traffic flow and local business (1988-1992), and on a few miscellaneous I-35 projects.