Vertical File Relating to the Minnesota Road Research Project


Book Description

Articles (1992-1995) about Mn/DOT's Minnesota Road Research Project (MnROAD), to study the effects of heavy traffic loads and cold weather climate on pavement performance, and on the project's research facility located along I-94 northwest of the Twin Cities; also, a University of Illinois evaluation of Mn/ROAD test results in comparison to Illinois results (1994).










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.




Vertical File Relating to the Strategic Highway Research Program


Book Description

Informational issuances on the Strategic Highway Research Program, a five-year program (ca. 1988-1993) administered as a unit of the National Research Council to conduct research in the areas of asphalt, pavement performance, concrete and structures, and highway operations. Includes a list of SHRP research reports (1991) and a brochure on the Mn/DOT SHRP Implementation Committee.




Vertical File Relating to Minnesota Highway 55


Book Description

Extensive newspaper coverage (articles and editorials) on the reroute and reconstruction of Hiawatha Avenue (Minnesota Highway 55) between downtown Minneapolis and the MSP International Airport, and on the various protests and challenges to the project (1998-2000).







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 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).