Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Express highways
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Our Nation's Highways - Selected Facts and Figures
Author: Freeway Facts
Author: Highway Facts ...: California
Author: National Highway Users ConferencePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Roads
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
The American Highway
Author: William KaszynskiPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 9780786408221
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Minnesota-based writer and photographer Kazynski traces the transformation of the US from a network of places connected by rutted wagon trails to a maze of highways connected to other highways. He describes and illustrates road and bridge construction and the new roadside culture that threw up motels, restaurants, gas stations, and scenic perspectives.
State Traffic Safety Information
Author: Dallas-Fort Worth Freeways
Author: Erik SlotboomPublisher:
ISBN: 9780974160511
Category : Express highways
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
History of Dallas-Fort Worth freeways and associated landmarks and events
20 Fun Facts About Famous Roads and Highways
Author: Kate LightPublisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN: 1538246651
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Buckle up for brutal switchbacks, perilous plunges, stupendous speeds, and ludicrous lengths! This ride of a lifetime will transport readers down famous roads and highways all over the globe. They'll explore engineering marvels from the iconic Route 66 to record-breaking roads. They'll learn about the design behind the fastest, longest, and steepest roads, and marvel at the strangest roads ever built. Stunning photographs of these epic roads and highways will captivate and engage readers. Summarized in easily digestible fun facts, this accessible narrative also introduces readers to STEM-related curricula.
Freewaytopia: How Freeways Shaped Los Angeles
Author: Paul HaddadPublisher: Santa Monica Press
ISBN: 1595807861
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Freewaytopia: How Freeways Shaped Los Angeles explores how social, economic, political, and cultural demands created the web of expressways whose very form—futuristic, majestic, and progressive—perfectly exemplifies the City of Angels. From the Arroyo Seco, which began construction during the Great Depression, to the Simi Valley and Century Freeways, which were completed in 1993, author Paul Haddad provides an entertaining and engaging history of the 527 miles of road that comprise the Los Angeles freeway system. Each of Los Angeles’s twelve freeways receives its own chapter, and these are supplemented by “Off-Ramps”—sidebars that dish out pithy factoids about Botts’ Dots, SigAlerts, and all matter of freeway lexicon, such as why Southern Californians are the only people in the country who place the word “the” in front of their interstates, as in “the 5,” or “the 101.” Freewaytopia also explores those routes that never saw the light of day. Imagine superhighways burrowing through Laurel Canyon, tunneling under the Hollywood Sign, or spanning the waters of Santa Monica Bay. With a few more legislative strokes of the pen, you wouldn’t have to imagine them—they’d already exist. Haddad notably gives voice to those individuals whose lives were inextricably connected—for better or worse—to the city’s freeways: The hundreds of thousands of mostly minority and lower-class residents who protested against their displacement as a result of eminent domain. Women engineers who excelled in a man’s field. Elected officials who helped further freeways . . . or stop them dead in their tracks. And he pays tribute to the corps of civic and state highway employees whose collective vision, expertise, and dedication created not just the most famous freeway network in the world, but feats of engineering that, at their best, achieve architectural poetry. Finally, let’s not forget the beauty queens—no freeway in Los Angeles ever opened without their royal presence.
Noise Facts Digest
Author: Informatics IncPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Noise control
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Highway Facts Developed from the California State-wide Planning Survey Conducted by the United States Bureau of Public Roads and California Division of Highways, 1939
Author: California. Division of HighwaysPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Roads
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description